stuckatwork
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Hey,
My drummer just got done recording his drums for our CD and so far we got a killer drum sound, much better then we've ever gotten before... only problem is our cymbol sounds are kinda cheap. We used 3 ovehead mics, a SP C1 and 2 AKG C1000s. I know the C1000s are the problem but we had to use what we had. If we take them out we lose a ton of stereo and cymbol definition. We've got a lot of cymbol bleed on all the drum mics(minus the bass drum), but I really love the drum sound we've got going on especially the snare and I don't want to mess with that. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how we can keep the sound of the kit basically the same but take the harshness out of the cymbols? Does anyone have any alternative methods to getting the cymbols to sound right, other then EQ?
Thanks,
Jon
My drummer just got done recording his drums for our CD and so far we got a killer drum sound, much better then we've ever gotten before... only problem is our cymbol sounds are kinda cheap. We used 3 ovehead mics, a SP C1 and 2 AKG C1000s. I know the C1000s are the problem but we had to use what we had. If we take them out we lose a ton of stereo and cymbol definition. We've got a lot of cymbol bleed on all the drum mics(minus the bass drum), but I really love the drum sound we've got going on especially the snare and I don't want to mess with that. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how we can keep the sound of the kit basically the same but take the harshness out of the cymbols? Does anyone have any alternative methods to getting the cymbols to sound right, other then EQ?
Thanks,
Jon