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We'll definitely try the -20dB setting this time. We can't really vary the loudness of the drums and the guitar and vocals have to be loud enough for our drummer to hear while playing. :-( This is why it has to be ruddy loud! It is a bit annoying!

Thanks Gecko it’s difficult to find the balance as some people’s ears are more sensitive. I have really sensitive ears and really good hearing, and certain loud noises cause me annoying aggravation. One thing that certainly does is pushing a chain of metal roll cages at work. I work in a...

Sorry about the delayed reply. I’m a bit worried about some of the advice I’ve had on this thread! We have not tried recording a practice again since posting this question but we are going to try it again next week. What I’m worried about is, according to it's spec, the Aston Spirit can take a...

Hi, I was wondering if anybody had any advice about what level of decibel is safe to play without ear protection? In band practice I stand pretty near to the drum kit as it’s a pretty small practice space and it’s on my right side, so I pretty much hear it all in my right ear. Our drummer...

Hi, there is no particular forum for this subject but I thought MIDI was closest because it’s computers. Does anybody know if you can get wireless headphones and set them up so that when you play in your computer they work regardless of whether you have the audio output device set as built in...

Thanks. When I tested the mic out on just the drums I was hammering the two rack toms (together) and then the snare and floor tom (together) alternatively, and kick peddling the bass drum at the same time. That was pretty loud. If I ask her to do that I think that will be as loud as the kit...

Thanks Partonkevin, you're the second person to say you've used SM57s for this. Actually I use one of those to mic my amp. It's good to know they would work to mic the room as well. If I have to change the mic I'll give it a go with one of these.

Thanks guys. It could be the mixer gain being to high then. Back in the days when I was playing by myself and standing near the PA speakers and mixer unit, (which is what the mixer is right next to) I used to be able to see the lights on the mixer but not very well. I had to sort of stand side...

I think you’re damn right Cavedog! The band aren’t interested and just want to get on with it! To me it’s a really shame not to record and listen back later because we’ve spent all that time practicing the songs and all that money on the gear and then have no bloody idea what we sounded like! I...

There aren’t that many variables fortunately. Here’s how I did it … With the mic on the -20db setting and trying it out with just a drum kit and the mic is quite a long way from the kit … The mic goes into a Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer (into an XLR input) with the gain dial centred. This is the...

Thanks for that guys. I'll get the specifics posted shortly. I think you're probably right that it's not the mic as it doesn't feel that loud to me.

This is a classic example of not understanding the purpose of the thread. These threads are really helpful in general but occasionally you get a question where you end up using up incredible amounts of time answering the posts but still don’t get any useful information. This has been one of...

As I've said ecc83, one of the mics (and therefor tracks) is THE ROOM! I will be better off asking about this on the drumming section I think.

But my question was. What type of mic do they use to record the room when recording a drum kit? or what type of mic should one use? because the mic we tried was not able to handle the sound level. Not on the 0db setting anyway. I have recorded in a studio twice and on both occasions when the...

Thanks Keith, i'm not sure that will run on my donkey's years old mobile (bought in 2010) but I'll look into it.

Thanks Dave, yeah I looked that up. Also, is there some sort of gadget you can get that measures volume in db? We could put this thing where the mic will go and quite easily work out what Max SPL mic to get. Anyway, first of all I'm going to try again with the Aston at -20db and see how that...

Thanks Gtoboy, the spec for the mic in the booklet is “Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%: 138db” I don't know what THD means (I'll google it in a bit). I'm a bit confused because it also says in the spec “Pad Switches: -20db/-10db/0db” but I don't know if that means the SPL becomes 20db higher or lower...

Thanks guys. We have recorded straight out of the PA but it means miking the drums (if you want to hear them on the recording) and it's not really worth the practice time it takes up. Recording the whole room seems like the easiest way. Yes (Rob) the vocals and guitars come out of the PA, the...

Can anybody suggest what would be a good microphone for recording the room when a drum kit is playing? Suggestions would be welcome for recording just the drum kit or the whole band playing with a drummer. Actually, what we’re trying to do is record a band practice, drums, guitar, bass and...

I managed to get a laptop bag but there weren’t many that would fit this mixer! I got the KROSER 18.5" Laptop Briefcase Bag for £33.99 from Amazon. The only actual proper mixer bag I could find was the Gator 18x15” but that only has one compartment so any cables or other accessories you want to...