OK, Please tell me what you think...

[Rickson Gracie]

of these drums. What do you like about them? What do you hate about them?....THANKS


I am trying the XY mic setup with my overheads and i think its working. You tell me.


http://www.armlock.com/feb113.mp3

[noodles2k5]

That sounds really good! The only thing I would change is the kick drum. I think it could be more distinguishable/sharper.

[Rickson Gracie]

thanks - my job today is to tweak the bass drum, mic placememt ..etc.

i have the resonant head off with an evans emad on the beater side with the damper on and a couple of moon gels on the beater side. i am using a DW felt beater. i have the mic inside the drum pointing 2-3 inches from the beater.

any suggestions of how to fix the kick to make it sound tighter/better?

[punkin]

You might try to change out the beater to a wood or hard plastic unit. That will give it a little more snap but first play with placement of the mic to see if you can squeeze a little more out of the set up already in place. A little EQ on the kick drum might bring a little attack to the show as well.

All in all pretty nice. Let us hear what you come up with.

[vangore]

try dampening your snare and put the mic further insid off axis with the beater and use hard beaters, the guitar is horribly out of time.

[Bdrum]

I'm wondering what kind of kit and cymbals are you using.
The recording seems ok just some kind of ring going on.
Mic bleed through maybe?

[Rickson Gracie]

haha, i know the guitar is out of time. so is everything else including the drums. i was in a rush and just wanted something to hear in my car. it was a scratch take for a song idea and i just wanted to hear the drums with it very quickly. its very sloppy playing.


I think ive fixed the kick problem. i flipped the dw beater head from the felt side to the plastic side and i bought one of those evans pilliows that lay inside the bass drum. i also adjusted the mic position a bit. ill try to put up an actual song very soon so you can critique it.

thanks!