How do these drums sound?......

[leaningpine]

After trying out the Recorderman and Glyn Johns techniques and being frustrated with the lack of stereo spread I was getting, I mic'ed the whole drum set. I have

1 SM57 on snare
1 Behringer XM 8500 on the kick
3 Behringer XM 8500 on the toms
2 CAD 217 as overheads, spaced pair

This is my first attempt at micing a full set and was curious what other people's opinion of the sound was. I used no EQ or effects, just the sound of the drums.

http://soundcloud.com/user1990595/drums-19/s-ei6uE

 

[Will Kirk]

I think they sound pretty good! They're almost perfectly balanced however I keep hearing more of the hi-hat as opposed to the toms, the toms are a little quiet in comparison to the rest of the kit. Other than that, sounds pretty good!

 

[rsdean]

Agree, I think they sound great.

 

[Re-tox_stl]

It all sounds darn good, except I think the snare needs a little more bite. Unless that was the sound you were going for, then good job

 

[buzzard bass]

Needs more cowbell!

Juss kidding, sounds pretty damned good to me, lots better than a lot of CD's I've heard.

 

[willmoore]

Great panning, not exagerrated like a lot of recordings nowadays. Excellent Job!

 

[guitarplayr82]

I agree, very good job. I'm surprised at how well those cheap Behringer mics tracked. I'd be interested to hear this once it's all compressed and EQ'd.

 

[Greg_L]

They sound okay. Not great, not bad. Get some instruments in there to see how they really sound.

 

[leaningpine]

Cool, Thanks. I'll work on them a bit more and add some tweaking. Yeah, those behringer's were surprising! I saw the Frequency chart and noticed that they were almost identical to SM 57's so I tried them out. Those were bundled together with a mic bag I bought from musicians friend so they were like 10 bucks a piece in the bundle.