Guitargodgt
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First off, let me just say that the setup for this recording took a while. When you record drums you can't just go "welp... mics are up let hit record!" No take some time, move the mics around till you get the sound you want.
First is a shot accross the kit. I took a piece of auralex that came with the mopads and put it in the i5 in an attempt to keep the hi hat bleed out of the snare as much as possible. The snare was a nice one, a mapex black panther. Very good snare for the genre and the drummer was smart enough to take my suggestion of putting new heads on all the toms and snare. NEW HEADS ARE IMPORTANT. Old beat up heads suck, they have no sustain and suck to tune. If your drum heads are beat, go replace them. Good uncracked cymbols are also a must for getting pro sounding drum tracks. Beg or borrow, but make sure you got a decent set of cymbols to work with.
Better shot of i5 with foam thing on it.
Get the room as "lively" as you can. People listening to music are looking for instruments to have their space. Dead drums have thier place, this was not the sound we wanted though. Try and reduce as much parallel surfaces as possible. If you have a wall parallell to another try to break that up by putting things on the opposite wall to break up the reflections. Also (and this was not the case in my situation) try not to have the drumset in the middle of the room.
Try a room mic, place it anywhere away from the kit. In another room perhaps? How about down a hallway. Just snag yourself some natural reverb. You would be surprised what kind of natural sounds you can pull from a seemingly terrible sounding room.
Make a home made subkick:
It's very simple to make, take a speaker (I suggest a 6-8") and some mic cable and solder that thing up. Here is a better pick of the one you see above:
The biggest thing when recording drums is to start at the source. If the drum set sounds like crap, you are not going to end up with exactly that.
First is a shot accross the kit. I took a piece of auralex that came with the mopads and put it in the i5 in an attempt to keep the hi hat bleed out of the snare as much as possible. The snare was a nice one, a mapex black panther. Very good snare for the genre and the drummer was smart enough to take my suggestion of putting new heads on all the toms and snare. NEW HEADS ARE IMPORTANT. Old beat up heads suck, they have no sustain and suck to tune. If your drum heads are beat, go replace them. Good uncracked cymbols are also a must for getting pro sounding drum tracks. Beg or borrow, but make sure you got a decent set of cymbols to work with.
Better shot of i5 with foam thing on it.
Get the room as "lively" as you can. People listening to music are looking for instruments to have their space. Dead drums have thier place, this was not the sound we wanted though. Try and reduce as much parallel surfaces as possible. If you have a wall parallell to another try to break that up by putting things on the opposite wall to break up the reflections. Also (and this was not the case in my situation) try not to have the drumset in the middle of the room.
Try a room mic, place it anywhere away from the kit. In another room perhaps? How about down a hallway. Just snag yourself some natural reverb. You would be surprised what kind of natural sounds you can pull from a seemingly terrible sounding room.
Make a home made subkick:
It's very simple to make, take a speaker (I suggest a 6-8") and some mic cable and solder that thing up. Here is a better pick of the one you see above:
The biggest thing when recording drums is to start at the source. If the drum set sounds like crap, you are not going to end up with exactly that.
