The typical practice of miking drums is to use a separate mic for most elements of the drum set, along with two overhead mics. This normally involves the use of five to seven microphones, or more. While developing a new series of microphones for percussion, we went into the studio to try them out. We only used two mics for overheads and one for kick drum. When we heard this, it absolutely blew us away. Then we made a comparative recording of the same drum set using seven other mics that are some of the industry favorites for miking drums. In comparing

these two recordings, the difference in detail and sound quality of the three Earthworks mics vs. the seven industry favorites was staggering. The Earthworks microphones captured every nuance of sound from each piece of the drum set with such an exceptional clarity and cohesiveness,that it sounded like a live set of drums, not a bunch of pieces. This discovery led to the development of the innovative Earthworks DrumKit® System, providing a “dramatic improvement” in the sound quality of miked drums. This is truly astonishing - you must hear it for yourself.