The first thing to consider when miking kick drum for recording is the quality of the drum itself, and the kind of work it needs to sound half decent on your track. In most cases a cheaper kick drum will require more padding and tuning to give it the thud that listeners are use to. Once it sounds great you can move onto choosing your mic.

A great choice would be some kind of dynamic microphone, with a large diaphragm. Try the AKG D112.

Now you have to test every placement you can think of and see which rocks the best.

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