Heil Sound HDK-5 Drum Cardioid Microphone Kit, Includes 4x Handi Mic Pro Plus, 2x HH-1 Mounts, PR 48 Kick Drum Microphone, Case

The Heil HDK-5 drum mic kit is for those seeking professional drum mics, and a great value. The HDK-5 contains five microphones, including the PR 48 kick mic, along with four Handi Mic Pro Plus microphones. For your kick drum, the PR 48 is superb with its suspension-mounted element, preventing external vibration interference. Side and rear noise rejection is superb with the PR-48; moreover the PR 48's large element captures the full depth of the bass drum, without noise, and without compromising any natural bass drum sounds.

Your kick beater will be well represented; and don't even worry about your feet pushing sound pressure levels into overload, because the PR 48 can handle up to 148 SPL all day long. The HDK-5 kit also includes (four) Handi Mic Pro Plus's to capture snares, cymbals, and toms with rich sound & clarity. Handi Mic's are incredibly versatile due to their 4" tall footprint; fitting into places other microphones cannot reach, like inside roto toms.

The Handi Mic Pro Plus microphones also have shock mounted elements, plus the phase plug design and porting expertise to produce a most natural, linear sound, for which Heil microphones are known. The HDK-5 includes four HM (standard 5/8"-27) mic clips, along with two patent-pending HH-1 mic clips; perfect for mounting to rims, or to tom hoops. The HDK-5 is a great value drum mic kit for rock, blues, jazz, metal, gospel, and more. You get all this, in a protective padded leatherette carrying case ready to go.

- Handi Mic Pro Plus -
The Heil Handi Mic Pro Plus microphone is just 4 inches tall and has a sleek matte black finish. The smaller footprint makes it a perfect for those tight places like in and around drums in a drum kit and placing inside a Leslie cabinet.

The Handi Mic Pro Plus has a frequency range that is perfect for the human voice, plus, it's designed with an open rubber shock mount that eliminates hollow sounds.

With the Handi Mic Pro Plus you get a black acoustical windscreen, a mic stand clip.

- HH-1 Mount -
The Heil HH-1 drum mic mount is patent pending, in part, for its utility in mounting microphones to drums securely. The HH-1 offers several options to mount, including via the rim, or to the mounting hoops of the drums. The fully adjustable HH-1 was developed with input from jazz drummer and producer, Hunter Herman (hence the HH-1 designation). Like most drummers, Mr. Herman had (in the past), been forced to use methods of mounting drum mics that left him wanting better solutions.

Like all producers, he demands mic placement that best captures drum sounds. The HH-1 addresses the need to place drum mics in perfect proximity to the drum to get the desired sound, while ergonomically mounting, and remaining fully adjustable. Whether top mounting, or for when you need a little space between the drum & mic, and/or you're mounting from underneath, you can place your mic with confidence.

Mic'ing drums can be challenging considering variables in drum design, number of drums & even the style of the drummer. With the HH-1, you can get into the tightest of tight spots, and you can place microphones where they are going to operate at their optimum level of performance. In live situations, the HH-1 lets sound technicians do great work, without fear of mic stands moving around, or worrying about inferior mounts that tend to break. When you hook up with the rock solid HH-1 mic mount from Heil Sound, You can forget about your mic'ing troubles and start making music.

Accepts 1/4"-20 and 5/8"-27 standard mic threads.

- PR 48 Kick Drum Microphone -
The Heil PR 48 kick drum microphone is the end-result of what happens when you start with the finest kick drum microphone components listen to what your customers want based on real-world drumming conditions, and put it all together. Heil incorporates suggestions from some of the best drummers and drum & sound technicians in the world into the PR 48. That and two years of "in the field" research refining these suggestions, yields the PR 48, ready to take on any kick drum.

The PR 48 contains a large vulcanized double shock-mounted diaphragm element, impervious to external vibration and noise. The PR 48 also has our best rear noise rejection, and excellent (148 db) SPL handling; all housed in a solid flat black emron steel body with red screens on an adjustable swivel-mount. Heil adds passive internal low pass filters to create rises in the frequencies where the kick drum's sound benefits most. The kick beater is also represented like never before in the mix through this filtering. This is a great rock kick drum mic, but also is at home serving country, jazz, funk, blues and metal drummers with a kick drum sound that has no equal.

While some kick drum microphones judge themselves by how well they can handle EQ; how about a kick drum mic that sounds fantastic with NO EQ! As a finishing touch, the PR 48 has a 45 degree angle XLR plug to allow for easier XLR connecting during setup. The PR 48 can be purchased separately, or in the HDK drum kit series, (HDK-5, HDK-7 and HDK-8), and is available with a variety of microphone mounting options.

With the PR 48 you get the built-in metal swivel mic stand mount connected.