Hi all,

I am gonna record an indie rock band soon and I am not sure how to mic the drum kit. I want the drums to sound like Franz Ferdinand, Interpol or The National.

I have a couple of questions on drum heads. I'm not a drummer, but I own a Mapex M Birch set for the studio and I've been working on trying to get it sound as good as possible. I'm recording mostly folk, alt. country, jazz, etc. The two drummer that I am recording most have a pretty light touch - though I have a couple of heavy hitters in now and then.

Hello there!

Anyone can share on how to get that punching in your face drum mix for metal?

Im recording on a Pearl Masters with 57s and Akg D112 for kick and RODE NT-5 pair on overheads...

but just couldnt mix like Trivium or other metal bands etc...

Can anyone help please?

Just bought one of those snare/tom mics with a short stand off a guy for 20 bucks. Are they any good? They seemed to sell for like 350 new for the kit of 4 mics and they are built and look similar to the ATM line {like tanks}. I might buy the rest of the kit off of him if I like. Thought I couldnt really beat the price i am on a very very tight budget.

My older brother is a drummer - and a stereo-type drummer who has nothing to do with music at all, he just hits things. I use his set often for recording (it's a nice old gretsch jazz set).

Hey guys, I'm kind of new with home recording, i would like to know if someone wants to help me out with my first home recorded song by adding a drum track (drum track only) or help me mix it... write lyrics (but not record it.

If you are interested in recording a drum track or want to help mix it, e-mail me at bwareolrgedog@aol.com

So, I'm upgrading some gear soon and am in need of new drum mics. I think I'm going to run a mainly Audix setup. I don't have a TON of cash, but am willing to pay a little extra for a good sounding mic that will last me a while.

I've been recording my band with MIDI/sample drums for some time now, as I don't have the equipment to record real drums. This wasn't too awful as I beame pretty good at editing on Logic, but I'm now looking to record real drums, but I'm a total noob when it comes to recording with more than just 1 input at a time!

I'm trying to cope with getting a drum set on a tiny stage for low volume folk/jazz coffee house gigs. We're thinking about having the drummer use a stripped down set with a snare, high hat, ride and a few traps. We'd like to include some sort of kick as well, and we're considering either a very small kick or a midi pedal. Anyone tried something like this? What have you used for a kick?

I am not a drummer, but I need a plugin that is easy to use and sounds good. I am not happy with the one that comes with Pro Tools. I don't have all day to look through samples and figure out what they do and sound like. Any suggestions?