Eurorack MXB1002 10-Channel Mixer?

[Cult_Status02]

That's what I got and I am too stupid to use it. I am a pure noob when it comes to this stuff, so any help is greatly appreciated! Ok, so I have nady drum mics: DMK7 7-Piece Drum Mic Package http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_id/51904 and 7 Lo-Z Microphone Cables . Now my problem is, I just got the mixer and I was just testing it out so I plugged one of my drum mics in, checked the levels and what not, and recorded out to tap...but it didn't record, so I tried the second channel, nothing, and continued to try the rest, nada. Then, just to see what was going on I plugged in my keyboard into an input, jsut using a basic instrument cable, success. I was just wondering why it will record with the instrument cable, but not with a mic cable/ or these particualr mics. Thank you very much for any help, and again, I am completely new to this, so please do not make fun of me, thanks.

 

[Cult_Status02]

Nevermind.

 

[Riverdog]

Did you get it????

 

[Vladimir]

Did you have the phantom power off? I bought the same mixer, got it 2 days ago, and have been quite happy with it. Just wondering, how do you get around the fact that this mixer has 5 XLR in's and you have 7 mics?

 

[Disposable]

Vlad... In that case, I'd say use an outboard preamp with a couple channels.
And send the out of that into the stereo channel line-ins.

 

[Cult_Status02]

Yea, I got it. Imagine that, of the 7 mic cables, the one I tried is messed up and doesn't work. I never would have thought I a simple chord wouldn't work right when I got it, oh well. Oh yea and the 7 mic question...yes it's a problem, I don't want to spend the at least 7 bucks or whate ver it is for xlr to intstrument cable (I think it's called trs or seomthing like that). So I just, unfortunately, settle with no over head mics, I just mic the drums. The drum mics pick up cymbals, pretty good, but not at good as I would like. I have tried using just two over heads (2 condencer mics) but they always pic up too much bass. Speaking of which, why is that even though my bass drum is tuned low (obviously) it keeps getting recorded pretty high pitched, I checked the equalizer and every thing, so finally I just turned down the gain really low (almost all the way down) and then turned the low pitches all the way up, and I got soemthing good. I'm just wondering why the bass may come out so high, when I was using my bass mic? THanks

 

[Steal Sessions]

The attack of the kick drum can be picked up up by the overhead mics more like a 'tick' than a 'thud'. That is no problem, could eventually work out really nice in the mix. My experience is that if the kick recorded is lacking any 'high freq components' it is pretty hard to make the kick stand out in the mix. That is depending on the type of music of course.

I'd use 2 overheadmics, and no tom mics. Just be sure that all toms are picked up nicely en equally loud (or as you like it) by the OH mics.

Read this:http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/botr/micing.php

And there are many more ideas floating around to get decent sounds with less than 5 mics for recording drums.

 

[Cult_Status02]

OK, thanks. I think I'm gonna try the overheads now.