A perfect set for capturing the punchy, full tones of a five-piece drumset. Chinese musician/composer Siwei Zou started sE Electronics twenty years ago in an effort to improve the design of some of the microphones that were coming out of Shanghai factories at the time. Then, in 2003, Siwei opened his own production facility for the company so he could ensure higher quality standards and artistic control. Today, sE Electronics is still family owned and operated—Siwei’s daughter now oversees the day-to-day business—and its microphones are first choices for many live and studio musicians and engineers. This year, sE Electronics put together a complete set of mics especially for drums, the V Pack Arena. Comprising a bass drum mic (V KICK), a snare mic (V7 X), three tom mics (V BEAT), two small-diaphragm condensers (sE8), and three clip-on mounts (V CLAMP), this set has just about everything you need to capture […]

October 2020 Issue