Hugh_Jazz Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Anyone seen this?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4637203.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Mike should be woried that some BBC journalist is planning to inserting him into a drum.drummers mike up their kits.IMO mics give a much better sound than mikes. Ian - what do you reckon? So the question is... do these plastic things replace mics or mikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Devil Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 I was talking to a guy on the Pearl Drum forum who said he'd heard them in use and that they sounded great. They're not that expensive either, considering their recent release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 So how do you plug in a Cymbal then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 This type of mic has been around for a while! I have not heard any that sound good at all. But if they have made them really work then they would be good for the touring bands to just plug&play. Studio's I dont think (other than FX track) they will be better than the usual Kit mic's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Byre Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 These things have been around for awhile, it's just that the sales company have been making some noise as the market has more or less ignored them.This is almost exactly the same as the old C-Ducer system and I bought my first C-Ducer back in 1979 and they had been around some time already back then.Do these things work for drums?Sorry, but unless you are using them to trigger samples, the answer is no! And if you are triggering samples, it is better and cheaper to get a dDrum pick-up.www.the-byre.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 A plastic transducer? No thanks. I'd be bored without the snare bleeding through all my tom mics anyway. Flash, it's OK to insert Mike into Tom as long as they're both over the age of consent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 A plastic transducer? No thanks. I'd be bored without the snare bleeding through all my tom mics anyway. Flash' date=' it's OK to insert Mike into Tom as long as they're both over the age of consent.[/quote']It should be possible to construct a ghastly scenario from the words: floor, ride, kick, stick, beater, rythmn, skin, crack, hardware, and rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 As an aside... on Saturday a drummer sat down behind the kit and said "OK so what am I supposed to be doing?"To which everyone on stage turned round and in suggested in unison "Playing the drums?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tav Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 It's an interesting approach...almost like you piezo crystals on guitar but obviously newer technology. Be cool to see if they are acctually good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 It's an interesting approach...almost like you piezo crystals on guitar but obviously newer technology.Yes' date=' like piezo crystals, using the spatial distortion to produce electrical signals. Be cool to see if they are acctually good. I almost thought you knew what a piezo was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tav Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I almost thought you knew what a piezo was there.Are you not a fan of them or did I read that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 HmmmmJust came across this. Not sure how "the sound is more natural" I have yet to see a gig where the audience has all of their ears hard against the drum shells so that they can hear them ' more natural' Aren't drums designed to be oooot there?!J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum bum Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Im a little sceptical, they would negate the need for different drum heads and snare wires.You might as well stick a trigger on it... Ill stick to the traditional approach. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 I missed this reply because this "new posts" thing on this website is severely broken, thanks Jim.Are you not a fan of them or did I read that wrong? No, no need for spectacles, piezos, on the whole, suck more than a toothless whore. Cheap and nasty is a phrase that may have been invented just for them, then adopted by the wider populace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gasss Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Sorry to hijack this thread but...Soundian, what is your opinion on amplifying acoustic guitars? I hate piezos as well but so many sound engineers are unwilling to mic up acoustic guitars, even for solo performers. I've even come across some studio "engineers" who insist on DI'ing acoustics in the studio! I'm just interested on what the best solution is from your point of view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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