a good hi-hat mic?....

[Franno]

guys... would the C1000 from AKG be a good hi hat mic? or do i need something more directional? Preferably from Shure or AKG

[surftex363]

any quality pencil condenser will do the trick

[Butnutz]

how big is your drum room? how close is your hihat to a wall? what style of music do you play?

or is this for live use?

[Franno]

It is for both Live and Studio use... ermm i play kinda Funk/Jazz/Bossa Stuff... and occasionally some country stuff

[sgt1371]

A good condencer will do.

[Tju85]

Try out a F15 from Audix.

There great!

[Gherkin]

Believe it or not, you can get great results with an SM57.

That's what was used on Chad's hats on Stadium Arcadium. :)

[Franno]

Nuts

[Oryon_Drummer]

Depends on your budget, I like the Shure SM81 on hats.

[Butnutz]

It is rare in my experience that a hihat mic ever gets used in a mix...if you have the inputs to spare, by all means experiment, but its probably unnecessary to spend more than $120 on a mic.
If you want to go the small diaphragm condenser route, i recomend an MXL 603 or 604, basically the same mic.

[jacobthetongue]

Believe it or not, you can get great results with an SM57.

That's what was used on Chad's hats on Stadium Arcadium. :)

I agree. I tried out several different mics for recording my hats, and liked the SM57 the best. The thing I liked most about it was that there was minimal bleedthrough, as opposed to my pencils, which picked up everything. With the 57, I didn't need to gate the hats at all, which I much prefer....

[dubsnack]

LOL, my hats are too damn loud in my overheads without their own mic!

[Sumyoungguy]

On hi hats ALWAYS use condencer mics... Condencers have quicker transient responce then dynamic mics, i have heard the difference. Don't gate it, you'll loose sound, simply put a hi pass filter on it, line it up with the overheads using the nudging tool(by millisecs). Use a small diaphram condencer mic and point it on top of the hats(about 2 inchs above when open) pointing away from the rest of the set... trust me. ;)

[notsocoolguy]

I know its insane, but I have got great results using the fairly cheap behringer c2's for hihat mics... Although they are cheap mics and from a cheap brand I highley recommend them!!

[Franno]

Thanks for all the replies... all i have to do now is steal my headmasters credit card again

[vMOOnEYv]

Depends on your budget, I like the Shure SM81 on hats.

i second that.

[Drummer519]

I've had some good luck with the AKG C1000 on my hats but I like the Shure SM81 a bit more. Plus, it's always good to have a couple of 81's around anyway.