One Mic on Drums? EkK! What do you think?

[jerberson12]

Howdy! Here's a Filipino song so I'm sorry if you couldnt understand the lyrics.

My friends just recorded last night another simple recorded song, 4 tracks. I have been recording drums via MIDI on a Drum Machine (Battery) so last night was my first time recording a real drums and the thing is I have only one mic (MXL V67) not even intended for drums. I was trying to experiment the mic position so that I can capture all the drum set equally and I think this is the best position I set.

Acoustic guitar - direct/pickup
Bass - direct with Guitar Rig
Vocals - MXL v67

Attached is a picture on the drum setup with the mic.

http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=6557

 

[amra]

Not a bad sound at all, for just one mic on a drumkit...

 

[chrisharris]

You did good with what you've got. It's a shame there's so little kick drum, but it's not all that vital to this song I guess. Besides, the bass track helps a lot.

Nice.

 

[DAS19]

You dont even have a 58 or something for the kick drum it would help the drums a real lot. The acoustic sounds pretty good for just the pickup.

I dont think your snare drum (or whoevers) was tuned good for the song. I have come to find that you need to tune your snare for each different song (sometimes not) if the snare does not naturally mix with the song.

 

[IronFlippy]

Not too bad. I'd lower the mic on the drums a bit and maybe hit the snare lighter.