Recent content by 2Kickdrums

That's right, there's no need to debate. I just clarified every line of my post and it was 100% correct to begin with. Not really sure why you jumped all over my post to start, but I'll forgive you.

I sure have heard of Keller. You should re-read my post. All of it... and understand it. Who is the biggest supplier of wood shells to drum companies? What do most drum kits (toms and kicks) use as shell material as their main product line option? Tell me something I don't know. "Much...

I'll simply do some scratch tracks and play with the channel phasing to hear whether the mics are cancelling. You can minimize the interference by using the proper polar patterns, aiming the mics accordingly, and selecting frequency response and mic type for respective parts of the drum kit...

You likely wont hear a difference by ear; most drum shells are made by the same company and only differ by hardware, brand and shell finishes. Much of the sound you get will be dictated by the type of skins and the tuning. All of the above in general. Small diameter drums are higher pitched...

Make sure the pad switch is set to zero on the mic. Other than that, I guess those mics are typically lower output signal than most?

Depends on how devices on the other circuits will be used with the dedicated line. For example: Will you be physically connecting any sound cables from rack units, or amplifiers to a console on a seperate circuit?

Interesting that you're not able to get enough gain when mic'ing drums. My first questions are:what type of ADK mics are you using, and what model of Mackie mixer? Do you happen to have the padding (Attenuator) active on the Mackie when comparing the gain to the UA610?

I'm not so sure you want to pre-mix two tracks before you are ready to 'final mix' the project. Using a group track is probably the best method if you want to save plug-ins; that also allows you to hide the primary tracks while using the group fader to mix. For instance, you can sub group all...

WOW, You nailed it Jim! It's a Shure 585 harp mic. :cool: I've had a Realistic mic before, and I'll tell you the Shure is nothing like it. The Realistic is tinny, cheap feeling and sounding. The Shure has a very warm tone (mid and low freq. response), and is a solid build. It must weigh...

Mystery Solved - it's a Shure 585 Not sure how to trace the model / MFG of this microphone, so I'm hoping you can all lend some clues. This thing is about 15 years old (could be more); possibly made by AKG. It uses a 1/4" connector. It's a very heavy, solid metal body. Compared to some of...

Depends on the song, but normally I'll play cross-over. It's a nice technique to learn; you can do some pretty cool fills and beats with your strong hand leading on the snare. Back in the day when I took lessons, I was given drills to plan weak foot lead on the kick, and same with the...

My vote most closely resembles the "punch-in" method. Normally, when i/we record vocals there will be several takes on separate tracks. We will then listen back and pick the best parts and cut/paste them into a new main vocal track. If you, or your vocalist can nail down the perfect vocal...

The only thing I do different is keep the 'scratch vocal' for the musicians to cue from. From the people I've recorded with/jammed with; it's pretty much unanimous that we play with more emphasis and "feel the tune" with vocals playing along. Counting your parts for the next change up really...

The guitar sounds better, but I couldn't really hear a difference with the snare. Maybe it's because of the computer speakers.

Thanks for the very informative link and pointing out that we do have a studio forum here. I must be blind as I scrolled down the entire list! :p Seems like I have some reading ahead of me!