what do you think of this room?

[skiz]

My friends cottage has recently become available to me to record drums in and the main room in it is pretty large and has tiled floors and just a normal ceiling. How do you think this room will do? i duno about the tiled floors i would prefer them to be wood but just wanted to see what you thought of this.

also if i did record in the tiled room, where abouts in the room would be good to set the kit up? in the middle? closer to a wall? what do you think?

[Rimshot]

Are the tiles ceramic, stone or vinyl/linoleum? Is the tile on a wood floor or a concrete slab? How tall are the ceilings and are there glass doors going into the room? Is the room empty or heavily furnished? Is it a flat, sloped or cathedral ceiling? Is the room squared off and have flat walls or is it odd shaped?
All of these factors will figure into how the room will react and even after having all of that knowledge, the only way that you'll know for certain is to test it out, find out where the drums sound best and play around will mic placement. Having a reflective surface such as a hard tile floor will brighten up the sound of your kit. If it reflects too much, you can add a rug under your kit and even most of the floor if needed. I personally don't like a completely dead room and prefer a few reflective surfaces like glass doors for recording, but each room will be different and you have to try it out.

[skiz]

yeah i understand

my biggest problem is i dont really know what i should be looking for in a good room to record in. I really want fat powerful sounding drums with a good snare crack. Recording in the same kind of style as underoath or LoveHateHero.

the ceiling is flat and the tiles are marble i think not 100% sure.

what would you look for in a good recording room? the room ive been recording in is a bit dead so im trying to find a good place to record.

what do you think of car garages? we have a 3 car garage with concrete floor and rafters not ceiling. obviously the dimensions are about 3 cars wide and 1 car long. pretty much rectangular and the garage doors are made of wood.

sorry if i seem like a uber newb, but in reality... i am

[donkeystyle]

Originally Posted by skiz

the ceiling is flat and the tiles are marble i think not 100% sure.

what would you look for in a good recording room? the room ive been recording in is a bit dead so im trying to find a good place to record.

what do you think of car garages? we have a 3 car garage with concrete floor and rafters not ceiling. obviously the dimensions are about 3 cars wide and 1 car long. pretty much rectangular and the garage doors are made of wood.

The combination of a really hard, flat floor and a flat ceiling combined with a bunch of parallel walls with no low or high frequency absorption is less than ideal (in fact it could be an acoustic nightmare), but it could still turn out pretty well.

Is there any furniture in the room?

If there is a couch or couch's or anything like that you can use, put them against the wall(s) at the far end(s) of the room. That will help both with tightening up the low end a little bit and also absorb some high end.

you're going to want to put a rug under the drums. You'll obviously need that so that the drums don't slide around, but it will also help absorb some early reflections.

If you can find a thickish blanket (a moving blanket would be perfect)and figure out a way to get that above the drums it will help with the early reflections also. I don't know how you would do it, but you might try suspending it over 2 shelves or using a large amount of tacks and tack it to the ceiling.

Try putting the drums close to the middle of the room.

your garage would probably be about as good the room with the marble floor. The problem with garage's is there is almost always tools and other stuff that can cause irritating rattles and crap. You also probably won't have things like furniture that you can use as a little bit of room treatment. The rafters would probably have a diffusion type affect which would be good though.

Both rooms have their issues, so try them both and see which one you like more.

[Elton Bear]

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Drums recorded in a garage, with 1 ribbon mic and no dampening. See what you think