@@JoeyD913 Yes the new mounts are available separately! Just a heads up though - the new mount sits higher on the drum than the old mount. So while the DM20 Gen 1 will fit in the new mount. you'll need to spend some time readjusting the position of the gooseneck. Let me know if you have any other questions!
The main difference seems to be in how (less) hot the new dm20 is. It really doesn't matter in studio conditions as preamps these are connected to would have enough headroom, but I imagine in live applications that engineers could've struggled with the old dm20s. For the kick mic, that is a tough battle as engineers already have their favourites for both live and studio applications, and it will take Earthworks some serious elbowing in to try to prove themselves.
My jaw dropped at the raw overhead sound, my god. Not only do you have your drum tones dialed in beautifully, but so many forget to actually make sure that their cymbals work in context, too. Bad shells are never nice, but those you could technically at least replace in a mix - not the cymbals though, and yours sound phenomenal (also because you play beautifully, but that is obvious). Great video, my man!
Thanks for this! The ‘pop’ off that snare with these is so nice. Curious how they compare to the mk1s sound wise if you were gonna do a follow up. Cheers!
Hi Austin, welcome back to RU-vid! A question out of the context of this video: Will the “study the greats” series have new content or do you consider it permanently over? Thanks 😊
With the shorter mic body and shorter rim mount, can they still be mounted to the bottom rim, while recording the top head? If so, what is the deepest drum this will work for and still maintain the recommended 1.5 to 3" distances. Thanks.
Boy that sounds good. I really like Earthworks microphones. Some of the best in the business. You should crank that gain up on your drums a few more notches it sounds so good! (just don't forget more cowbell). lol
Excellent video. Just in case you don't know, if you line that snare butt up with the mic, it picks up a ton more snare. I know some people don't like where that ends up placing the throw-off but it provides such an excellent sound, that you can forgo a bottom snare mic if you wanted to. This effect is even more pronounced on smaller snares. For example, the snares are barely audible on the 10" (8"?) off to your left.
I had the snares off on the side snare so that’s why it sounds open haha. But that’s an interesting idea to line up the mic with the snare wire. I’ll experiment with that.
Thanks for a great review. One question, does the new mic rim mount press into the bearing edge of the drum when you tighten it? If so that's not good.
Just tested it and it fits exactly the same. Only thing is the Gen 1 DM20 is much taller than Gen 2, so it sits a bit high when mounted in the Gen 2 mount. You just have to bend the gooseneck down more to get the capsule closer to the head, but other than that, works just fine.
@@abbdrums I got the mounts and they are much more secure, however when try to bend the gooseneck to its fullest, hitting the drum cause the gooseneck to unbend which is kind of weird. However it stops at like a few inches away from the batter head and eventually stays put.
Majorly annoyed with earthworks as a company because I did so much research to buy my first REAL set of mics, ended up with the Gen1 that I just bought 3 months ago. Saw 000000 advertising for gen2. Whatever, one less gen2 unit they’ll sell.
I feel you man, that situation always sucks but there is always something new coming down the pipeline for everything: mics, cameras, computers, etc... The Gen 1 is still a killer system and the difference between it and the Gen 2 is not enough to get down about. Maybe just pick up the DM6 to replace the SR20LS and you are good to go.
