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Dani Pace
New member
I've been trying to record a drummer who is really "heavy handed" especially on cymbals. He plays the edges a lot and the cymbals crash a lot! My problem is he plays the cymbals so hard that they overpower everything else and cause the drum track(s) to clip and distort. I've tried different mics, different placements, EQing, I'm running out of ideas. The guy is a good drummer aside from his overpowering cymbal crashes. Any thoughts or ideas? I've got him to try lighter sticks (didn't help) and to angle the cymbals more but he still manages to use the side of the stick on the rim of the cymbals and create these terrable sounds. I'm open to any ideas so please help me out guys.