hiwatt357
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Lately I've been tweaking my drum sounds in regards to tuning, mic placement and levels.
First off, I want to make it clear that my kit is not any sort of "pro" kit. It's a Cortley kit I bought from a friend of mine in college for $100.00. My ex-roommate accidentally left a Paiste 2002 ride with my cymbals many moons ago, two crashes (Meinl's) were given to me, and I bought the Sabian B8 Pro hi-hats and 16" crash. I was also given a Tama piccolo snare (shown in picture, but not used in this recording) by a band for whom I filled-in on drums.
In other words, it's a budget kit.
I recorded this tonight using a D112 on the kick, a 57 on the snare and one Audio Technica ST90 (???) above each tom using a Boss BR-532 digital 4-track. I use a Phonic mixer to mix the 4 mics down to 1 track. Everything is recorded flat and dry.
I realize that it's probably going to be difficult to get a good tone out of the shallow mounted tom.
Does anyone have any suggestions given my current set-up to get some more "umph" out of the toms? I should probably get at least one overhead mic as well, but it's the toms that really give me the most trouble.
I'd also appreciate feedback as to the overall sound of the kit.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Here's the track.
First off, I want to make it clear that my kit is not any sort of "pro" kit. It's a Cortley kit I bought from a friend of mine in college for $100.00. My ex-roommate accidentally left a Paiste 2002 ride with my cymbals many moons ago, two crashes (Meinl's) were given to me, and I bought the Sabian B8 Pro hi-hats and 16" crash. I was also given a Tama piccolo snare (shown in picture, but not used in this recording) by a band for whom I filled-in on drums.
In other words, it's a budget kit.
I recorded this tonight using a D112 on the kick, a 57 on the snare and one Audio Technica ST90 (???) above each tom using a Boss BR-532 digital 4-track. I use a Phonic mixer to mix the 4 mics down to 1 track. Everything is recorded flat and dry.
I realize that it's probably going to be difficult to get a good tone out of the shallow mounted tom.
Does anyone have any suggestions given my current set-up to get some more "umph" out of the toms? I should probably get at least one overhead mic as well, but it's the toms that really give me the most trouble.
I'd also appreciate feedback as to the overall sound of the kit.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Here's the track.