overheads???

[skaman]

I have one small problem! I am getting little too much kick into my overheads. Does anybody have any sugguestion how to lower the kick loudenss in ohs??? I place ohs mics abouth 2 m (6 feet) high and abouth 1 m(3 feet) away from kit on both sides! i highpass the ohs at abouth 350 Hz and i cut 100 Hz for abouth 10 dB more to get satifactory results with kick but the cymbals are little too thin now.

am i making something totally whong or what???

i have beyerdynamic mce 530 stereo pair for oh and two sennheisers md 425 for snare and kick.

any reply is welcome!

thanks for your cooperation guys and girls!

in generall how do you place overheads and how do you eq them?????

 

[chessrock]

I wouldn't worry about it. You're going to get kick drum in your overheads -- that's the way it goes. Work with it.

 

[Farview]

Double posting is evil, look at the other post.

 

[DJL]

I have one small problem! I am getting little too much kick into my overheads. Does anybody have any sugguestion how to lower the kick loudenss in ohs??? I place ohs mics abouth 2 m (6 feet) high and abouth 1 m(3 feet) away from kit on both sides! i highpass the ohs at abouth 350 Hz and i cut 100 Hz for abouth 10 dB more to get satifactory results with kick but the cymbals are little too thin now.

am i making something totally whong or what???

i have beyerdynamic mce 530 stereo pair for oh and two sennheisers md 425 for snare and kick.

any reply is welcome!

thanks for your cooperation guys and girls!

in generall how do you place overheads and how do you eq them?????

You could build a quick bass drum tunnel out of a blanket to help isolate the bleed over.

 

[skaman]

good idea! i'll build a tunnel!

 

[Big Kenny]

Wait for nightfall, I'll cover the sounds of digging with loud snoring.

 

[DJL]

Wait for nightfall, I'll cover the sounds of digging with loud snoring..

Note: Shut up, Don.

Shut up Kenny

 

[DJL]

good idea! i'll build a tunnel!

Use a thick blanket.

 

[Farview]

You need to put the overheads, well... over head. If you put them too far away from the kit, they start acting like room mics. Put the mics above the kit.

You must have something completly out of whack if the kick sound in the overheads is overpowering the kick mic in the mix.

You might also try tuning the kick lower.

The tunnel thing won't work very well. It is normally used to get a kick mic farther away from the kick while minimizing bleed from the other drums.

 

[darnold]

Yah place the overheads more over the drums than over the cymbals. It shouldnt be a huge problem unless the kick is just resonating in the room and getting into all the mics.

If you hi pass at 350hz its not going to do you any good by cutting 100Hz. By doing a hi pass like that theres not going to be 100Hz left to cut out. Besides that, your probably hearing the kick frequencies at around 600-800Hz, not bass frequencies.

A tunnel will definately help and maybe some better treatment on the walls if the whole room is just booming with sound.

Is it Ska-Man? You play Ska?

Danny