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ah, also in drums...w/ a digital recording medium wouldn't compressing during tracking bring better sound quality to the softer and louder hits? With the loud hits almost peaking the preamp and the soft hits barely showing in the meters, wouldn't a more consistent range bring a better sound to...

So...for a steady kick, I could compress some on tracking. Snare, kick, and maybe bass seems like they should get some compression on input. This is if there are too much dynamics. On my recordings the softer hits aren't showing much on the meters because the fader, during tracking, is turned...

Do people generally use outboard compressors/eqs during tracking, or digital plug-ins that will also be used during mixing?

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but I'll try pasting in some solid drum hits for the weak hits and compressing more. also, is having more than 6 db of reduction normal for compression? I've always kept it around there or lower.

I also have snare bleed, but it actually works well for me since i didn't mic the bottom of the snare. The bleed into the kick mic adds the snare fuzz while the snare mic has all the snap.

Ok, so I recently recorded a drummer that plays with a lot of dymanics. During recording, i had set the kick channel around -4 db with the fader. The problem is that the kick drum is all over the place in the mix. Between 2 hits, there can be a range of 6 or 7 db AFTER compression. It is just...

supposed to be perfect, except for all the noise

the latency issues may have been due to lack of resources-- but i'm really not quite sure i can bypass the soundcard. i am thinking i'll have to get separate firewire card. the one you mentioned had a descent price on it.

thanks for the reply everyone on here is so helpful

anyone have any suggestions for mics on larger toms, a kick, or a low tuned loose snare? i have SM57's, but am wondering if there are better options for around the same price. I also don't have a descent kick mic.

firewire i've heard some people having latency problems with the firepod. i'm thinking of getting one and was wondering if anyone has heard of any problems using the firewire in on the SB audigy 2 card with the firepod. thanks