double-micing techniques

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mrface2112 said:
no kidding. what a FANTASTIC idea, Tim! I'm gonna have to get me some cheap triggers and a cheap, used drum machine and STEAL THAT IDEA.

i too have noticed that i get a *huge* sound from micing the shell of my snare, but it's always drowned out in hatwash. that trigger/gate trick will do it.


cheers,
wade


What is the drum machine for? You don't need that - you just need an actual trigger, and a noise gate or compressor/gate with an external Key input. (I use the dbx 166a for the kicks and snare)

You could also use this for an overhead aimed at the snare.


Tim
 
ill often mic the bottom side of a snare if its a crappy ringy, poorly tuned snare. ill even let em pahase out at times to try and kill a crappy resonance. the chain mic can add alot of snap to a weak snare at times. for a while i would mic both sides of a tom just for the hell of it. somtimes i could bus the 2 together and get a really really big tom sound. but often it was a mess and not worth the time.

recently ive gotten back into just 4 drum mics. kick snare and 2 ohs. move the ohs around to get the toms to sit right and wham, a good, honest drum sound. i also have the benifit of having a bright church room as a live room.
 
Tim Brown said:
What is the drum machine for? You don't need that

showing my ignorance of triggers, i suppose. :D i thought you needed something to "understand" the output of the trigger and didn't realise that they put out line-level signal understandable by compressors and gates.....

.....even better.... ;)

cheers,
wade
 
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