+1
same with the kick, in that the snap of the initial impact is fairly prominent in a lot of mixes & samples
around 2k seems to help bring out both

We solved this in recording live drums by using two mics on the kick; one at the beater (57/58 type) and a second larger (deeper) one in front (audience side)
TBH we find using a 12" subwoofer speaker reverse wired to a preamp and used as the mic gets the deep oomph.
It acts as a huge diaphragm to capture the large low frequencies
We happen to use a JBL sub that the amp gave out on, which we bypass and wire the speaker directly to the preamp (via XLR) with no power to the sub, of course.

Last edited by rharv; 07/27/25 12:31 PM.

I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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