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Drums Cymbals Mics and StuffOverheads: Shure SM81-LC's●Hi-Hat: Audio Technica ATM3528Headphones: Beyer 770Head Choice:Kick: Mostly Aquarian Superkick III Coated Batter pairedwith the Evans Ebony EQ3 Resonant w/4-1/2” offset hole.In all cases I use the DW pillow covering 15% of eachhead.Toms: varies but mostly Evan’s G2 Coated Batter w/G1Coated Resonant.Snare Drums:14 x 5 1/2 Brass Snare Drum; Manu Katche SignatureModel; Hoops cast; Heads: Ambassador Coated or GeneraSnare, Diplomat Snare Side; Tuning Method 1 in the bible,batter tighter than resonant.14 x 6 Maple Snare Drum; Anton Fig Signature Model;Hoops wood maple 19 ply; Heads: Ambassador or EvansCoated batter and Ambassador Clear Snare side; TuningMethod 2 which is Batter looser than Resonant, Resonantabout 3 notes higher.Studio Shot14 x 5 1/2 Steel Snare Drum; Phonic 400 60’s era; Heads:Ambassador Coated batter and Diplomat Snare Side;Hoops are steel triple flanged; Heads equal in pitch, mediumtuning Method 3.14 x 5 1/2 Steel Snare Drum; Rodgers Dynasonic 60’s era;Heads: Evan’s Genera Snare Coated and 200 Hazy SnareSide; Hoops steel triple flanged things; Heads equal in pitch,medium tuning Method 3.14 x 3 Brass Snare Drum; Pearl FreeFloat Model; HoopsCast; Heads: REMO Ambassador Coated batter andAmbassador Clear Snare side; Tuning so the resonant sideis typically 2 notes higher than the batter sideOn all the Snare drums I’ll use various width “O” rings with a½ width being the most common.Typical Snare Mic PlacementKick Mic - Max Resonant Head Affecthttp://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id2.html (2 of 3)1/22/2005 4:12:43 PM
Drums Cymbals Mics and StuffLots of supporting content to be added - Stay tuned!All rights reserved - J. Scott Johnson, Indianapois - "c" 1999http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id2.html (3 of 3)1/22/2005 4:12:43 PM
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