Too much guitar bleed in drum overheads.

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G'day Im in the middle of recording an album with my band and we've decided to record live for all the instrument tracks on the album. Now at the mixing stage of the recording I've found that I have WAY too much guitar bleed in the drum overheads, how do I fix this? The album needs to be done by March and re-recording the parts is not really an option due to the studio being closed from now until Jan 10th and one of the members being away from Jan 3rd until the end of feb...

I need help!
 
How would the drums sound with out the over heads?
 
Yeah they sound alright, but it would be a shame to loose the vibe of the overheads... Is there any EQ tips you have for me ?
 
Nothing to fix that ... but you know bleed isn't a bad thing ;). Unless you plan to do some heavy duty processing on the drums and if you do just don't do it on the over heads.
 
as long as the bass hasn't bled to badly into the overheads you shud be fine, there's not way of getting rid of it though unfortunately... thats what you get from live recordings!
 
Jonskii said:
G'day Im in the middle of recording an album with my band and we've decided to record live for all the instrument tracks on the album. Now at the mixing stage of the recording I've found that I have WAY too much guitar bleed in the drum overheads, how do I fix this? The album needs to be done by March and re-recording the parts is not really an option due to the studio being closed from now until Jan 10th and one of the members being away from Jan 3rd until the end of feb...

I need help!
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All you can do, really (barring drastic and not recommended phase cancellation techniques), is adjust the volume of the guitar tracks to try and compensate.

You have learned a really important lesson about auditioning tracks critically before you move on to mixing.
 
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