First Drum Attempt

[o0Charlie0o]

This is my first attempt mixing drums by recording on 4 tracks instead of 2... So now i can record the kick/snare and overheads seperatly...

Please give some opinions on the mixing/quality (not the actual playing, heh)

 

[Tukkis]

Please give some opinions on the mixing/quality (not the actual playing, heh)

Kick- Nice sound. Thumpy in your chest type sound. Great sound!

Snare- You've got lots of ring on the snare. You need to put some dampening on it. It sounds really thin, maybe you have a phase issue.

Overheads- Capturing the sound well but it sounds thin and trebely like you have a high pass filter on or something. Where are you placing the overheads. I recommend using the method mentioned by Tubedude with the added snare mic.

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39030

Overall not too bad for a first attempt. It can only get better from now on.

Tukkis

 

[zer0sig]

and the real joy of it is: once you get these drums sounding GREAT, then you get to find out that the recording still sounds like crap with other instruments, because of shared frequency space!

ah, but i have said too much.

 

[Tukkis]

and the real joy of it is: once you get these drums sounding GREAT, then you get to find out that the recording still sounds like crap with other instruments, because of shared frequency space!

Drums is the hardest instrument to get sounding good especially for home recording studios. If you can get them to a decent quality level then you will have a good starting point to work from. The other instruments are easier too record.

Tukkis