Heil Sound PR 28 Dynamic Drum Microphone

The PR 28 is Heil's short-body drum microphone. Its element sits in a dual suspension, which is what keeps shell resonance and stand-borne vibration out of the signal while the capsule still reads the full frequency spectrum of the drum it is pointed at. On a busy kit that separation is the whole job: cardioid pickup with -35 dB of rear rejection keeps the hi-hat and the neighbouring toms out of the tom track.

Max SPL is 142 dB, so a rimshot at close range does not fold the capsule. The body threads for a standard microphone boom and accepts Heil's optional HH-1 drum mount for rim clamping, which is how most engineers hang it. It is not limited to a kit; bongos, congas, timbales, and djembe all sit in its range. Output is 600 ohms balanced on a 3-pin XLR, and the microphone weighs 9.6 oz.