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I use three. One overhead, one on the snare and one on the bass. Sounds good to me.

If you're just using two mics, I wouldn't bother recording in stereo. Just put one overhead in the middle and one in front of the kit.

yep, especially since I want to mix with them. I don't really like adding compression when tracking. I haven't changed the valves so it's just got the ones it came with. I'm not sure what they are but I'm happy with the sound for the moment :)

Right, I've tried out the Pro VLA now and so far, I am very impressed :) It sounds really nice on vocals and really adds punch to snare and bass drum. I haven't tried it on anything else yet but I love how it sounds at the moment. The only problem is that I now want another one!

I like the preamps in my Studiomaster desk.

I recommend the Oktava MK-219. I've got two and they sound great on virtually anything.

Hi, I've got a Studiomaster 20/16/2 desk. I'm getting on well with it so far apart from one thing, the inserts are post-EQ. This is proving to be quite a pain as I want to compress before EQ. When I change the EQ it messes up the compressed sound and of course the compressor tries to counteract...

I just bought an ART VLA. It will be here at the weekend so I can try it out then.

I would put one about 5-6' above the kit pointing at the snare and another about a foot in front of the bass drum.

People quite often tell me that they want a recording set-up and ask what I would recommend. It's always a massive and often futile job trying to explain to them that there is analogue equipment involved in digital recording. 'nah, I need to get a digital mic' or digital...

I haven't got any doubts about keeping up recording. I've been into it for about ten years now and I've never become uninterested with it, I've only ever got more and more into it. I don't think I'll ever stop having GAS either haha. I didn't end up getting the presonus this morning. I put my...

It would be good to get as many compressors as possible so I could compress in the mix. I've got one I'm looking at on ebay that ends tomorrow morning. I've got the inserts wired into a patchbay so that's not a problem. I'm not looking for top range compression. just stuff that sounds good and...

I'm thinking of buying one tomorrow. Do you think it's the best idea.

I mean sound wise. I try not to care about looks but it's hard.

Do you think it would be suitable for recording use? How would it compare to my behringer?

haha, everyone jokes about my epic chair. I tell people it has character but really I just can't be bothered to re-paint it. It was last painted about 25 years ago so maybe it's time for a second coat. That compressor looks awesome! How does it compare to the other two I mentioned and are there...

I record in analogue.

Okay, so this is a very broad question. I currently have one dual channel compressor (a Behringer Tube Composer). I use it for almost everything: Vocals, bass, drums, sometimes guitar. I don't hate the sound and I don't really love anything about it, it just sounds alright to me. Anyway, I need...

I used to do track sharing like that quite a lot. I used to route the track into two mixer channels and adjust the sound separately for each instrument, then just switch between them with the mute switches.

I used an R8 until recently. It did have quite a few problems but I managed to get around them all reasonably well. It needed a new capstan belt when I got it, the pulley on the right hand hub kept slipping off, it stopped erasing on track two, the buttons wore out on the remote and it used to...