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Tue 24 Oct 2006, 16:48
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 24-Oct 06 From: Greensboro - US Member No.: 84,565 |
I am new here, and I was just wondering what would be the best usb microphone for micing a kick drum. I am currently using a Samson usb condenser mic overhead to mic the rest of the drumset. I use garageband and am new to recording. Thanks in advance.
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Thu 23 Nov 2006, 09:43
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 18-Sep 06 From: Helsinki - FI Member No.: 83,357 |
Hi again,
I recommended getting an audio interface, and as there is a bewildering amount of choice, here are a couple of models that might work for you: Tapco Link USB (or firewire) Tapco is a Mackie owned company and while I haven´t tried these I expect the mic preamps to be decent. And they´re cheap (around 150€). Another worth considering is Focusrite Saffire, they have an LE version out now and it´s a classy little box with built in DSP so it takes load off your CPU. All these only have two mic inputs and while you can get decent results micing just the bass drum and rest of the kit with a single overhead you don´t have too many mixing options. You can of course use an analog mixer for more mic inputs and submix these to the interface´s line inputs, you are stuck with the submix-balance but still have the option of using EQ, compression, reverb & stuff inside your computer. Hope this was useful, have a good time experimenting! |
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Logan Hornbuckle Drum Micing Tue 24 Oct 2006, 16:48
lepetitmartien Avoid the samson USB, it seems to give problem (ie... Wed 25 Oct 2006, 16:05
Logan Hornbuckle QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Wed 25 Oct 2006, 11... Fri 27 Oct 2006, 07:16
TKO QUOTE (Logan Hornbuckle @ Tue 24 Oct 2006, 17... Mon 13 Nov 2006, 12:02
lepetitmartien Avoid the samson USB, it seems to give problem (ie... Wed 25 Oct 2006, 16:05
Logan Hornbuckle QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Wed 25 Oct 2006, 11... Fri 27 Oct 2006, 07:16
TKO QUOTE (Logan Hornbuckle @ Tue 24 Oct 2006, 17... Mon 13 Nov 2006, 12:02
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