finding best spot for mic... it all sounds the same!

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daav said:
judging by your diagram, the problem might be the large floating penises by your mic locations, i think they are causing some bad (and gross) reflections.

Daav
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Glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking this. :D
 
dkerwood said:
It's interesting... when we recorded our demo, the engineer put the two overheads on either side of the drummer's head (equal distance from the snare, of course).

Then, of course, he mixed it in reverse stereo, as if you were sitting in FRONT of the drums instead of behind them...
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That's pretty kickass. Do you know what kind of mics they were by chance? Were they omni-directional?
 
You're really not going to hear much of a difference in the way the snare sounds when micing at a distance. The differences in placement are going to come at close proximity, where the mic will pick up different levels of the rim, head, shell, and snare tones. When placed at a distance, the mic will equally pick up all of those all of those.
 
wouldnt getting more mics solve the problem, so you can focus each mic on one aspect of the drumset and place it where it sounds good for that part of the kit?
A lot of it could be with your room, but you cant expect great sound from 1 mediocre mic on a drumset, can you?

Im not going to lie though, i dont know much about this type of stuff.
 
sirslurpee said:
That's pretty kickass. Do you know what kind of mics they were by chance? Were they omni-directional?
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They were just two MXR900 large diaphragm condensers. Sounded pretty decent.
 
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