short upbeat slide tune.

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http://media.putfile.com/blues-jam-42

Recorded last night in a friend's garage, and my first decent sounding recording of a drumkit. Recorderman techniqe, plus kick and snare mics.

Drumkit was a Ludwig CS Custom in fusion sizes, Stock bottom heads, Remo Pinstripe batter heads, Evans EQ4 on kick with a blanket inside, and another 22" Bass drum (no heads) stuck in front of it.
Snare is a 14" CB snare, stock snare head, Evans Genera G2 coated batter.
OH's were Berhinger ECM8000's
Kick was an old AKG handheld mic
Snare was a Cobalt Co4

Both guitars were recorded with a Co4 touching the grill, set off axis and pointing towards the center of the cone. An MXL 990 was then set about a foot away from the amp. These were panned slightly left and right.

Bass Is a Peavy Minx, set to put out the high end, Mic'ed with an SM58, and an Ampeg bass combo run direct for low end.
 
well anyways is there anything you guys think i could do to bring the toms up a little?
 
No, the one downfall of Recorderman is that you lose the ability to do any postmix on the drums. It's great for limited-mic situations, but I think it assumes a fairly well balanced kit; and with this one the snare really pops hard.

The master is heavily biased towards the drums, I'd like a lot more bass guitar, that would smooth the pocket a bit.
 
yeah i've fixed it since then.
http://media.putfile.com/Blues-Jam-46-88
thats in it's latest form.

so any more opinions/ suggestions? I'm planning on retracking drums, and i only have 4 inputs, is there a much better way to mic the drums? i cant seem to get the toms to come through the mix very well without bumping up the overheads a ton.
 
and on the whole snare note, my snare is tuned pretty high, and i tend to pound the life out of it. i really like that snare sound, but it doesnt ring as much as i'd like it to. it's not dampened even the slightest bit.
 
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