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metal_god
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Ok so if you record drums with 2 or more mics chances are you will get spill, Ensure good mic position and keep this to a minimum.
You will likely get spill from noise from headphones, other drums or other instruments being recorded in the room.
This can be helped this is what i did to mine
Kick - you could hear a lot of snare and headphones spill, I applied a gate and turned it onto open at 0db providning it was recorded t normal level this should all through only the bass drum.
Snare- plenty of hat spill , i added a gate and brought the gate open up to about -4db as the hats are quiet it was enough
Hats - snare spill, i added a gate and brought it up to 0db but i was loosing some of the hits so i dropped it a little to allow all hits through but not too much that the hat could be heard.
Toms- Spill from most of the kit the gain must have been quite high but this allowed for my gate to open at 2db and collect all the tom hits and nothing else.
with the overheads you should not get spill unless its from guitar or headphones if thats the case just set the gate to open at about -6 and check through to ensure you get everythig, a bit of trial and error will get you through this easily
And there you have it all your drums seperared upto you what to do with that.
You will likely get spill from noise from headphones, other drums or other instruments being recorded in the room.
This can be helped this is what i did to mine
Kick - you could hear a lot of snare and headphones spill, I applied a gate and turned it onto open at 0db providning it was recorded t normal level this should all through only the bass drum.
Snare- plenty of hat spill , i added a gate and brought the gate open up to about -4db as the hats are quiet it was enough
Hats - snare spill, i added a gate and brought it up to 0db but i was loosing some of the hits so i dropped it a little to allow all hits through but not too much that the hat could be heard.
Toms- Spill from most of the kit the gain must have been quite high but this allowed for my gate to open at 2db and collect all the tom hits and nothing else.
with the overheads you should not get spill unless its from guitar or headphones if thats the case just set the gate to open at about -6 and check through to ensure you get everythig, a bit of trial and error will get you through this easily
And there you have it all your drums seperared upto you what to do with that.
