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biscuitdough wrote:I wouldn't spend $1500 on something that was an internet recommendation and which I had never laid hands on.Is this trolling?Not to mention a fuckin' kick drum mic..

Nate Dort wrote:I think "static" in this case is a poor translation of "condenser."Yes, it's french linguo for condenser. "un (micro électro-) statique" >>> a static mic.

There are one or two specialized kick drum mics that have dynamic and condenser circuits in one package, but they're all some variation of cardioid. The Audio-Technica AE2500 is one. I have no idea what it sounds like.

I wouldn't spend $1500 on something that was an internet recommendation and which I had never laid hands on.Is this trolling?

I was not lucky when I asked for an alternative to beyer M380.I'm now looking for a condenser mic to put inside the bassdrum (switchable in cardioide, figure 8 or omni).The SPL max should be appropriate to a "loud" bassdrum. The frequency response either. Ideally, this mic should be appropriate for vocals too.Thanks for sharing your experience.

When I say "ideally appropriate for vocals" I mean mics with with adaptive knob directivity. Like mostly of large diaphragm microphones actually

That s right, by static I meant condenser microphone. When thinking in french and writing too fast....so I corrected my first post and now I have one main question:.Anybody has experienced condenser mics inside bassdrums?

154 wrote:biscuitdough wrote:I wouldn't spend $1500 on something that was an internet recommendation and which I had never laid hands on.Is this trolling?Not to mention a fuckin' kick drum mic..Right? In the list of "go-to" inside-of-kick mics they have a range of about $100- $400 and non of them are omni/fig 8.Unless you're looking at a FET47 type of thing for outside of the kick maybe.

I think "static" in this case is a poor translation of "condenser."

Politely, a figure 8 or omni condenser inside a kick feels kind of like a solution looking for a problem. Is there a particular reason that you narrowed it down to that?