I just decided I'm going to do a fast rock cover of a house track this weekend. I usually use samples for drums and spend ages making them perfect with EQ and compression and stuff.
I want the drum kit to sound messy and fucked up on this one though. Doesn't have to be clean and nice. I've got two mics and am thinking of hiring a kick drum mic. I've got a condenser (can't remember what brand but it's pretty nice) which I was going to use as an overhead, and some Sennheiser dynamic thing I was going to mic the snare with.
So if I hire out a kick drum mic, will this be enough to get a dirty rock sound. I know I'll probably end up gating and compressing the crap out of the snare and kick but I might just put a bit of compression on the hats. I've never actually recorded a kit before so don't know what I'm doing.
Any tips for 3 mics? I'm just recording it at home in my living room while my parents are away.
I want the drum kit to sound messy and fucked up on this one though. Doesn't have to be clean and nice. I've got two mics and am thinking of hiring a kick drum mic. I've got a condenser (can't remember what brand but it's pretty nice) which I was going to use as an overhead, and some Sennheiser dynamic thing I was going to mic the snare with.
So if I hire out a kick drum mic, will this be enough to get a dirty rock sound. I know I'll probably end up gating and compressing the crap out of the snare and kick but I might just put a bit of compression on the hats. I've never actually recorded a kit before so don't know what I'm doing.
Any tips for 3 mics? I'm just recording it at home in my living room while my parents are away.