
wes480
New member
ok, i give up...
I am recording my Yamaha drumset with my Aardvark Q10.
I dont have any hardware compression, and I can't get any decent levels on my drum sounds....it comes out sounding really weak...everything is at like -15 db just to avoid the spikes.
Using Rode NT3s as overheads, SM57 on snare, ATM 25 on kick drum...
Whats the cheapest option i could get away with to get like 4 channels of hardware limiting/compression...SOMETHING, just so that I could avoid the clips, and it wouldn't mess with my sound too much?
I wouldn't be using it for other instruments/vocals probably...becuase I am not having trouble with that.
But, maybe there is something about drums I am just going about wrong...but at this point I don't see how I (or anyone else)could do it without something to kill the peaks before it goes to the preamp.
I am recording my Yamaha drumset with my Aardvark Q10.
I dont have any hardware compression, and I can't get any decent levels on my drum sounds....it comes out sounding really weak...everything is at like -15 db just to avoid the spikes.
Using Rode NT3s as overheads, SM57 on snare, ATM 25 on kick drum...
Whats the cheapest option i could get away with to get like 4 channels of hardware limiting/compression...SOMETHING, just so that I could avoid the clips, and it wouldn't mess with my sound too much?
I wouldn't be using it for other instruments/vocals probably...becuase I am not having trouble with that.
But, maybe there is something about drums I am just going about wrong...but at this point I don't see how I (or anyone else)could do it without something to kill the peaks before it goes to the preamp.