Last week i tried recording my drumkit in my new room, set up the overheads (ecm8000), snare (sm587) and kick (d-112), all trough a mackie cfx16 and then to my pc (terratec ews88). The overheads sounded pretty cool, snare aswell, but the kick drum sounded awfull.
It had no boom, no bass. It only had the high frequency click which i normally get around 3-5khz. I messed around with the mic placement, outside, inside, close to beater, close to resonant head, but still it sounded like clapping my front teeth. I retuned the kick (read the whole drumweb's tuning bible kick section), and still I had very little bass.
I find that the kick sounds great when i don't record it (live in the room) or even trough the OH's
Well last saterday I had a gig. Set up the same drumkit with the same setup, let the drummer soundcheck and it sounded wonderfull, very little boost 'round 3khz and i had lots of bass coming from it.
I really wonder why i didn't get the same results in my room. The gig's room actually sounds much worse than my room does, so the only difference was the drummer.
Could it be the kick drum beating technique that matters sooo much ????
I'd be really suprised cuz i really had better results playing a kick myself.
My live MD or camcorder recording actually sounds a lot better (in terms of tonallity, not quality) then my home recording.
Could anybody give me any advice ??
tnx in advance
-fazil
It had no boom, no bass. It only had the high frequency click which i normally get around 3-5khz. I messed around with the mic placement, outside, inside, close to beater, close to resonant head, but still it sounded like clapping my front teeth. I retuned the kick (read the whole drumweb's tuning bible kick section), and still I had very little bass.
I find that the kick sounds great when i don't record it (live in the room) or even trough the OH's
Well last saterday I had a gig. Set up the same drumkit with the same setup, let the drummer soundcheck and it sounded wonderfull, very little boost 'round 3khz and i had lots of bass coming from it.
I really wonder why i didn't get the same results in my room. The gig's room actually sounds much worse than my room does, so the only difference was the drummer.
Could it be the kick drum beating technique that matters sooo much ????
I'd be really suprised cuz i really had better results playing a kick myself.
My live MD or camcorder recording actually sounds a lot better (in terms of tonallity, not quality) then my home recording.
Could anybody give me any advice ??
tnx in advance
-fazil