The Avantone Pro Kick sub-frequency microphone is designed to pick up the deepest low-end sound from the bass drum. This old-school microphone uses Avantone Pro's reproduction of the famous “white cone” low-frequency driver. The Kick mic brings the "boom" from the bass drum out to the forefront, making large-sounding sources sound massive.

There’s no doubt that adding a Subkick system to your regular kick drum microphone is going to give you a much better bass drum sound instantly. Your kick drum will sound much richer and have increased depth and power.

Estimated Value for Yamaha SKRM-100 Subkick Dynamic Bass Drum Mic Black on Reverb

Recording studio and live stage use on kick drum, bass / guitar cabinets ; Attaches to standard microphone stand (5/8" fine thread) - output jack: neutrik XLR ; Dynamic microphone - 6.5'' Speaker driver - polar pattern: bi-directional - impedance: 150 ohms ; Customized in-line pad for controlled gain (gain and impedance designed to match beta 52)

While you can certainly buy a pre-made subkick microphone (Yamaha makes the SKRM-100 – which is actually a speaker mounted inside a drum shell, the DW Moon Mic, or Solomon Mics LofReQ), you can build one a lot cheaper. Here’s how to do it, but be aware that we’ll get to some caveats a bit later.

A sub-kick is basically a diaphragm microphone. It captures the low end of a kick, 50hz, (bass register) and gives it a pulse that is more felt than heard. By using the sub kick it captures more sound that your regular mic wouldn't pick up.

This sub-style dynamic mic boasts an expansive frequency response, enabling it to capture the higher-frequency transients that give kick drums their characteristic snap. What's more, it can be mounted directly to a kick drum's resonant head, onto a KickPort bass drum port, or on a standard microphone stand.

Made from the driver of Avantone's CLA-10 popular speaker, the Kick is a microphone commonly referred to as a "subkick", one that captures the boomy response of a kick drum. This mic, coupled with a conventional miking on the kick drum, can give your bass drum the low end heft you seek in your recordings.

Next Generation Moon Mic microphone focuses in on sub low frequencies. Revolutionizing the way the world recovers the low end. Say goodbye to hot signals, false tones, ringing, bidirectional noise, and low-quality mids to highs. The Moon Mic addresses all these flaws to deliver an unparalleled sound quality.