Creating original sequences isn't the problem nor is sampling because i prefer original music. My question is how to create sounds that are MINE and noone elses. A couple of producer from my area (Timbaland and The Neptunes) have their own signature sound and it didn't take me very long to learn that their sounds don'g come from thousand dollar boxes like the roland mc-307 or mophatt.

Since you guys know a lot of the hardware side, you must know a trick or two on the mic placing science...
I am recording a drum set, everything is fine except for the snare mic getting too much hi-hat signal, I am using a venerable SM57 into an Avalon 737SM (mercenary), using the snare preset...any suggestions..

Do you generally send all your drum tracks to a 2-bus and compress them all together when tracking?

Hi
I am about to track some drums on 2", and i want to make sure that I don't screw anything up. This time it has to be perfect.
One of the things i'm worried about is phase cancellation. .i hate phase cancellation. all my drumrecordings sounds like they suffer from it. don't wanna hear it anymore.

Which one are you guys using? I was thinking about using a MXL 603 but, I don't think it'll handle the SPL :( !

What compression settings do you use for tracking drums?
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Thanks, Mike

Hi,
first time for me here on the drums forum.
I'm facing the need to get a drum set for the studio, just if the drummer can't get his in or can't rent somethign in time.
ANyway, I would like to know what shoudl be a very basic setting that can make 90% drummers happy.
Which better place to ask than a drummers forum? :)

Can I run this by you:

I've heard repeatedly that one must check the phase of drum mics in relation to one another to find phasing problems. How does one go about doing this? I've heard things about using a "phase clicker" but I don't know what that is. Is it a procedure that one would perform which could be done with the phase meter on the console; or do you need to have a phase clicker or do you need both?

Since I'm on the beginners forum... please, watch the budget :)
What kind of mics do you guys have and use to track drums?