I Tested 42 Drum Microphones, Heres What I Learned

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4 ай бұрын

Can any of these mic packs beat the Shure SM57? We tested all the drum microphone kits we could find in the store at Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center... DPA, Audix, Sennheiser, sE, Neumann, and Earthworks were all put to the test! What were your favorites?
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@DimitriFantini 4 ай бұрын

Comment your favorite mics BEFORE we reveal them all at the end!!! And huge shoutout to Chuck Levin's for making this whole thing possible... you can check out all the mics in greater detail here: chucklevins.com/collections/drum-microphone-pack-shootout

@ChuckLevins 4 ай бұрын

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@oskarwroniewicz Ай бұрын

Super happy to see SE Pack so high - I liked them the most too and they are the ones I've been wanting to buy eventually. Guessed the SM57s right too. Regarding the video, as a person who has also posted some content myself I feel upset that this only got 900 views over 2 months. I believe a more eyecatching and clear thumbnail would help. The quality of the video, the production/editing (even though maybe a bit overdone at places to my taste), test methodology (blind test), drum playing, quality of sound samples, your personal thoughts and insight on what you were listening to. It's all incredibly valueable and deserves all the views, sadly people just don't seem to be clicking on it. I truly hope this video gets more attention

@DimitriFantini Ай бұрын

thank you so much for the kind words!! Maybe I'll swap the thumbnail, maybe I'll just keep plugging away at new vids! Glad to have you here :)

@cowboytonydee Ай бұрын

Wow the quality of production and reviewing is great

@DimitriFantini Ай бұрын

Thanks really glad you enjoyed it!! 👊

@tonyvalenti6614 23 күн бұрын

That was the sweetest mic kit blind test I’ve seen yet! Kudos to you guys! And thanks!! 👍🏻👍🏻

@HanspeterHolzer 23 күн бұрын

Our rental company had the Audix set, which we were always very happy with. Effectively, there wasn't much more to do on the mixer thanks to the pre-EQing. Until - yes, until there was a very unfavorable stage situation where low frequency resonances occurred, especially near the drum riser. This was an almost unsolvable problem with the Audix on the toms, as the sound is so strongly pre-shaped. Everything had to be gated out and heavily EQed. Since then I've experimented a lot and now have the SE set on the snare (V7x top, bottom SM57) and the toms (V-Kick on the big floor tom), supplemented by the SE BL8 boundary layer in the kick and (old) AKG C451B as overheads. Rarely the Rhode NT5 on the hihat, in case I want it sharper. Sounds fantastic - even in challenging stage situations! Thanks for this great review! You obviously put a lot of work into it and it confirms some of my own conclusions.

@DimitriFantini 6 күн бұрын

Thanks for your insights! I’m sure they will help others as well!

@XxDarklexX Ай бұрын

This was super helpful and so well produced! It really help me decide which mic set was the best just listening and not taking decisions by price or other factors!

@KaitsuDrums 4 ай бұрын

Great shootout! Thanks for doing this :)

@DimitriFantini 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! 👊

@philosopheces 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks for helping me decide. My budget is going with Audix.

@DimitriFantini 2 ай бұрын

good choice! at the studio I run we currently use the Audix tom mics, they are doing the job well!

@DrumGalaxy 3 ай бұрын

I have the Audix D series. Love them! Just a warmer overall sound to me. SM57 on snare bottom.

@DimitriFantini 3 ай бұрын

That’s a good combo!!

@kevindavis2332 3 күн бұрын

I’m glad to see E series score low😂 I hate mixing that mix pack live

@zachahr2094 18 күн бұрын

Gmod / Source SFX are a nice touch!

@DimitriFantini 17 күн бұрын

Oh good ear!!!!

@desperanto. 7 күн бұрын

Those drums sound perfect with any mic. Can you tell us more about the sizes (20, 12, 14?) and processing?

@DimitriFantini 6 күн бұрын

Yep you got the sizes right (standard depths) it’s a Gretsch Brooklyn kit and there is zero processing on these drum mixes. I wanted you to hear EXACTLY what they captured!

@desperanto. 6 күн бұрын

@@DimitriFantini thanks so much man. Great job tuning these drums

@DimitriFantini 5 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@sambaotaku 6 күн бұрын

Now mix them haha, something like: "Which mic of the sE VPACK can I upgrade for the same price of selling one"

@malachimoody6584 Ай бұрын

Great video! I happened to just purchase the se v kick so I'm happy to hear how it did in this context. Do you guys recall what eq settings you had the mic set to in this test?

@DimitriFantini Ай бұрын

I don’t know!! But try each setting and see what you like best for your kit and room!! That’s the most important thing anyway :)

@DbiPro 7 күн бұрын

You guys are hero’s

@DimitriFantini 7 күн бұрын

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@cfusilier2 4 ай бұрын

Well, I was way wrong in which one was the Shure pack! But I agree the SE had the best overall sound. Really surprised by the price and quality disparity with these packs. This was great though. I wish I had 42 mics to experiment with. 🙂

@DimitriFantini 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I wish I had 42 microphones to experiment with too hehe 😜

@GreyMostly 4 ай бұрын

appreciate the efforts!!! what were the overhead mics used during the Audix pack demo?

@DimitriFantini 4 ай бұрын

The Audix pack is the DP7, we left a link to the mics in the description 👊

@WalterdaLima Ай бұрын

before reveal, I was thinking c was se and g sm57.... but finally this video confirm to me the idea earthworks is not the best mic kit... anyway I like more the any other beta 98 am/c, got to checkout

@El_Mapache 4 ай бұрын

Very cool blind test! I loved the Audix sound! Quick question though: as the the Audix DP5A doesn't come with overhead condensers, what did you use for the overhead mics? Was it just the other (2) D2's since you only had one tom?

@DimitriFantini 4 ай бұрын

Good question. The DPA pack was not the DPA5A like I listed in the video, that’s a mistake on my part. That pack is the DP7 like you’ll find in the description!