jasonwagner
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- Jan 15, 2010
Hello all,
When trying to gate a top snare mic in a song there are a few spots where the drummer was playing the hihat way too loud and I find it impossible to gate the snare mic in any fashion that does not either, ruin the snare sound or have the hihat bleeding through in only a few spots where he was playing the loudest. Is there any other option besides re-tracking and having him not beat the hell out of the hats?
Also when using room mics that are not set up in stereo on either side of the drums, for example I found putting a mic in the fireplace really captures a great full drum sound, how do you all mix it in so it doesn't take away too much of the stereo image? Is it even possible? Right now I bring it up just under the other mics to add some fullness but I can't bring it up as much as I would like without it sounding odd with everything else panned out.
Thanks,
Jason
When trying to gate a top snare mic in a song there are a few spots where the drummer was playing the hihat way too loud and I find it impossible to gate the snare mic in any fashion that does not either, ruin the snare sound or have the hihat bleeding through in only a few spots where he was playing the loudest. Is there any other option besides re-tracking and having him not beat the hell out of the hats?
Also when using room mics that are not set up in stereo on either side of the drums, for example I found putting a mic in the fireplace really captures a great full drum sound, how do you all mix it in so it doesn't take away too much of the stereo image? Is it even possible? Right now I bring it up just under the other mics to add some fullness but I can't bring it up as much as I would like without it sounding odd with everything else panned out.
Thanks,
Jason