AEA R88 MKII ON DRUMS (7 POSITIONS & NO TALKING)

[@lawrencegreenwood4002]

Kit close is so good. Insane. I'm going to try that.

[@iancogar7948]

This is one of the most demonstrative and instructive videos for using room mics on a drum set I've ever seen. Concise, no explanations, no fluff. Thanks for creating this.

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Nice to hear, thanks!!

[@TheNathanMChannel]

Holy crap this is heavy as hell. Each position sounds fricking phenomenal. Beautiful sounding drums, room and mic. Love it!

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Nice words, thanks!

[@Gretsch0997]

Thank you for sharing. This was fun!! I've been at this recording stuff for decades, with great success. But your video was refreshing , confirming that the player , the room , and a sweet mic like this is where its at. Very smart :)

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Thanks!

[@raifilho-0085]

Amazing!

[@mattgahr]

Sounds incredible on all positions, but the 2 meter and 6 meter room mic sound is amazing! I'd love to here close mics and overheads with the R88 as a room mic. Awesome man!

[@minorchordstudio]

Grabbing one of these soon, great demo!

[@Sera69FI]

One of the greatest drum videos I have seen. In a lifetime struggle for good sounds, you have gone pretty far.

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Thanks!

[@thejawshop-AdventureRecording]

This helps, even though I have had the mic for years, am a drummer, to hear them back to back saves me time experimenting. Well done, thanks, and I have a Mel Lewis to boot!

[@thelostandfoundworkshop]

Best mic placement video on KZbin. Thank you!

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

🙌🙌🙌

[@rocketscienceaudiogroup]

Wow, awesome vid! Love it! Love the Kit Close position as well as the 1m position. Also as a overhead, this mic is great! Nice playing, nice comparison, thank you!

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Thank you!

[@MK-ov4zx]

Very instructional. Thank you for posting!

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Thank you! My pleasure

[@jason.martin]

great sounding room and kit!!

[@matthewkennedy5940]

Killer comparison! Beta 52 is still my favorite kick mic, but this video proves the SM57 is one everyone should have haha. I use the United FET47 and it’s a little less midrange-heavy than the warm one sounds. I do prefer a 47 style mic a little further away from the kick and with a resonant head. You get more length from the kick that way.

[@sm3656]

Really killer sounding room.

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Thank you

[@funkydrumma2]

Very nice indeed, thx🙌🏽

[@eril2025]

Great mic., and a demo, thank you.

[@mmercedo]

Hello. Nice video. Do you remember if you recorded with the Hi-Z button engaged on the SSL VHD pres? I think it changes the impedance from 1.2 to 10K ohms... Thanks.

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

2 years too late but wow, fantastic tone(s)

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Never too late for a compliment. Thank you!

[@brooklyndrumcompany]

That settles it, 3 or 4 of these is all you need. And late 60s early 70s Sonor shells rule.

[@mikari67]

This sounds so dope! Were you only using this one mic for the video?

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

Yes i did! Only the r88.

[@mikari67]

@@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM Honestly it sounds like you had drum mics on. So good!

[@68Snaps]

Great value video! Thank you very very much! :-)

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

Thanks for this demo. I was wondering if they added more brightness to the MK2 version. What frequency did you boost at? Also what preamp did you use?

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

There is no EQ or compression on the tracks. Just clean performance. I used the SSL Alpha pre’s

[@SDA-Sound]

is the audio swapped for our sake? that's nice of you haha

[@BertrandAllagnat]

thank you very much. Very room sound awesome, (and you play great too) however, i find that on the 2 OH position, the snare is a bit off centerd (Right side) the mic is also, I wonder why ? When you raise close mics potentialy you could have some stereo imaging issues. By the way, it is not the purpose of the video

[@georgeblanchardjr]

Thank you

[@montearnstam6827]

This is great! Been meaning to do thing like this myself.

[@mathias841]

1 meter seems the perfect deal for me, breathe, but not too much. Do you know a cheap version of this mic ?

[@RubenvanderVeldeDRUM]

You can try two cheaper ribbon mics and buy a stereo bar for blumlein purposes. It's difficult to get a perfect blumblein but if you put some time in it you'll get nice results. Good luck!

[@maxbauhof]

Very nice

[@diavimusic4523]

That kick at 2M - FuuuuuuK

[@mathias841]

Damn I love it close !! Too bad we hear it the kick too much