But i am testing five mics that can be used on floor toms and i ve tried to make it as useful as possible.
Floor tom mic placement.
Since these are not exact placements so you ll need to find what works for the kit the player and the goals of the session.
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August 31 2020 the best microphone for recording tom toms for most people is the sennheiser e604.
Internal miking system available in both a direct permanent drill mount or via a removable non drill avc audio vent connector mount that utilize the existing vent hole both may miking systems provide added isolation for those who want to control their sound.
Or you could get radical and place the mic under the drum throne perhaps slightly towards the floor tom.
Ok so to be open with you i m not necessarily finding out the best floor tom microphone.
They are flexible enough to work in both live and studio applications.
Toms and room view larger image note.
This placement offers a different kind of natural representation of the kit this time favoring the kick over the snare.
When placing drum mics it s important to remember that sticks and hands and cymbals will be falling very hard near them so make sure your mics aren t in the way of the player or a rogue ride cymbal.
The tom toms sound best when using a dynamic mic.
The second microphone is placed on the floor tom side of the kit.
Like so many others i like the u87 on floor toms.
One thing i learned from michael stavrou s book mixing with your mind about recording drums in general is to find the best placement for the set in a room by walking around banging on the floor tom until you find the most resonant spot easier to do with two people one to bang and one to listen then placing the floor.
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For me at least is vocals.
So each mic is positioned the same distance from the drum head as much as possible and pointing towards the centre of the drum.
You could take the front facing position and push the mic right up between the kick and snare.
Experiment with placement by moving the mic over the front rim of the snare drum moving it more to the right side of the drum or over the drummers knee.
For the mounted toms the ones above the kick drum you can use one or two mics.
If you use one mic place it between the two drums about 4 to 6 inches away from the heads figure 3 shows this placement option.
The e604s have clips which enable one to affix them directly to the rim of the drum.
If you use two mics place one above each drum about 1 to 3 inches above the head.
