I suppose I should post a photo of my typical drum micing setup for information, real drums no triggers, this is from Saturdays session:
Alan.
Actually this photo was taken for a press photo so I had taken the kick blanket off.
Of course the position of the mic has a lot to do with the sound, for example don't point it into the bell of the sax. I have had very good results with the humble SM57.
If you want as smooth sax sound, use a ribbon mic. If you want an open sounding sax, use a LDC out front of the player...
Ceiling clouds like mine below? Sorry I have not got a better angle, The front one is angled mainly for looks LOL, I have 3 and they run to the back of the room, hung with an air gap to allow sound to be absorbed top and bottom. They look thin but the material is high density and very sound...
I don't think you understood what I was saying, what I was meaning was that if you have a 2:1 ratio and the signal goes over the threshold by 2dB incoming, the output will be 1dB higher than the input. If the incoming signal goes over the threshold by 4 dB the output will be 2 dB higher than the...
I recorded a Classical album for a client a while back and it come out very well. I miced the guitar further away then I usually do. I used 2 x Large condensers, an AKG C4000B and a Rode NT1000, and 2 x Fathead ribbon mics, 1 next to the large condensers and 1 further away. The phase of these...