I could never find a good use for a D112, until I stuck it on a bass cabinet. The mid-range character that I've hated it for on kick drum sounds awesome on bass guitar, it's a good way to make a rock bass sit well in a mix.
I think you need an old Peavy mixer from the late 70's to make that mic sound good.
Sorry JR
So lately I've come a cross a lot of drummers with the AKG D112 mounted internally in their bass drum. Why? What's your fascination with this sound? To me, it sounds like the beater is smacking a sheet of plywood.
Lately I've been going to the Sennheiser e901 dropped inside the bass drum; if not I place the Audix D6 just inside the front hole pointed at the beater contact point.
Just my thoughts sitting at this gig after a long day of work.
Has anyone around here done an A/B comparison of old D12 (vintage) vs new D12 (current production) in their usual habitat (ie stuffed up a kick drum) ?.Yep the D12E was the mic of choice for Gungi on Judas Preist guitars
Has anyone around here done an A/B comparison of old D12 vs new D12 in their usual habitat (ie stuffed up a kick drum) ?.
There is an article that compares the old d12, d112 and the new d12vr.Has anyone around here done an A/B comparison of old D12 (vintage) vs new D12 (current production) in their usual habitat (ie stuffed up a kick drum) ?.