How do these drums sound?

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MaximumMetal288

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I've been trying to get the basics of drum recording down for a while, and I think I might almost have it. This song is for my brother's band and its heavy metal, so I am trying to get a good click out of the bass drum. Right now I have a Shure PG48 on the bass drum, the resonant head is off, and the mic is on the beater side. The snare has a Shure Pg58 on it, and that gets all the other stuff as well.

I am really happy with the bass drum, but the snare could maybe use some work. Any feedback is welcome...

here is the song
 
How would I go about getting the low end back? I'm trying to get a "clicky" heavy metal bass drum sound so I tried to decrease the low end. Am I going about this wrong?
 
Before you get into the "clicky" thing, remix the drums from scratch. Compare the overall eqing of the drums to a song you're familiar with. You're not even in the ballpark on this mix.
 
Did you only use two mics? You should use more mics. Try two on the kik, 2 on the snare, 2 OHs, a couple a tom mics.
At minimum use 1 kik, 1 snare, 2 OHs and 2 tom mics. Hihats are usually picked up by any mic pointing in any direction!
 
Way too much top end, if there is a mic on the hi-hat you should lose it,
the bass drum isnt tuned deep enuf, and theres not unuf bass in the toms.
 
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put the bass drum mic inside the bass drum pointing at the beater. to get the click you should probably use a patch of some sort with a wood beater.
you should probably buy just one other mic and put it above the kit so it picks up the cymbals and toms a little. if you are at a loss for cash, try moving the snare mic into this position to pick up everything else and the snare.
 
Herm said:
A bass guitar would help.
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yep i agree with herm. no bass guitar really hurts this recording, it may make a huge difference for your sound, but overall it is pretty thin. I would say the click sound works better for like speed metal where you need that definition. but this type of drumming i think could use a fuller sounding kick to help fill out the sound better.

nice jam though, sounds like you had fun doing it. (although how could i tell that by just listening??) i must have good ears. did you have fun ? it sounded fun.

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metalJ
 
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