First Acoustic drums recording (with bass)

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After 3 years of pulling my hair out with Roland V-Drums and superior drummer I finnaly moved into a place with no neighbours where I can set up an acoustic kit.

The drum room is by no means ideal, measuring 12' x 12' with a 7'9" ceiling.

So far I've built 4 corner traps all 4' in height and hung a 6' x 4' cloud above the kit. Need to build more to take the corners up to ceiling height.

Wondering how my first attempt at recording a live kit is sounding. I've done a bit of processing in the way of gates, EQ & compression fitting the style of the song (it's bare bones drums and bass right now)

I know it's hard to tell without everything in a mix and I don't expect the levels to be anywhere near balanced. I'm looking for phasing issues (if any) and bad mic technique.

Kick: Superlux PRA218A
Snare: SM57
OVERHEADS: spaced pair of AKG Perception 120's
Toms: Superlux PRA228A x3

Bass: direct through a sansamp BDDI

Mic Pre's are from my Yamaha N12

does it sound like ass? :D

and a link would be helpfull....

ASHES Drums & Bass
 
Not bad. The overheads are very sizzly. If you boosted any highs, undo it. You might wanna get a little more attack in the kick too. Let the toms ring out a little more. Overall pretty solid for a first run.
 
Sounds like it wont take you too long to get it down real good.
 
Thabks for the replys,

Greg you're bang on the money. I'm short of a mini boom for the kick mic so can't get it positioned the way I want. Overs do have a bit of sheen added and the toms I set with too short a release on the gate.

Phil, thanks for the encouragement. I've been reading on here for years drums are the hardest instrument to record. It's been good getting my toes wet.


Nothing phasey then? :cool:
 
im singing to it now while i listen! i just made a cool song up on it!
 
Hey Lemon..sounding good! Excellent foundation to nestle your melody into..looking forward to hearing where you take this.
 
LemonTree said:
After 3 years of pulling my hair out with Roland V-Drums and superior drummer I finnaly moved into a place with no neighbours where I can set up an acoustic kit.

The drum room is by no means ideal, measuring 12' x 12' with a 7'9" ceiling.

So far I've built 4 corner traps all 4' in height and hung a 6' x 4' cloud above the kit. Need to build more to take the corners up to ceiling height.

Wondering how my first attempt at recording a live kit is sounding. I've done a bit of processing in the way of gates, EQ & compression fitting the style of the song (it's bare bones drums and bass right now)

I know it's hard to tell without everything in a mix and I don't expect the levels to be anywhere near balanced. I'm looking for phasing issues (if any) and bad mic technique.

Kick: Superlux PRA218A
Snare: SM57
OVERHEADS: spaced pair of AKG Perception 120's
Toms: Superlux PRA228A x3

Bass: direct through a sansamp BDDI

Mic Pre's are from my Yamaha N12

does it sound like ass? :D

and a link would be helpfull....

ASHES Drums & Bass
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I'm with the Gerg; overheads (and snare) are quite sizzly. I like the kick, I think it's got plenty of punch. Acquisition sounds clean, in phase, and well-placed from a field perspective.
 
Sounds sweet man, I agree about the overheads being maybe a bit sizzly... but at the same time, maybe if electric guitars and vocals are added you will need them like that? Alone it sounds like too much though, and btw I really like the random singing :D

You have the snare sounding really warm and fat too... sounds like a wooden snare. Catchy tune bro!

-James'
 
James' said:
You have the snare sounding really warm and fat too... sounds like a wooden snare. Catchy tune bro!

-James'
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Snare is a 15"x8" REMO, the rest of the kit is an old TAMA swingstar 10, 12, 16 toms and 22" kick drum, all remo pinstripe heads. Hasn't been hit in over 7 years. We just took the drums out the cases and set them up. Could probablu do with a tune up and new heads.
 
Very unusual sound. At first I found it a bit thin. The snare was all snap and no body... (and maybe it is)... but then as I continued listening to it, it kept sounding better and better.

Yeah, this sounds quite different than other drums I've heard posted here, but I personally think it'd kick bootie within a good mix of guitars and other instruments. As others have stated, I, as well, would love to hear where this goes...

For a first acoustic recording attempt, dude, you've got it going on.

Personally, I like the sparkle of the cymbals / snare / hats / etc... All depends on what else is going on in the mix, so... get at it and add some instruments!
 
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