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choldy
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I'm just after some advice on recording drums.
I've been in a band for a while now and we've practiced furiously and have our songs down tight. Now I've experimented quite a bit with recording on my computer, composing pieces in fruityloops and adding guitar parts etc. But now we want to do a full band recording, and no I'm not expecting studio quality recordings, just something more for our reference and to hand around to friends.
We all have pretty tight work and school schedules so it means our practice time is limited, so our recording time together is limited. We borrow a Spirit 8 channel desk and an assortment of crappy mics, usually only 4 or 5. I'm wondering what ideas people would have on mic placement on a kit to get the best sound, like I said we don't have much time for stuffing around so we can't experiment much. The kit is tuned really well and our drummer is extremely solid, so it sounds really good when he plays, so I imagine we can get a passable drum sound without a whole lot of fuss. Our style of music is Hard Rock/Metal in a Tool/System of a Down/Deftones type of way.
By the way I'm not really asking for opinions on eq or effects or anything... we'll work that out, just mic placements would be a huge help and save time.
I've been in a band for a while now and we've practiced furiously and have our songs down tight. Now I've experimented quite a bit with recording on my computer, composing pieces in fruityloops and adding guitar parts etc. But now we want to do a full band recording, and no I'm not expecting studio quality recordings, just something more for our reference and to hand around to friends.
We all have pretty tight work and school schedules so it means our practice time is limited, so our recording time together is limited. We borrow a Spirit 8 channel desk and an assortment of crappy mics, usually only 4 or 5. I'm wondering what ideas people would have on mic placement on a kit to get the best sound, like I said we don't have much time for stuffing around so we can't experiment much. The kit is tuned really well and our drummer is extremely solid, so it sounds really good when he plays, so I imagine we can get a passable drum sound without a whole lot of fuss. Our style of music is Hard Rock/Metal in a Tool/System of a Down/Deftones type of way.
By the way I'm not really asking for opinions on eq or effects or anything... we'll work that out, just mic placements would be a huge help and save time.