The Best Mic for Recording Drums? - Lauten LS-208

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Today, we are testing out the Lauten Audio LS-208 microphone! To test this mic out, we will be recording Get It On by T-Rex. On this track, I will be on guitar and bass, we have the amazing Blair Sinta on drums, Steve Maggiora on vocals and keys, and Dave Rolicky on horns! We usually get one microphone and we share it around the instruments, but we were lucky enough to be given 4 this time, so Blair took all 4 to his studio and set them up on the drums, which gave us great results. He will give a breakdown of how he set up the mics in the video below!
We also have the multitracks for you to download, so you can hear for yourself how this mic sounds! Click here to download the multitracks!
The Lauten Audio LS-208 is a large diaphragm, front-address condenser microphone. This mic can handle sound pressure levels of 135 dB without the need for internal padding, which makes it a great choice of extremely loud and dynamic sound sources. The LS-208 also has built-in highpass and lowpass filters, which enable you to capture sound with exceptional quality, right at the source.
A unique feature of the LS-208 is its ability to capture the full human audio perception of 120 dB of dynamic range. Many microphones are limited to 85 dB, after compensating for self-noise. This high dynamic range makes it possible for you to capture amazing recording of highly dynamic instruments in many environments, and makes it a great choice for capturing horns, percussions, and guitar amps - all of which we used in our demo!
Watch the video to see how we used this mic to record Get It On by T-Rex! We were very pleased with the results, especially on the drums and the horns, so make sure you check out it and listen for yourself! We even used the mic to record the speech portions of this video, so we truly used it on everything in this video!
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[@Producelikeapro]

What would you record with this mic?

[@chrisknowles64]

I love the snare and tom sounds.

[@nicholasedgett7889]

The better question is: What wouldn't I record with it?

[@guitar8617]

Bought the mic last week from Sweetwater, really love it on vocals. Does great with rejecting room noise. Really excited to put it on a snare when I get the chance to do that.

[@acimbobby]

probably not vocals, I would have to be convinced on that one

[@vewilli]

Would record vocals with it!

[@OdinOfficialEmcee]

I absolutely love that snare sound

[@Producelikeapro]

Me too! I was very impressed with the drum sound!!

[@royglennie]

Warren! From memory it is uncanny how much that intro sounds exactly like the original!! Super video as always!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@skauniversal]

Great job, to all of you. I suggested a couple of weeks back if we could get an insight into how drums were being recorded in the good old days. You immediately replied, saying this video was on its way. So I've been looking forward to this one. You're spoiling us, mr Huart! Thank you!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! I’m glad to be able to help

[@MorenoMusical]

Blair Sinta!!! Alto drummer!! lo sigo desde los discos de Alanis!!! Muy bueno Warren, como siempre!!!

[@starman5754]

I bought 2 of these a month ago. I. LOVE. THESE. MICS...period. Has become my desert island mic, hands down. I have a vocal session setup next week and plan to use it as the second (clean) mic with a tube mic of some sort as primary. Very much looking forward to the results and mix possibilities. Thanks for the work on this, Warren. Outstanding results.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic!! Thanks ever so much

[@MrPipmeister]

what a great performance recording of a classic track from my earliest toddler memories of TOTP at Christmas

[@davidallenhammond2777]

Excellent breakdown Warren, that mic really pulls it's weight! What a great value. Thanks so much.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much David!!

[@yens99]

Amazing horns Dave, I like the little touch with the change of clothes for the double :-)

[@petesawchuk]

Sure, but I'd like to see him do that live! ;P

[@yens99]

@@petesawchuk At this stage of a locked down world, I would be willing to see musicians naked on the stage if it meant that I could experience live music...;-)

[@richardmcarthur40]

Love Lauten’s stuff, great value. Brillaint performance, will have to have a crack at the multitracks!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@demondik]

Warren, I took those wonderful tracks into my DAW and my brain just blew up! LOL This sounds so good on its own! Great tracks to mix with. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow!! Thanks

[@fabiocoimbradarocha]

Man ! You're all Great ! Thank you a lot !!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@Glurbschnurb]

These videos always lift my spirits! Thanks!

[@curtisburns]

That sax!

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Amazing

[@MarcBecker_Music]

The microphone sounds awesome. Great version of the song. Thanks for sharing, Warren.

[@cjspectrum424]

Awsome! Great performance all. Can't wait to dig in to this one.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much CJ!!

[@claudius3124]

Wow! That's just... :-D ! Thanks for that! Nice review and an absolute banger reprise! Bull's eye! :-D

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@angelabdonnavarreteblanco]

I record everything with that mic, sound amazing !

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Angel!

[@CharlieRiceMusic]

Regardless of how good your gear is, the performances must be great. The singer is amazing, the musicians are all world class... If you recorded this with an old Realistic cassette, it would still sound good.

[@drdelewded]

Dang, that sounded amazing. I just replaced my receiver that blew 2 years ago and that was great

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Fantastic, thanks ever so much! Great sounding track, guys, I really enjoyed this one! 🤩 👍

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Frank!

[@LorneVignettes]

I Use a Shure beta 52 on kick inside. A Sm57 on outside kick. SM57 on snare. Beta 56s on Tom's. SM81s for overheads and the Lewitt LCT 140 air on hi-hats.

[@nicholasedgett7889]

That is one freakishly affordable miking setup! Im sure it sounds great though! Im a huge fan of the beta 52 on kicks with no hole

[@LorneVignettes]

@Zack Darce when I was looking to buy a kick mic. I did a bunch of research and watched a bunch of mic shootouts. The D112 sounded paper thin compared to the beta52. The Audix kick mic sounds good as well but is to clicky when dry. I bet the perfect combo would be to blend the beta52 with the Audix D6. Either way you can pretty much make entry level mics sound amazing with the plugins we have today. For me I would say my setup is a mid grade setup. I'm getting amazing results so I'm happy and I'm the pickiest SOB when it comes to recording.

[@urigelman2182]

Awesome take on this song, Get It On is just such a cool jam and that mic sounds great!

[@michaeltablet8577]

What do you say when "Wow! " is not enough? Love the mics but mostly love to hear you guys play and sing! Excellent!

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow!! Haha thanks ever so much

[@michaeltablet8577]

@@Producelikeapro You are welcome.!

[@FreddysFrets]

My immediate impression was relief that the mic didn't have the brashness many budget large diaphragm condensers do. Very nice! I found the handclaps or finger snaps or whatever they were very distracting in the mix though. When I first heard them I actually looked around thinking something was wrong!

[@garyroberts1843]

Love it. I have a memory of Marc Bolan playing a white/cream Strat somewhere!

[@DDWyss]

You guys even kept the Chuck Berry line "Meanwhile, I'm still thinking". Nice!

[@splashesin8]

This would be a good mic for many things, especially with it taking the drums!

[@RC32Smiths01]

More mics, the better! Fantastic as always!

[@ianmcgranaghan9888]

Sounded great on snare!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Ian!

[@RudalPL]

Ohh... Bass and Guitars DI !! :D Something tells me that my mix will turn out very "Death Metal" ish. :D

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha indeed!

[@MartinLuxen]

Amazing recording and performance! wow!

[@murraywebster1228]

Great silky version, remember as a kid somehow knowing it was somehow naughty, not why though

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Murray!

[@marcusbusborg1432]

Hey Warren. I went to my local store the other day and tried to buy one of those orange external hard drives. It was sold out. Turns out, YOU own ‘em all!!!😂😂 Thanks for your great content and have a marvelous day🤘🏻 Cheers from Denmark.

[@yens99]

Hi Marcus, I also got one and I live in Copenhagen, but I'm not gonna tell you where ;-)

[@marcusbusborg1432]

@@yens99 Please tell me, and in return I will write you a song on an instrument of you choosing if that instrument happens to be drums.

[@WhaleBluePRS]

First thing I thought is that they were Reese's peanut butter cups....! I was thinking we now knew the "magic ingredient" that keeps the high production standards alive and well here in PLaP-land!

[@GustafWestin]

What a coincidence that I listened to this song today

[@Producelikeapro]

You have great taste!

[@Projacked1]

They sent you four of them....? Dude, nice !

[@vewilli]

Really great review! 👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@jorgosagb]

Nice, love the vocals!

[@Skykingsound]

I'd love to hear a "Bands That Changed Music" with a focus on T. Rex. Also, Children of the Revolution is my favorite song by them. Just killer! Went ahead and submitted a mix on PLAP!

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely!!

[@acimbobby]

very solid drum sounds with a very flat sound if you just want sturdy punchy and accurate. They are not coloured in any way. Maybe if you had more mics of the same type I am sure you could get even a better sound and get the filters set good. And you can still mix to add all the production tricks. And all the sounds you got were pretty amazing as a quick start.

[@petesawchuk]

Nice job, Warren! This song was so much fun to work on w/ Jesper on his "Warren & Eric's birthday version" of a few weeks ago. A few observations: - I'm not sure you can find 2 more different vocalists than Steve Maggiore & Marc Bolan! I would've liked to hear Steve mix a little more G natural in with the G# on the "blue notes", but that's just me. Also, Steve's just too good a piano player to go "full caveman" like the recording. ;P - Bari sax is the freaking bomb in general, and it lifts to yet another dimension when played in it's high register; Dave Rollicke [sp?] just kills it. - Loved Blair's wide-panned claps! - BASIC TRACKS: According to Tony Visconti, he & the band laid down basic tracks @ Wally Heider's in LA while T Rex was on the road. "Hot Love" was a #1 single following quickly on the heels of "Ride A White Swan" which had made it to #2, but there wasn't a T Rex album ready to release so they had to do whatever they could on the road, mostly in NY & LA as you'd guess. - OVERDUBS: These were done back in London at Trident Studios; Ian McDonald from King Crimson played the saxes [one bari & 2 alto tracks, according to Visconti] with Rick Wakeman likely playing piano, or at least the piano glisses. From Wikipedia: "Wakeman pointed out to Tony Visconti that the record did not actually need a piano player. Visconti suggested that he could add a gliss. Wakeman said that Visconti could do that, to which Bolan replied, "You want your rent, don't you?" Wakeman did, and earned £9 for his efforts." - With Bang a Gong, T Rex may have been a "one-hit wonder" in the US; that one hit made quite an impact, though!

[@akasetkya6253]

With that quality of musicianship, I thought any mic will do, though the LS 208's are very nice, Robert is a Killer singer.

[@rhettjamespietzman6390]

Sounds Killer! Its got some beef..

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

Hmm, The Lauten 208 and 308. I took a look at these mics, mainly because Darrell Thorp used them on drums on the Recording Course featuring Robert John and the Wreck. They're relatively cheap, but there are 1000 things that are relatively cheap out there, and I can't afford all of them now. Good vid. Also, this was, imho, one of the better covers in this series - well done :-) PS, I'd love to win this mic

[@nielserikmogensen-lasen1023]

Actually almost better than the original. And I was there when it was first released...

[@BerndThomasSchuller]

Came for the mic, stayed for the song!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Bernd!!

[@StephenCurtis63]

The Delux sounds great. I believe Mark Bolan used to play through a HH combo?

[@mr.cookie3164]

You guys might have a future as a cover band

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha I grew up touring playing covers as a teenager! Cut my teeth doing that!

[@rumar4u]

Great all around performance Mic and great song... But I liked the previous reviewed Mic from Austria (former AKG)... Specially in the Drums which felt more punchy.

[@RobbSutherland]

Love the song. I'm downloading the tracks now so I can have a look at what you've done with the vocals. You mentione the whisper trick and the vocal mixing video. I went straight to the description for a link but couldn't find one. Any chance you could point us in the right direction? I'd love one of these mics, never mind four! I really want to get out of this damn pandemic. I've learned so much from the academy in the last year and really want to spend some time with other musicians! I want to record our drummer!

[@seanclaytongray8153]

Hey Warren I met you at the Naam 2020 when you were just leaving the Luna booth and stopped you Introduced myself and asked a out A Sub in My Monitoring section,you were so kind and took time for me to answer my question Thankyou so much! I was wondering if I could reach out about A legendary Producer that hasn't interviewed in longer than 11 years,but hes working again and could really be an asset to interveiw,

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! Yes, please email me at [e-mail] about your friend!

[@seanclaytongray8153]

@@Producelikeapro yes Sir just sent 2 emails ones words,the others a link to his Amek interview

[@Producelikeapro]

Ok! I’ll re-check for your email!

[@zumazmusic]

Is that the new Peter Hook signature Yamaha bass?

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! It is!

[@amiralivahabi2090]

I promise to record everything I hear around me if I win🙏

[@patlecat]

Love the recording, great song of course! Is the mic also any good for vocals?

[@Producelikeapro]

I live sit on vocals! Please download the multitracks and hear for yourself!

[@johnowings5709]

Great video! Which vocal mixing video are you referring to during the vocal section? I would love to learn those techniques.

[@jurgenschuler8389]

What a smooth sounding mic. Did you have problems with plosives?

[@BigEdWo]

i have the same guitar which i bought in 1980. could not afford a lp custom.

[@limbophonic1]

Great track Warren, Question: why no cymbals was that an artistic decision or did you choose not to record cymbals because of possible high frequency limitation of the microphone?

[@hitmoredrums]

Great video and great playing. Maybe silly question but are the multitracks completely raw?

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Unprocessed! Mix them for yourself

[@hitmoredrums]

@@Producelikeapro Thanks Warren

[@quintmylodonrecorders8387]

@Produce Like A Pro I have to know what the chord voicing you are using for the "lead" part. I've never played it that way and upon all my research (re: youtube guitar lessons) no one plays it that way... however your voicing sounds so much closer to the album

[@tomywidacol]

Looks like your on a old version of pro tools based off that maxim plugin. What version are you on?

[@millmoormichael6630]

Can’t beat a vintage C24 on over hesds

[@pablindio1]

Who won?

[@Gretsch0997]

Hi Warren. If you have time to answer, it would be appreciated. How does this Lauten mic compare to a Senn-421 Mic? (...say in the flat setting?)

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Er what?! You would not want a high end condenser to sound like an MD421 - a hypercardioid dynamic microphone designed in the 1950s.

[@rudolfbaethge282]

Hi! silly question, what is the song tempo? I do not use Protools so I can't open the DAW file. Many thanks!

[@Weissman111]

The original was recorded at 123bpm - this doesn't sound much different.

[@rudolfbaethge282]

@@Weissman111 thank you Andy!

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Rudolf, yes, like the original it's roughly the same tempo.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@Weissman111 indeed, we didn't cut it to a click!

[@rudolfbaethge282]

@@Producelikeapro thank you very much

[@isaacshainblum1030]

Have you tried the Fab filter C2 yet? I just picked it up , but have not installed it yet

[@Turrell_]

Wonder what this is like on spoken word.

[@starman5754]

It sounds great! I did a side by side shootout with an EV RE20 and with the 10k low pass switch ON on the 208. Results were fairly close with a subtle but noticeable 1-2 db lift in the upper mids and highs on the 208. Nothing too crispy but just something a little extra that the RE20 just can't deliver. Without the 10k low pass, the 208 is substantially different in character...as would be expected with a condenser vs dynamic.

[@matiETN]

hey Warren! what happened with the mix contest 2021?????

[@Producelikeapro]

We just filmed, just a few minutes ago the announcement video! Will be edited this week and released next week!

[@matiETN]

@@Producelikeapro great!!!! :D

[@Producelikeapro]

@@matiETN Yes! Hung with Jens and Kristian! Great times!

[@matiETN]

@@Producelikeapro awesome!!!!!!!

[@biomecaman3514]

i never realized how using the same mic for all the drums makes them sound flat... hate to say it. I love the channel. The band is awesome. the guitar is tight, Warren. but that mic, it sounds great on kick and snare, but not both at the some time, u know? also, the over heads are super bright. i was listening to some Static X the other day and a lot of the 90s metal used intense bright overheads. cool mic though. def a good addition to the closet

[@randomtology2173]

why dont you play a snip of the final, full trcked song?

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha! I do! At the very beginning I play the whole song!!

[@randomtology2173]

@@Producelikeapro oh, duh. lol i totally missed it

[@marcgree]

t rex❤❤

[@nicholasedgett7889]

Did anybody else notice only one of his Kali IN-5s were on?

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha I didn’t! However I was using headphones in the video! Errrriiiiiccck haha

[@nicholasedgett7889]

Jeez Erick! Why you slacking man?😂😂 great video BTW Warren. As always you're such an inspiration to me! Never stop doing what you love man because you have inspired me in so many different ways and can't begin to thank you for everything you have done for me with out even realizing it! Well done Mr. Huart! Well done!

[@jorgosagb]

Yes, noticed it straight away, reminded me of my own monitors, the blue led on the right one doesn't turn on anymore😁

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Every engineer is going to point to his trunk full of 57s and say..."I got this already"

[@victorloya1590]

Awesome, but unfair Blair can record drums with an iphone and make them sound great. lol

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha I’ll let him know!!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Sorry, broke like like count 666.

[@fethikhalifa6717]

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[@klauth_Yksyn]

Buy this mic.... if you want to support the CHINA work force.

[@theflatearthsociety]

If your drumset has NO CYMBALS, are you really testing the mic's ability to record a drumset? Noticed the same thing on the review of the Lewitt 440.