by the way...i remembered that i got a really really great kick drum sound when i used a pzm mic...i cant remember which one i guess it must have been the shure beta 91... but i'm not shure..ehm sure ;)
anyways it had a really punchy, full sound...almost sounded as if it had a built-in compressor, which it didn't of course...
speaking of compressors...i always use them on bass drums...if you set them right, they can do wonders...especially when you have lets say metal drummers, who nearly always tend to play "softer" when they play lots of double-bass at higher speeds ... and then when they go into a "normal" bass drum pattern they kick the pedal a lot harder :)
plus most compressors have noise gates, which can help make the sound tighter, too
