Thanks for the response ! so do you run a seperate eq for your drum mic? I'm running an EMAD3 batter with an EMAD reso, tuned loose, I have a small blanket inside with a small section of foam under it, not touching either head. The bass is a 22x18 Saturn IV. Right now I am just using the 3 eq controls on the board.... I'm tuned pretty loose on batter, do you think I should have reso tight or loose ?
I would keep both the batter and reso pretty loose, but that's just how I tune my kick.
If you have the ability to run drums through a separate EQ, I would definitely do so if you're micing everything. If it's just the kick drum, I would use the same EQ.
I would put the mic just inside of the port, pointed a little off-center of the beater, and if you're just using the EQ on the board, I would bump the low end and the high end a little, and drop the mids. If you have a mid-scoop type control, I would set that so your mids target that 500Hz area.
I'll tell you how my kick drum is set up if it is of any help. Yamaha Rock Tour 22 x 18, Remo PS3 on both sides with Remo Muff'l rings on either side for dampening, a Kickport on the reso head, everything tuned JAW, and a pillow inside, not touching either head. I normally leave the pillow out, but I was doing some recording and needed some extra dampening. I played two shows within the past week with the kick setup this way. At the first show, it was miced, and it sounded just awesome. At the second show, it wasn't miced, and it just didn't cut through. There was too much dampening. I should have taken the pillow out for that show, but I didn't even think about it.