Daking Mic Pre 4 for drums?

baikonour · 6th February 2006

Hi there, until now I've been recording drums in a "pro" studio but as I'm going to move my "home" studio to a bigger place, I'm considering recording drums myself... I've read people here praising the daking pres and I have to say they seems interesting and AFFORDABLE!!!! They are not available in the uk as far as I know, so I can't demo them...but I'm going to be in Canada in April and I can have them shipped to me there.

So.... any good results on drums? I want to record drums with the 4 mics technique.

cheers

peter-pan · 6th February 2006

Try a Focusrite ISA428...
Quality price it is hard to beat.

cdog · 6th February 2006

It would not be my first choice for kick drum but overall its a tough unit to beat.

You NEVER see the daking 4 bangers up for sale used.

People buy em.... people keep em.

**DrDeltaM** · 6th February 2006

Daking on drums? Of course!!

Brad Lunde · 7th February 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by baikonour

<SNIP>They are not available in the uk as far as I know, so I can't demo them...but I'm going to be in Canada in April and I can have them shipped to me there.

cheers

I believe they ARE available in the UK. Not sure exactly where but email Geoff Daking from his site; or a similar time zone you can call Raf at Joystick in Belgium.

Brad

baikonour · 7th February 2006

Thanks for your replies. will check further to see if I can manage to demo one here in the UK.

godcity · 7th February 2006

i love dakings for crisp and crunchy agressive drum sounds. and i've used them on kick, snare, toms, and oh. not sure how they would fair if you're going for warm and pretty.

Beech · 7th February 2006

Bo at Golden Age Music is Sweden is the man for Daking. thumbsup

6th February 2006	#1
baikonour Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: brighton UK Posts: 1,600 Thread Starter	Daking Mic Pre 4 for drums? Hi there, until now I've been recording drums in a "pro" studio but as I'm going to move my "home" studio to a bigger place, I'm considering recording drums myself... I've read people here praising the daking pres and I have to say they seems interesting and AFFORDABLE!!!! They are not available in the uk as far as I know, so I can't demo them...but I'm going to be in Canada in April and I can have them shipped to me there. So.... any good results on drums? I want to record drums with the 4 mics technique. cheers

7th February 2006	#7
godcity Gear addict Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 436	i love dakings for crisp and crunchy agressive drum sounds. and i've used them on kick, snare, toms, and oh. not sure how they would fair if you're going for warm and pretty. __________________ kurt ballou http://www.myspace.com/godcitystudio

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