Microphone testing for Drum 48
Drum 48 is a massive fundraiser coming up in May 2011 to raise funds for Wessex Cancer and Wessex Haemophilia Trust. It will involve 48 hours of non-stop drumming, and to make sure everyone can be heard, Shure are proud to be sponsoring this charity event with some new drum microphones and In-Ear Monitoring equipment.
The organiser Chris Knight plays drums in his local church and plans to drum for most of the event himself. He is a big fan of Shure equipment, but had never experienced the differences between Shure’s drum microphones, so he visited us here at SDUK to have a listen and a bit of a play.
We tested a wide selection of PG, SM and Beta drum microphones, and specifically the new Beta 91A and Beta 98AMP/C. A particular favourite was the combination of the Beta 91A with Beta 52A – what a huge sound!
Chris was also keen to see how In-Ear Monitoring could benefit his event, so we gave him a full demo of PSM900.
More details about how the mics worked at the event itself will follow…
