Drums in a ....the only room available

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:36 am

Does anyone have any general tips on what is the basis of a good drum room for a loud as ..... drummer?

forever and longer ive only had the displeasure of having one m audio nova to hang above the drum kit and run it thru a presonus tube pre, thus my drum recordings cost 200$ (minus the kit..).

Now im looking at gettings 2 matched oktava mk-012's from soundroom with hyper/card/omni capsules and either a cygnus x-2 or an RNP for the mics...this is just OH's and then a d112 to the kick, and im not really concerned with filling out the rest at least....

so what is a good atmosphere for recording a loud drummer ?

also as kind of a bonus question...hows the best way to record just...the room? like we have alot of jam sessions with all kinds of different players and my budding studio can barely even accomodate drums/ins...i have a delta 1010 so the bass/guitars/keys are almost never a problem...

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:56 am

i almost forgot....here's a mix of one of the segments of a jam session i had about a month ago...with the ONE drum mic Razz

and really cheap preamp

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EJC2ITAX

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:32 am

Hi!

For these kind of jam session recordings we simply use a Roland R-09

We've simply mic'ed the bassdrum through the PA, and get pretty good results.

A tip is to use some molton on the wall behind the drumset for acoustics, it removes most of the basement-sound. We've placed it about 2 inches from the wall from the ceiling to the floor, but this really depends on the acoustics in the room.

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:49 am

pardon my ignorance, but what is molton? i googled it and cant find any sound / acoustics / materials references?

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:32 pm

http://www.theatrequip.com.au/molton.htm

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:39 pm

Sounds like Duvateen to me...

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