I have recorded the drums. And during mixdown, I want to use the midi jack on my Triton keyboard to double the kick drum on each hit. Who else has done this?
I figure if I go from the 24 track recorder to the mixer, then to a unit something like the Roland TMC 6 (it's a Trigger to MIDI Converter). Somebody tell me this is do-able!

Do you tune your drums by ear or with a UV meter? (and if so, which product)
I just wanted to know how many guys out there use what to tune the entire drum kit with.

... when adding more volume they become unpleasant to listen to, they nearly hurt tin my ears, but when i lower them, they are in some way disappearing in the overall mix. It's like i need to get the drums away from the speakers, so that they are more distant but with more power...

Maybe removing some edgy frequencies would do the trick ?

I really hope i make sense !

Well, everything is basically done, I just need to master the drums better. The drums sound ok, the cymbals are a little loud, but its home recording, what can I really do...

Ok.
I record onto a Tascam 488 thru a Behringer 2 channel compressor and put the drums thru a 8 channel Behringer mixer.

Can anyone suggest some good levels for compression for the drums?
I'm looking for a nice, deep bass drum sound and a solid, crisp snare hit.

very strange?
I am buying bunch of drum mics this week.

Hi everyone

I am going to record a solo-drum session with a young Norwegian jazz-musician. It will be recorded in a room with some good reverb. THe music will probably be more contemporary/classical than jazz, in the tradition of solo-improvisation drummers like Han Bennink. Even though the recording is only for demo-purposes, I would like to make it as good as possible.

In the 70's 80's and 90's I used The Linn Drum and Akai's MPC series for drums in most songs. Most Top 40 I listened to back then used programmed drums with midi.
Why? Once you appreciate how simple and, IMO great quality samples sound in pop music, it is really hard to look back. All I can say is, thank you to Roger Linn.

So, lets say for instance, you have a living room, lots of funiture, and you want(NEED) to record the drums only through one microphone, directly to your computer. I've done this before... And hell, it sounds not bad at all for a crappy home recording, sounds much better than the other local bands around here...

What happens acousticwise if I mike a snare from the top and from the bottom also?
I need acoustically basic answers.
Regards Tamas Dragon