johnnymegabyte
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A friend brought his drums over, and hoping to record some jams / demos. I placed 2 SM57 to either side of the kit, roughly one foot out and 4 feet from the ground. Sound quite good, however, the kick drum doesn't get picked up too well.
So, does anyone know / suggest a mic (not too expensive) that would do the trick for a "from the front" of the drum set, but would also be versatile for other recording needs, such as Mic'ing guitar cab's or (preferably) vocals.
I'd include a sample but the guy on drums is a beginner, just as a test, not the kit owner. No headphones were used, so there was some bleed from the guitar FX Line Out over the speakers. I hope to capture some drum tracks over the week-end.
Also, we plan to record guitars and bass through their FX processors Line Out, and keyboards direct through mixer / audio interface (Tascam M164UF) like I did in the test the other night with rhythm guitar at the time drums were recorded.
I have a SM58 but it's on its last legs. Sometimes no sound / jiggle the cable and might work, but the VU could be showing a signal, and most times it's crappy / distorted, and 1/3 time is perfect. So, totally unreliable.
Any suggestions and / or ideas appreciated.
my local store carries Shure, Sennheisser and APEX mic's. http://www.long-mcquade.com/departme...icrophones.htm
not shooting for Abbey Road sound, but results so far are quite good. (to me)
So, does anyone know / suggest a mic (not too expensive) that would do the trick for a "from the front" of the drum set, but would also be versatile for other recording needs, such as Mic'ing guitar cab's or (preferably) vocals.
I'd include a sample but the guy on drums is a beginner, just as a test, not the kit owner. No headphones were used, so there was some bleed from the guitar FX Line Out over the speakers. I hope to capture some drum tracks over the week-end.
Also, we plan to record guitars and bass through their FX processors Line Out, and keyboards direct through mixer / audio interface (Tascam M164UF) like I did in the test the other night with rhythm guitar at the time drums were recorded.
I have a SM58 but it's on its last legs. Sometimes no sound / jiggle the cable and might work, but the VU could be showing a signal, and most times it's crappy / distorted, and 1/3 time is perfect. So, totally unreliable.
Any suggestions and / or ideas appreciated.
my local store carries Shure, Sennheisser and APEX mic's. http://www.long-mcquade.com/departme...icrophones.htm
not shooting for Abbey Road sound, but results so far are quite good. (to me)
If that doesn't work, and the first suggestion doesn't give you a good enough sound, you always could buy a cheaper LDC or cheap pair of SDCs to help out.
