Audio Technica ATM73A Picking up too much Drum Noise

[mattrevill]

Hi Im a drummer currently using a Audio Technica ATM73A Head Mic, and im finding that its picking up too much snare drum through the mic, so when all the kit is mic'ed I either have to lose volume from my snare mic or my vocal mic to get the sound right, which is not ideal. is there anyway around this?

Im using the sennheiser evolution 600 drum mic set, if you need to know

thanks alot.

matt

[Simon Lewis]

I had an ATM73A (or similar) years ago.... it gave me one of the best drum sounds ever (from a single mic). It was pretty much unusable as a vocal mic though. I ditched it, and used a standard vocal mic most of the time, but did get some good results from a Beyer noise cancelling headset mic. I suspect that this item is not made now.

 

Simon

[mattrevill]

yeah the mic is good, but im just not able to push the volume as high as id like, due to either my snare feeding back or just generally being too loud.... Is there any outboard equipment out that could fix it.

[Wilflet]

whats wrong with just turning down the snare mic untill the mix works?

or is the snare louder than your vocals at the vocal mic?

[mattrevill]

yeah I have been barely having my snare mic on, and cant get my vocals loud enough without having the snare too loud and eq'ing the mic to get the vocals sounding nice just causes feedback when I play my snare.

would compressing work on my vocal mic?

[Shaggy]

I would recommend singing louder and playing the snare quieter. A change of microphone may help, but there is no signal processing I know of that can help an overly loud snare.

[TimmyP1955]

yeah the mic is good, but im just not able to push the volume as high as id like, due to either my snare feeding back or just generally being too loud.... Is there any outboard equipment out that could fix it.

 

If you can't do the above, get a Crown CM311 headset mic or an Audix OM7 vocal mic. They will give you the best vocal-to-snare ratio of any other mic of their respective types.