Snare Drum Placement: Microphone Techniques for Live Sound Production | FOH | Ken Pooch Van Druten

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Miking drums can be a difficult task. That’s because the drums are essentially a group of percussion instruments tied together in a set. Trying to get them all sounding good together without creating any phase issues or bleeding is an art of its own. In this video—which comes from Berklee Online’s Microphone Techniques for Live Sound Production course by Ken “Pooch” Van Druten and Ben Cochran—Pooch says that you have to start by miking the snare drum. You’ll need two Shure SM57 mics, a model which has been the most widely used dynamic microphone on the snare. It has a wider cardioid polar pattern than most microphones we use in live sound, yet good side and rear rejection. This allows us to capture a wide area even when the microphone is placed very near to the source.

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ABOUT KEN ‘POOCH’ VAN DRUTEN
Ken “Pooch” Van Druten is a tenured and acclaimed producer, engineer, and live sound engineer. His track record of recognition for flawless engineering started at Berklee College of Music and has continued through three Grammy nominations and a history of Platinum and Gold records. He is the FOH engineer and production master behind Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Bieber, Iron Maiden, KISS, Guns N’ Roses, Linkin Park, and many more. He holds close to a dozen FOH engineer accolades.

ABOUT BEN COCHRAN
Ben Cochran is an engineer and technology adviser at Audio-Technica in Stow, Ohio, and is the worship and production director at Christ Community Chapel in Hudson, Ohio. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering.

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