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Chayin
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The best thing to do on micing drums, is to have an external mixer and about 4,5 or 6 mics.
This is the way it works.
You mic the snare, overheads, hi-hats, kick, and cymbals.
Then on your external mixer you set up the volumes and pan to each drum or cymbal that you are micing.
for example: you set the volume to the snare, then on the same chanel you equilize the snare and finaly you pan the snare. The same thing you do with your overheads but this time usin logic, make sure that your first overhead, which is on your left side, you pan it all the way to the left. The next overhead, which is almost in front of you, you also center pan it. The same thing with the last or other more overheads you have, using your pan in a way in which when you hit all the drums, it'll sound in the right place.
The kick it's usually pan in the center most of the time, but it's up to you if you decide to experiment with new ideas. Also the for the cymbals use always compresed mic, and you can use the xy position for stereo sound. The point of using an external mixer is that you give the right volume, pan and equalization to every drum you mic. Also final advice, never mic your drums in the main mixer, meaning where all the instruments are conected. So when you mic your drums in your own mixer, you send an stereo signal(conecting Stereo outs, left and right) to the main mixer so that your drums are perfectly mic. Another thing, about the mic brand, I recomend the Sure-57, they are very famous for drums use. I hope this can help you all.
This is the way it works.
You mic the snare, overheads, hi-hats, kick, and cymbals.
Then on your external mixer you set up the volumes and pan to each drum or cymbal that you are micing.
for example: you set the volume to the snare, then on the same chanel you equilize the snare and finaly you pan the snare. The same thing you do with your overheads but this time usin logic, make sure that your first overhead, which is on your left side, you pan it all the way to the left. The next overhead, which is almost in front of you, you also center pan it. The same thing with the last or other more overheads you have, using your pan in a way in which when you hit all the drums, it'll sound in the right place.
The kick it's usually pan in the center most of the time, but it's up to you if you decide to experiment with new ideas. Also the for the cymbals use always compresed mic, and you can use the xy position for stereo sound. The point of using an external mixer is that you give the right volume, pan and equalization to every drum you mic. Also final advice, never mic your drums in the main mixer, meaning where all the instruments are conected. So when you mic your drums in your own mixer, you send an stereo signal(conecting Stereo outs, left and right) to the main mixer so that your drums are perfectly mic. Another thing, about the mic brand, I recomend the Sure-57, they are very famous for drums use. I hope this can help you all.
