Just wondering...

[Jayme]

Is it better to record drums on a platform or just on the floor?,... Why?

 

[Tartan_Keyboard]

I guess its a matter of prefrence , some might like the sound better on the floor than on a platform, then again i am a keyboard player.

 

[Bulls Hit]

One advantage of a platform is you can lay down a sheet of rubber underneath and help isolate the noise. That's the beauty of drums, they're so 'kin loud

 

[Dani Pace]

For me the main thing is to put the drums in the center of the room, they sound best there and it's a lot easier to get around them for mike placement and such.

 

[freak1c]

risers help eliminate floor rumble from the drums, if thats a problem.

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

I like to isolate my drums from the floor using either a mat, carpet or platform (one studio I go to has a big wooden stand that is acoustically isolated). Personally I never put my drums in the center of the room, but I back them into a corner--it beefs up the low end.

But I like *LIVE* drums, and lately I've been avoiding the use of plugin reverb on drums.