a rig for me

[cemyender]

hello all! its been a long time since i've been here and i'm not much wiser since my last visit. I'll tell you a little about myself just to introduce myself!

I'm a musician who plays drums,guitar, bass guitar, piano/keyboard, and potentially vocals aswell. I'll be looking to record them all at some point, but not at the same time, as the band is me, myself and I!

At the moment my rig is - pc, cubase LE, a yamaha mw12 mixer, 1 sm57.

I'm looking for someone abit wiser (ok, thats probably 99.99999% of people on here) to give me some indication to what else I would need other than some more mics for drums. I believe my mixer is half decent for what i require.

 

[pandamonk]

hello all! its been a long time since i've been here and i'm not much wiser since my last visit. I'll tell you a little about myself just to introduce myself!

I'm a musician who plays drums,guitar, bass guitar, piano/keyboard, and potentially vocals aswell. I'll be looking to record them all at some point, but not at the same time, as the band is me, myself and I!

At the moment my rig is - pc, cubase LE, a yamaha mw12 mixer, 1 sm57.

I'm looking for someone abit wiser (ok, thats probably 99.99999% of people on here) to give me some indication to what else I would need other than some more mics for drums. I believe my mixer is half decent for what i require.

The mixer will allow you to record stereo. This means that you have to get all the levels right in recording(per instrument). For drums you need to mix perfectly and on the fly, basically. You can definitely get good results this way though.

You need a kick mic(shure beta 52a) and overheads for drums(studio projects b1/naiants). For overheads, invest in a pair of decent budget condensers, which can also be used for vocals, etc.

Invest in some acoustic treatment(read about here), decent monitors, and headphones.

Hope everything works out well

Panda

 

[Sir_Matthew]

For drum overheads, I've had good luck with Rode NT3s as well, if you're looking for a lower price range. You can use the NT3s or other small-diaphragm condensers for vocals as well, but a large-diaphragm condenser would be better in most cases. Opinions on those abound, but for starters, a Rode NT1-A would work. I'm using an Audio Technica 4040 at the moment, sounds mighty fine.

That Shure Beta 52a is great for the kick, but I've also gotten good results with a CAD KBM412. I always like to present the budget options, just in case...