Ride cymbal problem

[ecktronic]

and even use your ride track as a separate stem for mastering.

Goes without saying. I prefer the mastering engineer to have more control over the ride cymbal.

Eck

 

[junplugged]

ended up i just took the ride track and wiped the lows and mids, mixed drum tracks down to stereo and left others unchanged

then exported to reaper, looped track spdiff back to Korg, dubbed fun, mixed, made cd now it's going into the car for the ride to grandma's house

 

[Interstellar]

yeah. I've had the same problems with my ride. You could change rides but I would suggest first using a different mic. I used to use the mxl 991 alot before I got some better mics and I've always gotten pretty annoying frequencies out of it.

 

[kubeek]

mrface2112:
Do you also prefer recording acoustic guitar with six mikes, to be able to exactly place the strings in the stereo image and bring it up when the song calls for it?

 

[StackableMusic]

Yeah maybe alot of the time the Ride mic isnt needed, but there may be a point in a song where you want to boost the ride cymbal without boosting the OHs.
Same applies for crash/splash/China/hats etc.

Many of the times I've recorded drum kits, I ended up having a guy sit behind all the drums that learned the whole song and then played the different cymbals at appropriate levels depending on how the song went. He also played the kick drum and snare drum, and if the song was very complex, also toms.

It seems like a lot of trouble but it was worth it.

 

[mrface2112]

mrface2112:
Do you also prefer recording acoustic guitar with six mikes, to be able to exactly place the strings in the stereo image and bring it up when the song calls for it?

no.....that's what an electric with the piezo saddles is for. :-D

bottom line, you do what the song calls for.


cheers,
wade

 

[ecktronic]

mrface2112:
Do you also prefer recording acoustic guitar with six mikes, to be able to exactly place the strings in the stereo image and bring it up when the song calls for it?

You are a bit of an idiot aren't you.

Eck

 

[ecktronic]

bottom line, you do what the song calls for.


cheers,
wade

Exactly!
Green fo you.

 

[scorpio01169]

wow...you guys are making recording way too hard......when mic'ing your ride do you set the mic and forget it or do you try many different positions...what is your room like( treated )? how is your drummer playing. listen to the drummer before recording....and i mean in the same room as the drummer. getting a demo of the band to see their tendencies before recording goes a long way.

 

[noisewreck]

I like putting flanger on my ride.