How to place my drums

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i have a room thats 8ft by 12 ft long and 12ft high...not the best but keep with me here...now to record my drums would it be best to have them facing down the room or facing sideways?
 
Only you can make that judgment based on how it sounds. Spend a few minutes with a single tom. Walk around the room while hitting it and listening for the sound to change. (You don't need to record it yet, just use your ears.)

At some spots in the room it will seem to "come to life" more so than other spots. If you like the way it sounds in any of those sweet spots then that is where you should set up. The direction you face should be decided the same way.
 
There's always exceptions but generally shooting them down the long way will sound best. I'm jealous of your ceiling height. :mad:
 
RawDepth said:
Only you can make that judgment based on how it sounds. Spend a few minutes with a single tom. Walk around the room while hitting it and listening for the sound to change. (You don't need to record it yet, just use your ears.)

At some spots in the room it will seem to "come to life" more so than other spots. If you like the way it sounds in any of those sweet spots then that is where you should set up. The direction you face should be decided the same way.
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You may have an even easier time if you hand the drum to somebody else and have them walk around the room banging while you walk around the room listening. You will get a better picture of the sound a room microphone picks up.
 
In that room...it doesn't make much difference, set them up how it works best for you depending on the width/depth of the kit...
...and besides, drums don't project out in one particular direction like a speaker does.
 
Well... only if your going to use room mics would I set up the drum set for facing the long 12' of the room, to give you a little more space between drums and the outer mics.



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I'd set the kit up both ways, record fifteen minutes in each configuration with all the mics/ mic set ups you're likely to be using, have a good critical listen, then............
 
grimtraveller said:
I'd set the kit up both ways, record fifteen minutes in each configuration with all the mics/ mic set ups you're likely to be using, have a good critical listen, then............
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Then?.....Then?;)



:cool:
 
OH.... I get it kind of like if a tree grows in the forest and there is noone there to cut it down.........



:cool:
 
Best way to place drums is in front of the drum stool.

Sorry. Coudn't resist.
 
grimtraveller said:
I'd set the kit up both ways, record fifteen minutes in each configuration with all the mics/ mic set ups you're likely to be using, have a good critical listen, then............
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I would kill myslef before moving my kit around! :D ;)
Maybe for a small 5 piece and a couple of mics...

In a small room like that, I just don't think room ambience is something that will be all that great, as the sound of the kit in that room will be very "compressed".
A couple of spot mics, and maybe some OH mics....that's it.
If the room is very lively...it will sound a cluster-fuck with a lot of mics.
 
miroslav said:
I would kill myslef before moving my kit around! :D ;)
Maybe for a small 5 piece and a couple of mics...

In a small room like that, I just don't think room ambience is something that will be all that great, as the sound of the kit in that room will be very "compressed".
A couple of spot mics, and maybe some OH mics....that's it.
If the room is very lively...it will sound a cluster-fuck with a lot of mics.
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I agree with miroslob. That room aint gonna be great any way you set the kit up, so just put it where it fits and is not a hassle to work around and use close mics and simple overheads.

And treat the room the best you can. That room is gonna sound shrill with no treatments.
 
But if I'm right about this now...then that means I've also been right about everything else up to now, because this encompasses my overall recording mantra..."it will sound like a cluster-fuck with a lot of mics". :D

You just never wanted to admit it until now. :laughings:
 
miroslav said:
But if I'm right about this now...then that means I've also been right about everything else up to now, because this encompasses my overall recording mantra. :)

You just never wanted to admit it until now. :laughings:
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There ya go being dumb and wrong again. I knew it wouldn't last. :laughings: :laughings:
 
so basically just experiment with what sounds best in my rubbish room haha?
 
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