Hey all. Been lurking here a bit. I'm building out a small, sound dampened, drum room so that I'm not disturbing the rest of the neighborhood. When I say small I mean 7'x12' with 6'7" ceilings. It's barely big enough to hold my kit. The walls and ceilings will be painted drywall and I need to sort out what the floor will be. I'm currently leaning toward carpet with additional rugs. I don't want to add any acoustical treatment until I hear what the room sounds like.
To my question, what can I expect in terms of recording my drums in such a tight space? What special considerations are there in terms on miking. Right now I'm planning on either overheads (not much room)/ well-placed room mics (MXL V250s or maybe AKG C214s), single snare mic (SM57), kick (D6) + DIY sub-kick, and I may mic the 4 toms (PG56s) individually. I'm unsure if the planned mic set-up is conducive for such a small space, or there are other, more efficient techniques.
All of the mics will feed into a Yamaha 01V96i, and then into a MacBook running Reaper, all of which will be located in an adjacent, separate room.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Eric
Chicago, IL
To my question, what can I expect in terms of recording my drums in such a tight space? What special considerations are there in terms on miking. Right now I'm planning on either overheads (not much room)/ well-placed room mics (MXL V250s or maybe AKG C214s), single snare mic (SM57), kick (D6) + DIY sub-kick, and I may mic the 4 toms (PG56s) individually. I'm unsure if the planned mic set-up is conducive for such a small space, or there are other, more efficient techniques.
All of the mics will feed into a Yamaha 01V96i, and then into a MacBook running Reaper, all of which will be located in an adjacent, separate room.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Eric
Chicago, IL