Hi!
seems punch and punch and squeezed drums are the word of the moment. I have never been a big fan of this tchnique but..
How do you guys do drums submix?
a) Use a multiband compressor, limiter thru a stereo representation of the whole key?
b) do you just sub kick snare and toms?

I am in a rock band, but I would like to do some acoustic gigs. I know usually when bands "unplug" the drummer keeps his trap, and underplays. Are there some latin or other percussion instruments that lend themselves to rock music? I have heard congas and bongos and a djemba, but that's about the extent of my percussion knowledge Any ideas?

Problem...I have three drum mics (2 OH + kick) and only two XLR inputs on my stand-alone DAW. The two XLR inputs are also the only inputs with phantom power. Does anyone have a solution? Is there more than one solution?

Any tips on routing v drum outputs for multiple outs?

On Justin Timberlakes "Cry Me A River" (produced by Timbaland) u can hear this special base drum timbaland always uses. it sounds nice n soft. somehow in the background but got just the right punch to still be a base drum... i tried so much on mine... short halls... eqs...hard compression...all ... i didn't get close to this...

anyone knows how to get a sound like this?

Do you know good Sample CD's?
I need real powerful sounds.
Thanks!

Coming up this weekend I have my first session with drums. I have an M-Audio Delta 44 card with a sixteen channel four bus mixer. My question is, should I record the kit with two overhead's, a snare mic, and a kick mic? or should i mic the whole kit and try to get a good sound to tape using two of the buses? Also, What would any of you suggest as the best way to position the overheads?

I've been toying around with the NSKit Soundfont and some others for drum tracks. Using keyboard to input each instrument into a separate midi track.

Anybody have any good tips on how to mix room mics on rock drums (compression and eq)? I know a lot of people usually compress the hell out of them, but I cannot get any desirable results.

I am limited to using only plugins and I am guessing the 1176 or the LA-2A plugin would be the way to go. Any tips on settings?

OK. When mixing drums, do you mix from the drummers perspective or from audience perspective, as in if you were facing the drummer. I have a tendancy to mix from drummers perspective as I am a drummer. Does this seem odd to non-drummers?