Uladine
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No matter what I seem to do with mic placement I can't get anything remotely useful lately. I've got some shitty mics (Nady) but I'm sure theres a way to get something way better than what I'm getting.
The kick sounds almost like it has a "ping" to it. No thud. It sounds excellent in person but through the mic its awful. The snare sounds like its being cut off. I'm nowhere near clipping. I took the screen off of an SM-58 (technically the 58 is a 57 with a different screen right?) and I put that on the snare. Still sounded like shit. I moved it away from the head, Still no better. I even tried miking the underneath and still no good. I experimented with phase reversing and EQ and everything on both mics. The snare sounds like its choked, but theres no muffling on it at all. In reality it has a nice metal ring to it (piccolo) but through the mic its just a snap. All attack and no sustain. At first I kept thinking I had the mic too close and started backing it away, but I got around 6 inches away and figured the problem must be somewhere else. Maybe the mics are clipping? But shouldnt the 58 be able to handle loud snare drums?
Can anyone give me advice to help me get better sounds with my crappy mics? By the way, the same crappy nady mics actually sound good on the toms, so I know I must be doing something wrong on the kick and snare. Also I'm using a Mackie 24.4 vlz mixer into a PC with Sonar.
The kick sounds almost like it has a "ping" to it. No thud. It sounds excellent in person but through the mic its awful. The snare sounds like its being cut off. I'm nowhere near clipping. I took the screen off of an SM-58 (technically the 58 is a 57 with a different screen right?) and I put that on the snare. Still sounded like shit. I moved it away from the head, Still no better. I even tried miking the underneath and still no good. I experimented with phase reversing and EQ and everything on both mics. The snare sounds like its choked, but theres no muffling on it at all. In reality it has a nice metal ring to it (piccolo) but through the mic its just a snap. All attack and no sustain. At first I kept thinking I had the mic too close and started backing it away, but I got around 6 inches away and figured the problem must be somewhere else. Maybe the mics are clipping? But shouldnt the 58 be able to handle loud snare drums?
Can anyone give me advice to help me get better sounds with my crappy mics? By the way, the same crappy nady mics actually sound good on the toms, so I know I must be doing something wrong on the kick and snare. Also I'm using a Mackie 24.4 vlz mixer into a PC with Sonar.