Lets hear and see your drums!

[DuoToneBand]

lets see some pix of your drums and hear some MP3's

http://www.bigupload.com/download_f...d_file=30DFCC7E

[Jacko]

I get the feeling that was just an excuse to show off your sweet kit

and the link for the sound file doesnt work

[SillyBee]

Ludwig Hammered Bronze Snare 3x13

[DuoToneBand]

here is an mp3 of my kit

its actually my bassist playing, because i was setting levels for everything. Hes not a bad player at all.

The kick sounds decent
toms sound like a**
snare sounds good

mxl2001 on overhead
990 on floors
990 on racks
beta 52 on kick

http://www.purevolume.com/chfdrumdwdrums

[tilinmyowngrave]

Nice set Duotone! But where is the china? . And why do the toms sound like ass? I cant check the link, my computer sucks . Is it because of the micing, or the drums themselves? What cymbals do u use, and what is that little snare in the corner?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../FUNFUN003.jpg

Thats my set. Dun have any sound files. And about those tama steel mini tymps... yes, they are cheap and look crappy. But they sound much cooler than they look . Old Tama Superstars with a old Yamaha brass snare... and Paiste and Han Chi Cymbals. I'm contantly moving stuff around, so mys et looks different now, but its absically the same stuff.

[dr.colossus]

I would hate to load-in and load-out if I were you guys!~ Your kits kinda make my little baby look like a toy.

sound bites here, but they are only scratch tracks for writing so everything was mic'ed and mixed very very quickly.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/libandac/pirates.html

[DuoToneBand]

Originally Posted by tilinmyowngrave

Nice set Duotone! But where is the china? . And why do the toms sound like ass? I cant check the link, my computer sucks . Is it because of the micing, or the drums themselves? What cymbals do u use, and what is that little snare in the corner?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../FUNFUN003.jpg

Thats my set. Dun have any sound files. And about those tama steel mini tymps... yes, they are cheap and look crappy. But they sound much cooler than they look . Old Tama Superstars with a old Yamaha brass snare... and Paiste and Han Chi Cymbals. I'm contantly moving stuff around, so mys et looks different now, but its absically the same stuff.

I play dw drums. I have coated emperors on the toms right now, and they take too much tone out of the $4000 toms. I loved the way they sounded with clear emps, but their too boxy with the coated. The floors (16 and 18) sound fine, but the 10" and 13 are a little choked!

[spitfire909x]

something sounds wrong with your recording duo, i think you need some difference placement or to leave yourself more headroom on the input gain for volume, or maybe the room?

nice sounding cymbals, personally though i don't really care that you have 4k dollar toms, sounds like a huge waste to me when you could have gotten a pearl SMX custom for half the price and spend 2k on some nice mics

[tilinmyowngrave]

I know this is way off topic... but has anyone here heard/tried the bubinga omni tunes that tama makes? They look really nice, but no place stocks them. O well. They are about $2900 more than I can afford.

[PhilGood]

I don't think the toms sound like a**! They sound pretty full and round to me! nice and puncy! Maybe a bit louder than the rest of the kit. I like the snare, too. The only thing I'm not too sure about is the kick. It sounds a little mushy and distant to me, but that could just be mic placement.

And, of course, they are sweeeeeet looking!

[DuoToneBand]

the kick sounds good, but a little TOO full. I had it tuned with the front med , with the pillow only touching the batter. It sounded good in the mix, but not great by itself

[DuoToneBand]

btw, no eq on any of the tracks, and the snare was unmiked.

[PhilGood]

Maybe that's it. The range of the kick is really full and doesn't sound focused by itself. All the other stuff probably blends within the mix and then you hear the presence.

Maybe you should post the mix, if it's done.

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by DuoToneBand

btw, no eq on any of the tracks, and the snare was unmiked.

That was just overheads??

Cool!

[PhilGood]

I've posted mine before, but here they are.

I get tired of posting the same sound clips, because I've been working on new stuff, but it isn't ready to hear yet. So more of the sucky test tracks. (sigh)

Sorry...

http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/drumset.jpg

http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/drumtest.mp3
http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/testwsubkick.mp3

Yeah, they're treated.

[DuoToneBand]

no, that was 4 mics. Single overhead, one mic over the floor toms, one over the rack toms, and one on the kick.

[tilinmyowngrave]

Originally Posted by PhilGood

I've posted mine before, but here they are.

I get tired of posting the same sound clips, because I've been working on new stuff, but it isn't ready to hear yet. So more of the sucky test tracks. (sigh)

Sorry...

http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/drumset.jpg

http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/drumtest.mp3
http://www.monkeyworksinc.com/samples/testwsubkick.mp3

Yeah, they're treated.

Nice! What drums/cymbals?

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by tilinmyowngrave

Nice! What drums/cymbals?

Drums are Tama. Cymbals are combos of Paiste Sigs, 505, Dimensions, 2000, Alpha, 802, Sabian, Zildjian, Ufip and Wuhans. I don't have complete sets of just one brand. I prefer to have a specific sound instead of a specific brand on the kit. I have enough cymbals for 3 sets of drums. Heads are all Remo.

[tom5]

What about your mic's?.

[PhilGood]

I used GLS ES-57 for all the toms. The snare is either a 57 or a Superlux ECO-H6A depending on my mood. The kick is a Superlux FK-2 and a home-built subkick. The overheads are MXL V63s.

[tilinmyowngrave]

Originally Posted by PhilGood

Drums are Tama. Cymbals are combos of Paiste Sigs, 505, Dimensions, 2000, Alpha, 802, Sabian, Zildjian, Ufip and Wuhans. I don't have complete sets of just one brand. I prefer to have a specific sound instead of a specific brand on the kit. I have enough cymbals for 3 sets of drums. Heads are all Remo.

How are the UFIPS? I've heard great things, but never had the chance to try them, and plus they are way too expensive...

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by tilinmyowngrave

How are the UFIPS? I've heard great things, but never had the chance to try them, and plus they are way too expensive...

To tell you the truth, I think Ufip's are the best cymbals made - period!

The one major drawback is that they are so expensive, no average drummer could ever afford to play them so they will never be one of the major players in the cymbal market.

[AllenMance]

I am VERY new at recording and I am having issues getting a good bass drum sound. I get more of a "woof" then a punchy sound. I have tried to EQ it out, tried to put a blanket over the bass from front, compressor, ect. and still no real luck. The bass drum sounds better at 250hz then my previous EQing. I run all good matching mics into a mackie mixer then to my digital interface with the bass drum on a seperate channel into the interface for tweaking. I have the toms, snare, cymbols sounding pretty decent. Check out this little sound demo I made earlier tonight. It is by no means my drumming demo or anything like that, this was strictly for test purpose. The reverb was an added VTS effect, it's not room reverb noise. TELL ME WHAT YOU ALL THINK OF THE RECORING QUANLITY AND TWEAK IT FOR ME

http://home.woh.rr.com/alnico/drumrecording.mp3

Pacific CX Maple with redone edges (by me)
Edirol 2496 8 input interface
cuBASE SX 3.0
2.0ghz P4, 1gig ram, dual 19" flat panels.

[tom5]

whats your bass drum mic?

[spitfire909x]

Your test track sounds pretty good. What mics are you using?

And could I have a list of all the effects you have on there?