Go buy a ribbon mic, right now!

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Great track FIG

I really liked the first part of your track. IMO, your drummer is very talented! Keep it up.
Yours, ES
 
I have two of the shineybox ribbons. I think they are both great. I find that many of the cheap condensers are instantly gratifying - bright and clear and sensitive - but over time their is a harshness that can grate on you. Of course, placement is probably more important than the price of the condeser. But my point is the ribbons, while at first blush to some may seem "dark" are actually just not hyped or harsh and over time the sound captured by these mics is more pleasant.
 
I was like, "uhhhhhhhh is it possible for a mono mic to sound that freaking wide????".

I was about to sell my $1k SDC's!!

The second clip sounds about par for the course for 1 mic in a basement. If it works a lot better for you than what you were using than awesome. Maybe one of the things you're hearing is the significantly decreased phase cancellation by only using 1 mic. That's always a good sound.
 
chessrock said:
You know, the only thing that really stands out to me about that clip is how good the bass is reproduced on the kick drum.

If it were me, I would probably give that mic a permanent home ... about 4-5 feet in front of the kit (or wherever it was you had it placed - I'd definitely dampen that room for the sake of the cymbals, though). Or I'd do the tunnel thing on the kick drum and put that thing out at the end of the tunnel, and mix it with something like a d112 up close.

But that's just me thinking out loud.

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Could just be because it's farther away, and the bass sound waves have more time to propagate than your avg kick drum mic setup.


To thread starter: Be careful with ribbons, I'm not familiar with that model, but some can be very sensitive to volume and you could damage it. Check the max SPL before putting it next to loud sources.
 
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