so today I thought we would take a look
at what's in my mic box
I have these Sennheiser
e604 drum mics.
if you watch my drum miking video with
the Kenny aaronoff you know what I think
of these and how I use these. these are
just great little mics. very convenient...
very easy to use... they sound good... they're
great for Toms they also work on snare
drum.
sticking with the drums,
have the Shure beta 52. this is my normal
kick mic. it's requested on a lot of
riders.
it's one I use the most myself.
you might think a mic this large
must have a large mic cartridge...
but no it doesn't!
when I use this mic on a kick drum with
a hole in the head, I usually put it in
until this blue line lines up with the
hole in the front head of the bass drum.
alright, another mic in the package
here...
it's the Shure beta 91a.
this mic can be used on Kick. it
definitely goes inside the kick drum.
if you use two mics on the kick this is
your 'in' mic. the beta 52 is your out mic.
but it can be used alone. it's
very popular for the 91 and the 52 to be
used together. the 52 is your out mic... the
beta 91 as you're in mic. this is the
newer version of the beta 91 which has
the direct XLR connection here.
another mic...
this is the Shure beta 56a.
I use this mic on my snare drum top
very often. it's pretty much my go-to
snare drum mic.
comes with its own little holder which
goes straight to the stand.
very durable... will easily take a stick
hit with no problem whatsoever.
alright, back to the case.
here we have the Shure sm57.
pretty much one of the industry standard
mic.s every rider seems to request an
sm57.
it's very popular for snare top, also
works as a snare bottom mic. a lot of
Engineers request this mic and that's
why I have several of them in the mic
case. it's a popular mic for Toms. it's a
popular mic for percussion. I use these
mics on my guitar amps. It's pretty
much my go-to mic for any guitar amps I
happen to mic, but like I said these work
for just about any instrument making
situation you come across. it's hard to
beat an sm57 just because it's not that
expensive and it does a really good job.
I also have the Shure sm81 condenser
mics.
I use these for overheads and hats. also
percussion, bottom snare...
anywhere you need a condenser mic these
mics fit the bill.
I also have these the Shure sm-94
condenser mic.
again, hi-hats, overheads, percussion...
bottom snare mic. these probably aren't
on par with the sm81 but they're a
similar mic and will work in similar
places.
back to instrument mics...
I have the Sennheiser
e609 mics.
these are great little mics for guitar (amp)s.
and as you can see, they're shaped a
little bit differently so you can
actually hang these over the front of an
amp so that this part of the mic is
aimed at the speaker.
and if you don't have a mic stand it
works great in a pinch. I believe we got
these for the Glen Campbell tour, the
final tour, when it came through, but I
think Glenn ended up using the sm57s
anyway. but this was his requested mic.
I also keep one of these, which is the
Beyer m88.
it's known as a vocal mic but it
actually has a really good low-end
response so it makes it a great mic for
things like bass guitar amps and even
kick drums.
it's pretty much what I use for a bass
guitar amp though.
I have these EV mics in the kit,
and honestly they haven't been used for
ages. they used to be my Tom mics. at this
point I don't even know why they're
still in the mic box because they have
not been used in a long time!
here we have the Shure Beta 57. once
again another popular mic
I like this mic for the snare top (but) I
don't use it as much as a beta 56...
although they're basically the same
microphone. but the 56 has the built-in
stand holder (adapter).
it's just a mic that you could pretty
much put anywhere- vocals, amps, percussion...
and if somebody was to tell me that I
have to use only one mic on stage it
would probably be the beta 57. I could
use it anywhere from a kick drum mic to
a snare mic to a vocal mic to amp mics
to overheads... and get at least acceptable
results.
that brings us to the beta 58
now the beta 58 (is) like the beta 57 (and) are
very similar.
pretty much it has more top end than an
sm58.
it's also a super cardioid versus a
cardioid mic so the pickup pattern's a
little tighter (than an SM58). the thing with the sm58
versus this is that the sm58 is a bit
more mellow so the sm58 tends to work
with just anyone. whereas, sometimes you
put this beta 58 on a vocal and it
sounds great and sometimes you'll put it
on someone, maybe someone with a little
bit more sibilant voice, and it just
doesn't work as well.
The SM58 just seems to be a more forgiving mic
but the beta 58 is also a good mic.
and that brings us to the Shure sm58
this pretty much is the industry
standard vocal mic. almost every rider
requests an sm58. I have several sm58s,
the same reason I have several sm57s,
because this is the mic that people
request. singers are familiar with it,
Engineers are familiar with it, singers
know the proximity effect, singers know
how to work the microphone, the engineers
know what to expect with the microphone...
it just gets the job done. there may be
better vocal mics... there may be better
vocal mics for certain voices... but if you
just need a good solid mic, the sm58 is
it. and if you've got to fill riders the
sm58 is going to be probably the most
requested mic in the mic case. that and
the sm57.
also in the mic case I keep several
clips and Claws. you want to make sure
you have what you need. you don't want to
come up short on these and you want to
have the parts and pieces to make things
that you might not even think about
until the situation presents itself.
also in the mic case I like to keep a
few Di's, which in this case is the
Whirlwind imp2 passive dis. these are
just really utilitarian type di's.
they're passive, they don't take a
battery, they don't take phantom power,
they work well for what they are. they're
basically workhorses like the sm57 and
the sm58. it's really hard to go wrong
with these Di's.
handy to have in the mic case, at the
ready, when you just need a quick durable
DI.
I do have another case where I keep (other) di's
and that is where I keep the radial jdi's
the radial j48s, the Countryman, and some
other type Di's. I also have some large
diaphragm condenser mics in that case.
For more information about DIs check
out this video. for more information
about drum mics and drum miking, check
out this video. alright I will put
affiliate links for all of these items
in the text below the video so please
check those out. don't forget to check
out the other videos... thanks for watching
and I will see you next time!