Need help w/ drum mics

[paisteguy]

Arrrrrgh. So frustrating....

I'm using ATM35 clip on mics on my toms (ATM35) and an AE2500 on the kick (AE2500). I'm running them thru a Behringer mixer (Mixer). **Regardless of your personal opinion of the equipment, this is what I have to work with.**

All four of the ATM35s and the AE2500 are giving off this peculiar feedback. After the drum is struck, there is a lingering electronic "roar / rumble". Sounds kind of like rolling thunder, if that makes any sense. The roar will linger for almost 10 seconds or so unless I kill off the channel fader.

The individual channel faders are between 50-75% when this is happening.

What is further aggrivating me is that I can't bring the main mix fader more than an eyelash from the off position before the feedback roar goes bonkers.

I've tried the roll-offs on the mics and the "low-cut" button on the mixer to try to kill some of this and I've had no luck.

Since it's all the mics are doing this, I figure it must be me. Can anyone offer some advice?

 

[starch]

As long as you are recording and not running through a live sound system you shouldn't be getting 'feedback' on those tracks. So the sound may be some nasty overtones from the drum heads, or a vibration of some sort being picked up fro the clipped on mics, etc. I would start by listening to the drum to see if there is a ringing noise actually coming from the drum itself. Put your wallet on the drum and hit it and see if the noise goes away. If that is the prob, you will need to use some form of damping, gorilla snot, duct tape, etc. to tame those. If it is a ringing coming from somewhere else, just troubleshoot until you find out where its coming from. The only feedback you would get in a recording set-up is if you have a loop somewhere from an aux or effect loop etc. Typically, those will feedback very aggressively though.

Good luck.

 

[Phosphene]

What about the boards preamp levels? Are they too high? Just a thought. Because the faders are just post preamp anyway, they wouldn't affect the preamps. Maybe you already thought of this.

 

[Bulls Hit]

What are you doing for monitors? Are they cranked up loud?

 

[HangDawg]

I don't care what anybody says, clips suck. They vibrate, the mic pics it up, and it sounds like shit. Get those mics on stands and off the drum.

 

[Phosphene]

paiste, did you ever figure out whats going on