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Hi folks,

I'm almost done recording a demo CD for a Beatles cover in which the drums were played on a Yamaha TD-7 and further channeled through samples from Platinum Drums and Drumkit from Hell.

As the band will record vocals in a studio, I was thinking of streaming the drum tracks into the room and recording a stereo track using a pair of matched condenser mics. The aI'm is to create ambience taking advantage of the acoustics of the studio, as in "fake" overhead mics. These tracks would be mixed alongside with the original samples.

Has anyone tried this? Any tips? Or does it sound like baloney?

Best regards,

Marcus

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mlessa2002 Tue, 06/22/2004 - 09:21

Another thought : In the mix prior to recording the fake OH I should probably place, in regards to volume (from highest to lowest):

Cymbals;
Hi Hat;
Toms / snare
Kick

This (at least to me) would make some sense, as OH mics would probably be more sensitive to cymbals and whatever is closest ...

My worst nightmare would be getting an OH track with a kick drum blasting away...

Best,

M.

cruisemates Tue, 06/22/2004 - 11:02

Cymbals;
Hi Hat;
Toms / snare
Kick

Actually, I would do the opposite, except watch out for too much kick. I would want to draw out the low end on the room sound to get that boomy, concert hall effect of multi-second decay. I love big, rolling thunder toms. Too much high end might just get annoying if you add in too many reflections. But that's me. Try it both ways.

For lots of fun - pipe it into the bathroom for that live "tile & Porcelain" sound. Yes, I am serious, just make sure you put a sign on the door.

mlessa2002 Tue, 06/22/2004 - 11:42

cruisemates wrote:
Actually, I would do the opposite, except watch out for too much kick. I would want to draw out the low end on the room sound to get that boomy, concert hall effect of multi-second decay. I love big, rolling thunder toms. Too much high end might just get annoying if you add in too many reflections. But that's me. Try it both ways.

Pardon me. You are entirely correct. For one second there I imagined myself hearing OH's splattering in the high end. My only concern (which will only be solved by testing) is that I want the drums to sound, even if remotely, Beatles-like. This probably means that, during mixing, I shouldn't [insert favorite effect name here] it to death.

Best,

Marcus

RecorderMan Sat, 06/26/2004 - 01:49

mlessa2002 wrote: My only concern (which will only be solved by testing) is that I want the drums to sound, even if remotely, Beatles-like.

Try a ribbon over a speaker.

Preferably Coles 4038. They were used to record much of Ringo's drum overheads. But any ribbon in general will get you there more or less. Or other mics with EQ, but the ribbon is the easy way.

Speaker as "drum kit".
Coles as OH.

Mono

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