Chrisg71 said:
Hi i'm new to micing and recording drums. I have a 5 peice kit. Snare,kick,2toms up front,and a floor. Could someone help me with mic placement??
What's your mic inventory?
For someone just starting out, I'd recommend keeping your drum miking simple to start out with. A stereo pair in front or overhead and a kick mic. Learn how to get a good mix on those first. Then you can worry about adding more in after that if you even need or want to. Walk first before you run.
Chrisg71 said:
I also have a Behringer Eurorack ub1222fx-pro mixer that I have no idea what i'm doing with. Like what is the trim button for?? What would I set the Highs mids and lows to?? What is the clip button for? Do I use the slider button to adjust the volume or do I use the trim knob?? HELP i'm confused....................
An intro-level book on home recording is what you need. Search Amazon.com under "home recording" and you'll find several titles that are worthwhile.
Think of the trim control as the master volume control for the signal coming into the top of the mixer channel strip, and the fader as the manual mix volume for things like fade outs and other volume changes while mixing for the signal coming out of the bottom of the channel strip into your mix busses.
You need to set the proper signal level going into the mixer with your trim, and set relative mix volume of the channel as compared to the other channels in the mix for the volume coming out of the channel strip.
Operate your mixer this way to start out with:
1. Set the EQ sections (highs/mids/lows) flat; meaning in the center with no boost or cut to start out with. Do the same ith your pan controls, leaving them all centered.
2. Mute all channels (each channel should have it's own mute button.)
3. On the channels you'll be using, turn your trim all the way down and set your fader (the slider) to what's called "unity gain". That the point on the fader that should be specially marked and numbered as zero about 2/3rds to 3/4s of the way up.
4. One by one, un-mute a used channel and hit the solo button. Play or sing the instrument plugged into that channel and turn the trim knob on that channel up until th meter on mixer is registering somewhere around 0dB. Un-solo that track, mute it again, and then repeat this process on the next used track.
5. Once you have all the trims thusly set, then you can unmute all the used channels (leave the unused ones muted) to hear your rough, mono "faders-up test mix". From there, while listening to it all in mono (because your pan knobs are still centered), make some small adjustments onthe EQ of each track as necessary to help ensure that each instrument has it's own "space" and can be heard relatively OK.
6. Set your individual channel pans as desired for your stereo image.
There's a whole lot more and a lot of detial left out of this description but hopefully that'll get you started.
G.
I have 2 overhead mics and 4 instument mics. Probably not the best quality, they are a sure mic pacage i bought. I will keep pressing on this, thank you for your response.