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AKG D112 Large Diaphragm Microphone
Rugged construction. Finished in non-reflective dark gray, and includes SA40 stand adapter.
"Great for live sound, ok in the studio"
This is a good mic for micing kick drum live as it will take any SPL level a drummer (or a bass cabinet) can throw at it. The presence peak helps the "click" cut through a dense rock mix. It works the same way in the studio, but you begin to notice that it has a sound of its own, and not always a good one. I don't recommend micing both the bass and the kick drum with these, as they'll end up sounding an awful lot alike.
"Solid bass drum mic"
AKG D112 Microphone Customer Review
"Better than the Beta."
Feature:
It's a mic?
Quality:
German engineering is the best.
Value:
Don't know why it costs as much as it doesn. It only serves a few purposes.
Desirability:
It's the best in its class.
Sound:
I've done an A/B comparison with the D112 and the Beta52. The AKG won hands down. Both had the same amount of bass response. The AKG just had a little more attack without having to add EQ. Also the Beta sounded a little more honky (unwanted mids). With the AKG, I didn't have to add as much EQ to get a decent sound.
Overall:
Can't find anything wrong with it.
It's a mic?
Quality:
German engineering is the best.
Value:
Don't know why it costs as much as it doesn. It only serves a few purposes.
Desirability:
It's the best in its class.
Sound:
I've done an A/B comparison with the D112 and the Beta52. The AKG won hands down. Both had the same amount of bass response. The AKG just had a little more attack without having to add EQ. Also the Beta sounded a little more honky (unwanted mids). With the AKG, I didn't have to add as much EQ to get a decent sound.
Overall:
Can't find anything wrong with it.
"Brillaint cheap and effective."
Feature:
Perfect nice clip and adaptor for different sized stands.
Quality:
Hard, Strong tough its well made and made to last.
Value:
For next to nothing its great and as its a top quality dynamic mic what mor could u ask for.
Desirability:
Looks good is good end of.
Sound:
Well to other people not rating it highly is probably becuase your not putting it in a correct position. but i find i can acheive clear punchy and crispy bass drum soudns with easy. Represents low end very well and boost at 60hz or lower is a great filler for the bass drum. I use it a lot in live and studio use. Plus why do you think so many studios use it becuase they know what there doing with it. And if u use it with maybe a Shure SM57. So Kick mic in the bass drum centre height and width near the non hit skin and a SM57 over the top of the bass pointing down at the beater it should sound wicked. Phase inverting the D112 can help if phase occurs.
Ease of Use:
Can range to differnet sounds easy to big and boomy right to clear and crispy and punchy all about where you place it. Can lack top end but eq can re instate that.
Support:
AKG no idea. But i expect good service.
Overall:
Easily 10 years. :P
Perfect nice clip and adaptor for different sized stands.
Quality:
Hard, Strong tough its well made and made to last.
Value:
For next to nothing its great and as its a top quality dynamic mic what mor could u ask for.
Desirability:
Looks good is good end of.
Sound:
Well to other people not rating it highly is probably becuase your not putting it in a correct position. but i find i can acheive clear punchy and crispy bass drum soudns with easy. Represents low end very well and boost at 60hz or lower is a great filler for the bass drum. I use it a lot in live and studio use. Plus why do you think so many studios use it becuase they know what there doing with it. And if u use it with maybe a Shure SM57. So Kick mic in the bass drum centre height and width near the non hit skin and a SM57 over the top of the bass pointing down at the beater it should sound wicked. Phase inverting the D112 can help if phase occurs.
Ease of Use:
Can range to differnet sounds easy to big and boomy right to clear and crispy and punchy all about where you place it. Can lack top end but eq can re instate that.
Support:
AKG no idea. But i expect good service.
Overall:
Easily 10 years. :P
"Punchy and perfect"
It's fantastic live at large venues...outdoor festivals, arenas, large halls.
You can really push it.
Clearer that shure beta 52.
Have it as an internal with the May hook-up system. Inside a 16X22 Yamaha Birch custom Absolute.
You can really push it.
Clearer that shure beta 52.
Have it as an internal with the May hook-up system. Inside a 16X22 Yamaha Birch custom Absolute.
"Just heard about it"
I've heard that they get very little bass response. I've also heard a sample on the AKG Mic Check CD they just released, and I have to agree. Perhaps this was just the way it was EQ'ed. It had incredible attack however.
"Nice bass drum sound"
My band and I recently used a D112 in the studio on the kick drum. I was very impressed with how clean the tone was, and the prescence of tone was great as well. It would be worth the purchase if one was looking to buy a kick drum mic.
"Ok."
Feature:
everything came with it, couldent have thought of anything else for it
Quality:
I would say a nice looking mic, sturdy, can deffintly drop it a few times and your sound will not be comprimised.
Value:
for a 15 year old kid who is messing around in his basement with some lower end recording gear, this is perfect.
Desirability:
not a bad looking mic, nothing different.
Sound:
This mic is ok for my basedrum, i tuned my basdrum really nice just for the mic and it didnt really compliment it. i wanted a super punchy crisp sound and this mic didnt do that. but for someone just starting out and making a little demo or something, this would do the job. but if your looking for studio quality, this is NOT it.
Ease of Use:
easy to use, no pre-amps needed or anything.
Support:
didnt need to phone anyone or ask questions so i wouldent exactly know.
Overall:
i just wasent happy with this mic becuase when i made a few demos for my band, and my friends bands. it just wasent a good sound, not what i was looking for anywase
everything came with it, couldent have thought of anything else for it
Quality:
I would say a nice looking mic, sturdy, can deffintly drop it a few times and your sound will not be comprimised.
Value:
for a 15 year old kid who is messing around in his basement with some lower end recording gear, this is perfect.
Desirability:
not a bad looking mic, nothing different.
Sound:
This mic is ok for my basedrum, i tuned my basdrum really nice just for the mic and it didnt really compliment it. i wanted a super punchy crisp sound and this mic didnt do that. but for someone just starting out and making a little demo or something, this would do the job. but if your looking for studio quality, this is NOT it.
Ease of Use:
easy to use, no pre-amps needed or anything.
Support:
didnt need to phone anyone or ask questions so i wouldent exactly know.
Overall:
i just wasent happy with this mic becuase when i made a few demos for my band, and my friends bands. it just wasent a good sound, not what i was looking for anywase
"Better off with the competition."
Feature:
no real features, just a standard mic.
Quality:
It will keep working, if you can stand to use it
Value:
Given how much I dislike this mic, it should be priced lower so as not to sucker anyone out of the good mics.
Desirability:
I never want to use one of these on any stage or any studio.
Sound:
I've mixed tons of bands and used prettymuch all mics, only once have I gotten the desired sound, and that was on a particular bass cabinet. This is terrible for drums, no wonder I rarely see any professional touring act use them.
Support:
Had many problems with support (parent company) glad I have a network of my own.
Overall:
Just not up to par.
no real features, just a standard mic.
Quality:
It will keep working, if you can stand to use it
Value:
Given how much I dislike this mic, it should be priced lower so as not to sucker anyone out of the good mics.
Desirability:
I never want to use one of these on any stage or any studio.
Sound:
I've mixed tons of bands and used prettymuch all mics, only once have I gotten the desired sound, and that was on a particular bass cabinet. This is terrible for drums, no wonder I rarely see any professional touring act use them.
Support:
Had many problems with support (parent company) glad I have a network of my own.
Overall:
Just not up to par.
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