Drum Recording

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SteveCPerrino said:
nawh, mine pans left and right
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but are you panning each mic differently(right mic panned right left mic panned left) or are both of them locked (one pan option for both tracks ) together?
If they are locked your software might have an unlock option, other wise best option would be two mono tracks.
 
okay, I' m very confused, and it might be my fault haha, but lemme clarify everything:

I use Logic 8 Software

I mic my overheads with 2 Audix F15's.

I record them on Logic as ONE stereo track, meaning one of the mics is panned all the way to the left, and the other mic is panned all the way to the right, but they're recorded into one single track.
 
SteveCPerrino said:
okay, I' m very confused, and it might be my fault haha, but lemme clarify everything:

I use Logic 8 Software

I mic my overheads with 2 Audix F15's.

I record them on Logic as ONE stereo track, meaning one of the mics is panned all the way to the left, and the other mic is panned all the way to the right, but they're recorded into one single track.
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Try it as two separate mono tracks, instead of one stereo track. I know it sounds like the same thing (and it might be) but you need to compare the panning of the two mono tracks to the one stereo track. (Earlier in the thread you said that your stereo track pans left and right, but that's one pan control, moved either left or right for the whole track, right?)

For what it's worth, to me (and probably to most folks around here) a stereo recording always means that the two mics are sent to two separate mono channels--just gives you a lot more options in mixdown.
 
alright, thanks!

and any suggestions on how to make my kick sound less boxy?
 
I hate when people say "This is what you have to do", and then start giving you a run down of how they eq THEIR instruments with THEIR set-up using THEIR ears according to THEIR taste. So I won't do that.

But I can give you a ballpark for boxiness. You usually want to cut somewhere between 200-450hz. That's where most of it is. Do a parametric sweep and listen to where it really stands out and sort of "hums" at you, then cut that.
 
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+11111111 on what Rami said...

Having the kick 'tuned to taste' should be mentioned as well... If it sounds boxy in the room then it's going to record that way

:)
 
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