Pro 218A : Nice kick drum microphone

We just recorded drums for a demo with our band and because of busy schedules we found it hard to get everybody in a studio at the same time. As a consequence we decided to do it all by ourselves and spread the recording out over several sessions. That meant getting our own microphones and for the drum sessions we used this microphone for the kick drum.

This microphone performed well. Off course, you can get better results with more expensive microphones but we managed to get some really great drum recordings using the "Glyn Johns" method that (for us) involved this microphone on the kick drum, a SM58 on the snare drum, an overhead condenser pointing down at the snare drum, and a matching condenser positioned to the right over the ride, also pointing to the snare. Combining those four tracks turned out to give us some great drum sounds for the demo.

I would buy again!