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Lion King
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Location: South Africa
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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject: Mic'ing up my kit |
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Hi
Im going to be doing some recording this weekend....just home style, nothing hectic.....no studio suff or anything,just a big room.
Ive got a drum mic kit (not sure of the brand) and then ive got 4 shure SM-57's to mic the kit up with.
Ive never done it before though so does anyone have any recommendations as to how to mic up the kit and mic placing??
Im going to record the 8 mics into a mixer then line it out in2 my PC.
Thanks
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Radialprofan
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Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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Here's what works for me. I use 57's in my home studio too.
Placement makes a huge difference. Try moving the mic around a bit to find the sound you're looking for. Different mics will make a difference too.
Experiment and see what works best. |
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Doomed to Drum
Grizzly Bear
Joined: 01 Apr 2004
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Location: England
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| One in the bass, maybe one on the batter side towards your pedal, snare, toms, some over heads for you cymbals, as radialprofan says, experiment |
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Brownson
Newbie Alert
Joined: 19 Jul 2004
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Location: Forest
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I found that the best way to get toms to sound good is really really high quality overheads. The close mics pick up the punk and the pop of the toms but that is useless and bad soundint with out too room noise. I suggest the AKG C451B mics. absolutly incredible mics.
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nlberg
Lion King
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
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Location: London Canada
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| Radialprofan wrote: | Here's what works for me. I use 57's in my home studio too.
Placement makes a huge difference. Try moving the mic around a bit to find the sound you're looking for. Different mics will make a difference too.
Experiment and see what works best. |
Looks right to me. See the "were to place mics" thread for a good explaination.
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micleross
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Joined: 22 Sep 2004
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Location: Texas
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it's all about where you want them to be. if one starts getting in the way move it until you find the right spot for it. That's how I have been doing it for years.
laters,
Michael
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shaneohack
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Joined: 27 May 2003
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| Radialprofan wrote: | Here's what works for me. I use 57's in my home studio too.
Placement makes a huge difference. Try moving the mic around a bit to find the sound you're looking for. Different mics will make a difference too.
Experiment and see what works best. |
Ever tried moving the HH mic to the outside of the HH. Lets see if I can describe this. Think about looking at your HH from the top. On the out half of the HH place the mic half way between the edge and the bell. Kind of like you are putting a needle on a record. Put about a 2-3 inch gap between the HH and the mic. Check it out. 
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