I'm recording a heavy rock band live in a rehearsal hall. We only have it for alimited amount of time this Saturday. It's going to be a 12 song live work tape. The band's real tight so that's going to make it real eazy. But the drummer is a real cymbal basher. This is going to be a frist for me,(recording a extremely hard playing drummer) .

I thought it would nifty to paint my cymbals to match my drumset...

how do you think this would affect the sound and performance of the cymbals?

lol...

Hey, I've got a bunch of really narly looking cymbals. Some of them are nice ones most are not though. I have tried to clean them with brasso with no success. Is there a way to polish them back to new sheen or is it not possible? Does cleaning them help the sound a great deal? I'm not exactly a "drummer" but I like to play and record them.

What type of compressor do you think is better suited for compression of cymbals (crash-pang cymbals).
Thanks
Eddie

I tracked some drums recently, and the cymbals came out really 'wishy washy' for lack of a better term. Not sure how to explain it, but it's basically the sound changing from the cymbal rocking back and forth on it's stand.

Hey guys, I'd like to hear some tips on prep' ing songs for the Mp3 format, to be posted onto the internets. ;)

I have looked all over this site for good info on symbols. I want to hear you guys debate over the cream of the crop cymbals.
Thins,Meds,Darks---JUST GET CRAZY and let me learn something! :)

Recording Symbols---

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ok when recording drums is there a certain way to record the ride cymbol when you hit a ride cymbol they tend to sustain a lot but when you hear perfessional recordings the ride never sustains it sounds like just a hit and thats it, do they put like black tape to help the sustain or what?

My first set of cymbals are getting pretty worn out, so I'm looking to buy some new ones. The ones I'm using now are Zildjian ZBTs(basically bottom of the line) I'm looking to spend about $400 on a new set of cymbals, and I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions. I'm looking for just a basic set really...a crash or two, a ride, and high-hats.

Hello.This is my first post here.
I've got a Roland VS-2480CD,and have started attempting to record better drum tracks for my tunes.
My kick drum and 3 toms are miced with Digital Reference mics.
The snare and hi-hat have a Shure SM58 stuck in between them.
There is a Behringer B-1 condenser up high and centered,as an overhead.