I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for my dilemma.
I'm trying to get some decent recordings of my band, not trying for studio quality, but I do have 8 tracks simultaneous recording capability to a DAW running Digital Performer.
The band is two loud guitars, a big set of loud drums, bass and vocals. The room is above the garage, loft type with 3 foot knee walls then sloped ceiling. It's about 22 x 24 ft.
The problem:
I've got the drums miced with SM57s, one on the kick, one on the snare. The vocals are too loud in the drum mics. Makes it hard to fix anything in the mix. I've got the trim level on the drums set to minimum which results in puny drums. But if I turn up the levels it just increases the levels of everything else. Don't want to trigger, can't get everyone to turn down.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I'm trying to get some decent recordings of my band, not trying for studio quality, but I do have 8 tracks simultaneous recording capability to a DAW running Digital Performer.
The band is two loud guitars, a big set of loud drums, bass and vocals. The room is above the garage, loft type with 3 foot knee walls then sloped ceiling. It's about 22 x 24 ft.
The problem:
I've got the drums miced with SM57s, one on the kick, one on the snare. The vocals are too loud in the drum mics. Makes it hard to fix anything in the mix. I've got the trim level on the drums set to minimum which results in puny drums. But if I turn up the levels it just increases the levels of everything else. Don't want to trigger, can't get everyone to turn down.
Anyone have any suggestions?