no overheads?

[Nick The Man]

what do you guys think about no using any overheads while recording drums

57 on snare
D112 on kick
ATM 25 on toms

 

[MadAudio]

Fine if you don't like cymbals. Overheads also capture the sound of the whole kit, not just the cymbals, so I think you'll find it sounds a little sterile.

 

[chessrock]

Yea, I take it you're not a big fan of cymbals or hi-hat, then?

Who needs 'em anyway?

Whatever floats you're boat. Could be interesting.

 

[Nick The Man]

wow im a total retard ... i tottaly forgot

my actual plan was to do the mics i listed above and hang a AT 4040 over the center of the kit

 

[Nick The Man]

if there is one thing ive completely learned from this board it is:

everyone is differant therefore everyones recordings will also be differant

what ever sounds good to me is what im doing

 

[Farview]

everyone is differant therefore everyones recordings will also be differant

Every ones spelling is different as well.

Depending on your setup, you could back the mics off a couple inches and pick up some cymbals and ambience. I've had that work more than once.

 

[chessrock]

my actual plan was to do the mics i listed above and hang a AT 4040 over the center of the kit

Well, that would technically be an overhead. So then I guess your question was whether it would be okay to use one overhead instead of two (?)

Nothing wrong with that at all.

 

[Nick The Man]

alright thanks guys

a lot of misinterpretation

 

[earthboundrec]

I was using my MXL 603s for a long time as overheads. First as a space pair, but then I started finding good positions with the XY technique. With this I just had a seperate mic on the kik and snare. It sounds good to an extent, but I don't really dig how my cymbals (Zildjian A Customs) are translating on them and how the toms (Premier Artist Birch) sound like cardboard boxes through the OHs. I now started mikin' each drum seperately with various dynmaics (57's, an Audix OM, Beta58a, and a D112 on kik) and I'm using one overhead (C1) now. I feel that I'm getting much better results with this than I was with the 603s as overheads.

Just my experience.