I hate to say this but your drummer, who is suffering from concussion, should just sit down and play drums. There is no additional warmth obtained from anything digital especially an old ADAT. He must of swallowed one of his drumsticks to come up with that? The preamps in your computer audio interfaces are probably better than his convoluted way of thinking. There is just no rational reason to do what he wants to do. In fact, it's counterproductive. But then, you already figured that out.

Your roster of microphones is all you need. In fact your 57 & 58's are your most important assets to a great sound. A couple of condensers over top of his dumb set will provide a little extra splishy splash. The 52 in his hole & later on his bass drum is the shit. Make sure you wash it off well.

Plugging other drum preamps into your computer audio interface would only be advantageous if those preamps were on a quality boutique nature. Otherwise, it's sort of like using a condom on your blowup love doll so it doesn't get pregnant. You are likely to have more gain staging problems by trying to do it his way. It's sort of like paying the government extra tax money, just because you like them. Right. Idiotic. It's only necessary in very few circumstances. None of which apply to you.

Your computer & audio interfaces are some of the best rated units. Software is perfectly great.

Those outboard equalizers should go back into the closet where they belong. You have better more comprehensive equalization in the software. Those are for feedback & monitor problems onstage for a PA system. This ain't a PA system.

I wouldn't, your Peavey reference monitors. But I would your Mackie's. Acoustic Research? Old ones were never sell powered. And a JBL power amp plugged into what?

I would consider, however, utilizing your Mackie 1604 as a playback monitor mixer & headphone feed.

So actually, I think you have a fairly decent comprehensive set of recording devices to produce a more than professional product. But your dumber doesn't really know what he's talking about or doing. Except to screw up everybody's recording. The 12 Channel monitor board can be utilized for the relief of hemorrhoids if your dumber sits on it while playing.

So if you're interested in making good recordings? Tell him to be the drummer. Someone with some technical competence needs to be calling the shots. He is playing the shots. So he shouldn't be calling the shots. Just tell him to shot up!

You're the engineer in charge let him know that
Ms. Remy Ann David

Ahh, Ms Remy.
TOO funny. TOO true.

In his defense, I assume he's under the self-inferred logic that " it's KINDA tape, so it probly kinda..."
I'm sure you can forecast that this is the same brain that will naturally try to compress (overly or poorly) everything and insist we get the final product 'mastered'.

He IS a great drummer though.

What would use the CAD E100 for (other than certain drummer orifices)? I haven't found it's niche yet, though my limited experimenting with it has all been 'dry' so far.

I'm pretty happy with the Presonus gear so far (had it for about a year now). It does what it's told and most of what I want it to do.
Is there anything you see that I should try to upgrade on the computers end?

I can't see myself REALLY using much if the outboard stuff ('cept maybe the M-One for foldback/headphones)
The Acoustic Researchs are these;http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B00005LACB/ref=cm_cr_pr_redirect/191-9875112-6195625?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#customerReviews
I actually really like 'em.
What's the JBL powering? Dunno at the moment. Could likely be driving an old school Traynor sub, which he may be feeding off the sub ch of the Yamaha (using one of the EQs as a "crossover"), and mic-ing THAT to yet another kick track.
Yes, he's a light bit crazy sometimes. But a really good drummer.....

Yes, I have the 1604, and an ART HP4 as headphone 'amps', giving us 2 separate mixes (yay us!)

+10 on the Peavey board.

It IS good to hear that I'm not 'under-thinking' this.
Now I just gotta wrangle the drummer down.

Wish me luck...
sean

Oh, Ms Remy?
I just read your post here;{old-link-removed}

Is that your preferred manner of drum mic-ing? Or just a good way to abbreviate the drum tracks due to limited availability of tracks or mics?

And your 57 w/windscreen and tube pre vox- What does that lend itself best to (Yes, I DO have one of those windscreens)

sean

Genereaux, thanks for asking. No, that isn't necessarily my standard way of micing up a kit. However, I am a fan of Less Is More. I do have fun trying to go for that minimalistic approach. Although I haven't listened to much, I am a fan of Rudy Van Gelder. The Philip Glass of Jazz recording engineers. It wasn't to reduce the track count. It was the clients that I used some of his microphones. In this particular recording I believe I used a Octava 319 pencil type SDC. At the client's request. I normally wouldn't use those particular microphones but I was pleasantly surprised as to their lovely sonic capabilities. They were actually far better than I had expected. I don't however necessarily mic a kit the same as one would for PA. I also consider myself a completely lazy engineer. I like to keep things simple. There is that factor to baffling folks with Bull crap, by putting out more microphones than you know are necessary.

For the vocal, SM57 is identical to the 58 sans the metal ball pop filter. So you use a piece of foam instead. Knowing how good a 57/58 can sound into a quality microphone preamp. Made me select the tube preamp. Figuring that it may in fact have a decent quality transformer input? And, the additional control which is available on that particular preamp, limiter, EQ, etc.. While, also, offering that warm fat sound.

That CAD is a decent microphone. Just not sure what to tell you other than to put it on knowing you have only one. Of course, this might be just a great microphone, by using it for ambient pickup, down the hall.

Keep it coming
Ms. Remy Ann David