Favorite Affordable Tom Mics?

[Bobalou]

I'm looking to add affordable tom mics (to slightly mix to taste) for 10" 12" 14"flr

any suggestions?

[-=glEnn=-]

sennheiser e604

[Tim L]

Originally posted by -=glEnn=-
sennheiser e604

Yup, I'll second that. They work great on e-guitars as well... thumbsup

[Chris Parsons]

It's all about the Radio Shack 33-3032's. They work just like the senhiser (and sound almost exactally like them).

And $15 each...


-Chris Parsons

[Alécio Costa]

Believe it or not...
C200Bs and C418s
!!!

[tommyd]

Originally posted by Tim L
Yup, I'll second that. They work great on e-guitars as well... thumbsup

Third here. These get the job done in a good way for not alot of cash. Keep your eyes on the guitar mart and musicians buddy ads, as they run specials on three paks from time to time.
Tommy

[cajonezzz]

Lately:

57's

beta 98's

414's

[mwagener]

Beyer M88 or AKG 3800 for racks, Shure SM 7 for floors

[NathanEldred]

Define affordable

[littledog]

I like the EV ND408's for affordable.

I like 414's for a little more money.

On floor tom the ATM25 can be very nice too.

[Dot]

Studio Projects B1's and B3's totally rock on toms for recording. The B3 on the low tom is thunderous. Not in a sort of "good-for-the-money" sound, but in a great sound, period. We often run them through API's.

We have over 200 mics here and the B3 is now the go-to mic for floor tom on a lot of sessions.

The B1 is only $79 and the B3 is $159 – so if a drummer smacks one - big deal.

[Mark]

Telefunken ELA M251s

















(I'm really Mutt Lange )

[Nutmeg II.]

AKG C1000S need a PAD they have a lot of output.

[DirkB]

I've used MD421, D2's and e504's. The 504's seem to lack the lowend of the other two, so I never liked them on a 16" tom. 14" might work...

Greetings,
Dirk

[jwh1192]

for affordable, the senn 604's are very good.

421's still workhorses.

i am yet to try the atm25's but hear you need less Eq with them.

i have tried a coles 4038 around 12" from the side of my floor tom and it had a cool open sound, at the same time i used a Royer 121 around 2' from my rack tom and no overheads. a bit of compression, 57 on the rim of the snare and D112 in the hole of kick, and the whole kit sounded cool. cymbals had a bit of Ringo wash but for what i was doing it worked out. sort of a Mick Fleetwood groove, not to many cymbals.

have fun with it

john

[e-cue]

MD421's or SM57's. If these are out of your price range....take on a second job.

[Nutmeg II.]

Originally posted by e-cue
MD421's or SM57's. If these are out of your price range....take on a second job.

[Jay Kahrs]

I'm pretty unpicky. My usual setup would be 421's on the rack toms with a D112, 414B/ULS or TLM103 on the floor tom. If I need the 421's for other things I'll use SM57's or maybe the 504's if I can't fit either a 421 or 57. One of these days I want to try my AT4031's on toms.

[Bobalou]

is the shure PG series considerd junk? http://www.shure.com/microphones/models/pg56.asp

[Deege]

Originally Posted by mwagener

Beyer M88 or AKG 3800 for racks, Shure SM 7 for floors

Don't you use the M88 on a lot of sessions? I've seen several photos of your kit miked with one of those. I'll have to try them.

[Antonio_4346]

CAD M179 hands down. Sounds amazing. Great attack with full, round tone. Perfect. Makes me smile every time I hear them through the monitors.

[lynyrd]

CAD M179s, about $150 each, I prefer them to 57s or 421s. Especially on big floor toms, they really capture the boom as well as the attack.

[Nu-tra]

CAD M179's

[John Eppstein]

Sennheiser e609. The e604s don't sound as good.

E-V N/D 408s are nice too.

Beyer M201s are stellar on rack toms with a 421 or D-12e on floor.

Sennheiser MD 409s are really great if you can find them.

[dbbubba]

421s are great
SM57s work fine, too
604s are good, too

414s sound good, but are expensive overkill
I have a pair that were destroyed by an an amature drummer.
I re-built thm and got a feree

I like the post about using ELA M251s....
As if you have enough to record toms with them.
If you do you are a fool if you use them in close.
Of course they'd sound good, but WHY use them?

[drBill]

Personally, I usually end up with the CAD's, but there are lots of good choices. You can listen to almost 10 of them here and decide which suits your esthetic :

Drum Mic Madness!!!!

[tysonviolin]

CAD E-100s are great too!!!! I have 3 of the original versions and LOVE them on toms. Also, the Audix mics are good.

[Benmrx]

Originally Posted by mwagener

Shure SM 7 for floors

I don't believe I've ever tried that match. Next time I record some drums I can't wait to give it a shot. Sure seems like a perfect fit

BTW, for rack toms I've been diggin' Oktava MC-012's quite a bit.

[AudioWonderland]

I have typically used 57's when I use tom mics. I think the Kel HM-1 would be pretty good but I need to find find good inline pads for them to use them as anything but OH's on drums.

[stafs]

Originally Posted by Bobalou

is the shure PG series considerd junk? Shure - Microphones - PG56 Instrument Microphone

I used pg series for about a year, and was happy when finally got rid of them. To me they are kinda flabby sounding. It was really hard to get decent sound out of them. They are usable as live mics but for recording....didn't like them. Now i'm using sm57's on rack toms and sm7 on floor tom and i think, 57's definately are affordable. Before i got sm7, i used 57 on floor tom and was happy with results. I'd say - go for 57's and don't forget, You can use them on a lot of other sources too.