As mentioned a few days ago, I’m trying to come up with a mobile recording rig. I’m doing a ton of research lately and trying to figure out what is worth the money and what can be replaced with lesser products without too much sacrifice in quality. A lot of this research is around microphones. Recently I received a demo CD from Earthworks. They have a drum mic kit containing 2 SR25’s for overheads and 1 on kick. I’m thinking about going with the SR25’s for overheads and adding an Audix D6 for kick (maybe an i5 on snare when warranted). The cost isn’t that much different than most 7-8 microphone drum kits that are considered usable. The sound is amazing (according to that demo CD). And it leaves more channels open for simultaneous recording. Hmmm…I’ll keep hunting.

Earthworks SR25 Audix D6 Audix i5