Mark Hornsby from Sweetwater Studios shares some tips on getting a great snare drum recording, using Telefunken microphones. Mark shows how the choice of microphone, the position of the microphone, and the properties of the drum itself interact.
Get the Telefunken M80 here: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/M80Blk
Get the Telefunken M81 here: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/M81SH
Check out drum microphone packages from Telefunken here:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DD5pack
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