3 Mic recorded, please listen...

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I have just recorded a short drum track, it's my first time recording drum. So, please listen to it and tell me what could be imporved. Thanks

http://nowhereradio.com/a1a2/singles
it's called "drum take1"

questions: 1) Is the kick drum too weak? no enough bass?
2) Are cymbals too loud?
3) Did I achieve a good/balanced stereo sound?

Thanks you very much
 
that is a fantastic sound! i listened to it through headphones though (the missus is asleep)... its a very live sound, which is what i think a lot of recordings lack....

1) the kick seems to sit very nicely
2) because they are nice and dark they are fine...
3) yes and no, over all its quite good, i'd personally like to see the toms split left and right a little, and the cymbals split a little spatialy relative to the drummer, but thats probably a drummer thing, if i weren't a drummer it wouldn't have been something id notice

finally i think there may be just a little too much reverb in there, like i said i'm listening through headphones and it sounds fine, but i was recently doing a mix through these phones (not good), and found i was adding way too much verb, so i'll check it out again when my girlfriend wakes up and report back on the reverb issue
 
nope the verbs good too...

what did you use (mics, media, effects) to record this?
 
dr.colossus:
I am very glad that you liked it. My setup was:

C1: overhead
sm57: Snare
D211:Kick

All mics ran thru Behringer mixer's pres, Audiophile soundcard, and mixed in ACID (cuz my Sonar is messed up...)

About the reverb, I did add a little on the fill cuz I tried to create a little of the "jungle" sound. The whole track may sound a little weird to you cuz I had to cut and paste since my neighbor interrupted us half way thru the recording, and we didn't not get a whole 4 majors recorded...
Very little compression added overall, a little highcut on EQ cuz the cymbals were too loud, little tap-delay/reverb on the fill. I kinda wish we had placed the D211 a little further from the kick instead of sticking it INSIDE the kick. It sounds more like a "pop" than a bass drum...
But, anyways, thank you very much for listening. I will opst more once I find a better place to track drum other than my apartment.
 
a1a2,

i liked the sound you got.
cymbals are too loud for my taste, but so are toms, which means you only have to bring the overhead's volume down a bit, but that depends on the style of music you're going to use that sound for. i like dry drum sounds though. i only ever use reverb on the snare, but that is a personal preference too. i like drum sounds that are very musical and acoustic, nothing harsh, and that drives all my decisions when micing a drum kit.
it sounds like you were aiming the d112 at the spot where the beater hits the kick head. am i right? if you want a little more resonance on the kick, track with the resonant head on, and the mic just inside the head opening. play with mic position until you find the sweet spot with the right amount of beater attack and resonance.
if you can borrow another ldc for next session to use as another overhead, you'll see you can get an even better sound.
i did some drum tracks last saturday with a c3 and an akg c3000 as overheads, but i liked my 603s better. they're good for a 4 mic setup because they can't reproduce as much of the bottom end as a ldc, so you can better control the sound of the kick drum.

adriano
 
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