The 604 s are great tom mics.
Floor tom miking.
Place a single mic a couple of inches away from the head near the rim.
In addition to the tom sizes already mentioned there is also a 13 rack tom and an 18 floor tom.
Miking the mounted tom toms with one mic.
This section covers drum miking for both rack and floor toms.
It works well in many different styles of music including pop acoustic rock contemporary jazz latin and funk.
Stay clear of beta 98 s on the bigger toms.
Both heads on the drum can usually be tuned to produce a more powerful and large sound than if you were to tune one head alone.
For jazz it is common not to use toms at all and only get the drum sound balance with accurately placed overhead mics and maybe a bass drum and snare drum mic whereas as pop and rock drum sound requires a closer miking technique to achieve very isolated tom signals to process individually.
Otherwise use a kick drum mic.
Floor toms are miked the same way as the mounted tom toms.
Miking a tom with one microphone is preferable as it has more clarity than miking with two mics having one on the bottom.
The quality of the drum heads and how they are tuned will greatly affect the way your toms sound.
It has five toms 8 10 and 12 tom toms and 14 and 16 floor toms.
Even on floor tom.
Instrument microphone miking toms.
You can also get o rings or various muffling devices to reduce over ring if that is an issue for you.
3 then there s the versatile kit.
If using a top and bottom mic make sure to check polarity.
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