Heil Sound PR48 Kick Drum Microphone PR48

The Heil PR48 kick drum microphone is the end result of what happenswhen you start with the finest kick drum microphone components listento what your customers want based on real-world drumming conditions, andput it all together. Heil incorporates suggestions from some of thebest drummers and drum & sound technicians in the world into thePR48. That and two years of in the field research refining thesesuggestions, yields the PR48, ready to take on any kick drum.

ThePR48 contains a large vulcanized double shock-mounted diaphragmelement, impervious to external vibration and noise. The PR48 also hasour best rear noise rejection, and excellent (148 db) SPL handling; allhoused in a solid flat black emron steel body with red screens on anadjustable swivel-mount. Heil adds passive internal low pass filters tocreate rises in the frequencies where the kick drum's sound benefitsmost. The kick beater is also represented like never before in the mixthrough this filtering. This is a great rock kick drum mic, but also isat home serving country, jazz, funk, blues and metal drummers with akick drum sound that has no equal.

While some kick drummicrophones judge themselves by how well they can handle EQ; how about akick drum mic that sounds fantastic with NO EQ! As a finishing touch,the PR48 has a 45 degree angle XLR plug to allow for easier XLRconnecting during setup. The PR48 can be purchased separately, or in theHDK drum kit series, (HDK-5, HDK-7 and HDK-8), and is available with avariety of microphone mounting options. With the PR48 you get thebuilt-in metal swivel mic stand mount connected.