I need help recording drums

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Okay..... I've been recording with two sm81s overhead, beta 52 kick and 57 on snare. But I've felt that my toms lacked punch. They always sounded thin and weak to me when compared to their live sound. So I sprang for some drum mic clips.

My kit is a year old pearl export. Now with the toms miced they have low end. I mean LOW end. They boom with the tom mics on them. But they ring too much... even completely dry they sound like they are full of reverb. The toms on the kit ring a lot which works good live..... but maybe not as well in studio. Do I take the bottom heads off the toms to eliminate the sustain... or do I try to EQ the ring out?

Any opinions or suggestions would be helpful.
 
You do realise you're more likely to get a sensible answer in the Drums and Percussion Forum, don't you?
 
Tune 'em. and you might try dead ringers on the toms. If you have old head laying around you can cut some out yourself.
 
Thanks track. And I have moved the question to the drums forum. Sorry.
 
Sounds like a proximity effect issue to me. How close are you micing them?
 
And what mics are you using to close mike the toms with... the 81's?
 
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