Nanosecond delay

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I have finally found the way I want to record my drums.
1 SM57 inside the kick.
1 SM58 between the two ride cymbals aiming down at the toms.

My problem is that while recording, the beat seems to be in time, however upon playback, I can hear that the drum beat is off by just a very very small amount. Enough that it is noticeable to me though.

Any suggestions as to my quandary?

Thanks

Denver
 
You mean your drums are off compared to the rest of the song, or the kick drum is off compared to the rest of the drums?
 
It sounds as though the drums are off compared to the rest of the song.
 
Are you doing computer based recording? If so what are the specs and what card are you using? We need more info to help you.
 
If the drums are a softsyth or midi sequenced that could cause them to lag slightly. If you are using plugin compression or other effects on tracks that can cause those tracks to lag behind slightly.

The trick is to delay your faster tracks by just enough that they line up with the slower latent tracks.
 
Keilson...I am recording analog !

I am using a 424 mk III

Tex...I am not using any effects.
 
statecap said:


My problem is that while recording, the beat seems to be in time, however upon playback, I can hear that the drum beat is off by just a very very small amount. Enough that it is noticeable to me though.

Any suggestions as to my quandary?

Thanks

Denver
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There is only one solution: practice....
If the drums are off, you are playing like that!

Unless you are listening off the repro head instead of line input on the tape recorder, what you play is what you get.
The beauty of analog recording: if you want good, you actually have to perform!.....

Amund
 
Yeah, overdubbing drums can be really, really tricky to get it to sound right. Its infinitely easier IMO to record drums first and overdub the rest if you are doing them one at a time by yourself. That being said, I just finished a song that was based on an acoustic guitar track and overdubbed the drums - it turned out pretty good. But I had a good drummer who was very familiar with the material....
 
Thanks Folks !

I was wondering when I would hear that.

I appreciate your candor.


D
 
If you are playing the drums to a song which originates in the software you could have a latency problem. How are you connected? Do you use a sound card with AISO monitoring?

Wild Phil Harmonica
 
Is this analog tape recorder ?
Do you have option caled "sync" or "synchro recording" on it ?

On pro machines, (when overdubbing) you use "sync", which is signal played from recording head,
and in mix you use "play" or "remix" or so, signal played from play head.
Physical distance between record and play head ( 5-50 mm) cause delay if monitoring from play head when recording.

Huh. :)
 
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