Sloan
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I'd tell the drummer to listen to the Beatles.
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Ironklad Audio
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this last weekend i recorded a guy with a 9-piece kit, stuffed into my TINY room, and ended up using the following:
left kick - audix d6
right kick - audix d4
snare - audix i5
picollo snare/hat - sm-81, from underneath w/ phase reversed
left rack toms - sm-57
right rack toms - sm-57
floor tom - audix d2
OH's - rode nt-2a, configured in a spaced pair
then we sampled each of the kicks, with the d6 inside, a 57 on the beater, nt-2a on the resonant head...also sampled both snares with the i5 on top, 57 on bottom, sm-81 on the side of the shell...then i used drumagog to mix the samples with the performance, and things sounded pretty good. the only issue i've run into is that there's a lot of snare in the OH's that are drowning out not only the snare mic, but the sample as well
the 57's really do a pretty good job of picking up pairs of toms - just stick them in the gap between, about 6-8 in. back, angled a little bit down towards the surface of the toms...the thing i like about doing the toms in pairs like that is that it seems to naturally give an accurate stereo image
left kick - audix d6
right kick - audix d4
snare - audix i5
picollo snare/hat - sm-81, from underneath w/ phase reversed
left rack toms - sm-57
right rack toms - sm-57
floor tom - audix d2
OH's - rode nt-2a, configured in a spaced pair
then we sampled each of the kicks, with the d6 inside, a 57 on the beater, nt-2a on the resonant head...also sampled both snares with the i5 on top, 57 on bottom, sm-81 on the side of the shell...then i used drumagog to mix the samples with the performance, and things sounded pretty good. the only issue i've run into is that there's a lot of snare in the OH's that are drowning out not only the snare mic, but the sample as well
the 57's really do a pretty good job of picking up pairs of toms - just stick them in the gap between, about 6-8 in. back, angled a little bit down towards the surface of the toms...the thing i like about doing the toms in pairs like that is that it seems to naturally give an accurate stereo image
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littledog
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This is more general advice:
In this day of ubiquitous home recording, almost every town of reasonable size has at least a half dozen home studios - and usually a whole lot more. You should network as much as possible to seek out and become friendly with some of your local colleagues.
That way, when a situation like this arises, you can call around and borrow some gear as needed. Maybe you won't get someone to lend you a couple of U-47's, but getting your hands on three or four more SM-57's shouldn't be a problem for anyone. Everyone wins when you share gear with each other.
In this day of ubiquitous home recording, almost every town of reasonable size has at least a half dozen home studios - and usually a whole lot more. You should network as much as possible to seek out and become friendly with some of your local colleagues.
That way, when a situation like this arises, you can call around and borrow some gear as needed. Maybe you won't get someone to lend you a couple of U-47's, but getting your hands on three or four more SM-57's shouldn't be a problem for anyone. Everyone wins when you share gear with each other.
Halion
New member
You could hire some mics. If that enables you to get a killer sound it will be worth it (the customer will be pleased and you'll make more money off them another day).
Farview
Well-known member
It depends what album you are talking about. And, really, it didn't matter how Bonham was recorded, it would still be great.Zaphod B said:Isn't that how John Bonham's drums were recorded?
