Hi!
I have a question : Do you guys mike your drum for monitoring purpose only - that means without your kit being miked in smaller venues (except maybe for the kick)?
The few last gigs I did with my current rock cover band were in small venues without having my drum miked. The last gig was really horrible for me behind the kit since I couldn't hear my kit really well. Felt like my drumset (Yamaha Oak Custom and 14x6.5 Ludwig Black Beauty) was some cheap $200 kit.
I really need to feel the bottom - the low frequencies - of my kit and in some venues, these frequencies seems to be gone away and I don't hear them from behind the kit - even though I was told it sounded ok from the audience point-of-view.
So I was thinking if miking the kick plus an overhead (or two) and getting this sound through in-ears (or an external monitor) would help me get the "beef" I need to really enjoy my drums in venues where it doesn't need to be miked.
I use a small setup as seen in the pic below.
Thanks for your help!
Ben.
I have a question : Do you guys mike your drum for monitoring purpose only - that means without your kit being miked in smaller venues (except maybe for the kick)?
The few last gigs I did with my current rock cover band were in small venues without having my drum miked. The last gig was really horrible for me behind the kit since I couldn't hear my kit really well. Felt like my drumset (Yamaha Oak Custom and 14x6.5 Ludwig Black Beauty) was some cheap $200 kit.
I really need to feel the bottom - the low frequencies - of my kit and in some venues, these frequencies seems to be gone away and I don't hear them from behind the kit - even though I was told it sounded ok from the audience point-of-view.
So I was thinking if miking the kick plus an overhead (or two) and getting this sound through in-ears (or an external monitor) would help me get the "beef" I need to really enjoy my drums in venues where it doesn't need to be miked.
I use a small setup as seen in the pic below.
Thanks for your help!
Ben.