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poo
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My tom's sound like shit. I need some tips, more along the lines of tuning and skins and stuff...my mic technique isnt really the problem i dont think.
Shitty Drums = Shitty Drum Track

poo said:They haven't been tuned in ages.....
poo said:What do you guys think of those "clip on" tom mics? wouldnt they be better, for isolation and stufff...instead of having a bunch of large 57's hanging all over the place?
fenix said:
absolutely not. A mic on a stand will give better isolation anyday than a strap-on.
I have a few of the clip ons and I NEVER use them for recording. The drums end up driving the mics thru sympathetic resonence transfered thru the clip ons. I found this out the hard way. A real mic boom stand is the only way to go IMHO. YMMV.I bet the little rim-mount clips with the bendable gooseneck would work great for the 604 if you wanted a cheaper option than buying a bundh of stands. They are too flimsy for a heavier mic like the 57, but the 604 is very light
fenix said:a clip-on will give you the sound of the drum plus vibrations of the drum.
neirbo said:
Gotcha, I was not thinking of that kind of isolation, but isolating the sounds of each drum. I always use stands myself, so hadn't considered vibrating the mic. Still, I find the 603s themselves sound great for recording. Just because they CAN be clipped on doesn't mean they MUST be clipped on.