raven46
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Ok so some are probably cringing at the thread title. I know the answer here is go to a great sounding live room but lets not forget this is home recording and we work with what we got. Anyway heres the thing.
My drums are set up in my living room where I mix. Its not a very big room with standard 8/9ft?? ceiling. I have alot ot treatment(Gobos, cloud, bass traps etc) in the room and carpet. Its very dead, possibly the worst kind of room to record drums in, unless your living in the 70's then it don't sound too bad at all. But thats not the sound I'm after.
I mic each drum, two on snare and sometimes two on kick. Spaced OH. A mono room and sometimes a bathroom mic which is down the hall.
The two things I know of to liven up a drum sound: Adding a room verb to the room mic(dont really like that, depends can be hit and miss). Crushing the room and or bathroom mic(Can be very nice but sometimes not very natural). The bathroom mic can be really nice but sometimes the cymbals come out a bit too harsh and I cut out a lot of it.
Their the two things I know of. Anyone got any other suggestions?
I plan to get another interface maybe next year. Then travel down the road. I got a nice location picked out and record in Auria on the pad, bring back home to mix. But till then is my dead room.
My drums are set up in my living room where I mix. Its not a very big room with standard 8/9ft?? ceiling. I have alot ot treatment(Gobos, cloud, bass traps etc) in the room and carpet. Its very dead, possibly the worst kind of room to record drums in, unless your living in the 70's then it don't sound too bad at all. But thats not the sound I'm after.
I mic each drum, two on snare and sometimes two on kick. Spaced OH. A mono room and sometimes a bathroom mic which is down the hall.
The two things I know of to liven up a drum sound: Adding a room verb to the room mic(dont really like that, depends can be hit and miss). Crushing the room and or bathroom mic(Can be very nice but sometimes not very natural). The bathroom mic can be really nice but sometimes the cymbals come out a bit too harsh and I cut out a lot of it.
Their the two things I know of. Anyone got any other suggestions?
I plan to get another interface maybe next year. Then travel down the road. I got a nice location picked out and record in Auria on the pad, bring back home to mix. But till then is my dead room.