my crashes don't sound natural

[SilentSound]

I have an at 3525, at 4033, and pl20 as my best room/overhead mics. Actually i used the at3525 and a shure 85 condenser as overheads on my last recording. it doesn't sound natural. I use a 2 channel tube pre with no eq(that's not the problem). They just sound washy and not seperated well. I am sure that it is placement but what does someone else think...

[Dragon]

Time for another silly...

When I saw the title of this thread, I swear I thought, "Great, here's someone who works in the film industry doing sound for airplane disaster movies, and he needs help from us!?"

[Dom Franco]

Are you pegging the meters when you hit the crash Cymbal? Analog tape will be a little more forgiving of this distortion. If you are recording digitally a loud transient (Like a crash cymbal) will sound harsh and brittle. Lower the input level and/or move the mike back a bit.

Dom Franco

[drstawl]

Talk about silly? From the title I thought he was talking about Windows GPFs!