Help with CAD pro drum mics

Mikecore said:

One of my favorite albums was allegedly recorded in such a manner ("How to Sell the Whole F#@!ing Universe to Everybody, Once and For All", Sir Millard Mulch, 2005). Not sure how much these cheap methods were used in the final product, but he maintains that all of the audio made it into his computer via the 1/8" stereo jack on the rear. Cubase and Atari did the rest.

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Ian Ballard said:

Your overheads are condensers, which require phantom power. You're going to need to buy a proper mixer that has a USB or Firewire out to use on your computer, that has phantom inputs. If you want to go on the affordable end, Behringer makes some decent USB mixers that feature phantom powered inputs. Phantom powered mics, require additional power to make them work, as opposed to passive mics like cardiods that don't. Summing the mics to a stereo RCA jack to a 1/8" mic jack in a laptop is going to give you some seriously crappy results even IF you got sound.



Obviously the guy is just starting out and is on a budget. You don't need to be a smart ass and berate his mic choice because you can afford better equipment. CAD mics are decent enough to get live sounds that work, if you have good drums and a sound engineer who knows their stuff. Let's try to have a little more sensitivity for those on a budget shall we?

BTW, the CAD ribbon mics such as the Trion 7000 and the 8000 tube condenser are excellent mics for the price. The 7000 ribbon is a go-to guitar amp mic used by LOTS of big-name pros like Joe Satriani.

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