OK folks, I've had a more extensive session with the NT5's today on my drum kit. The MP3 I've posted is a fairly accurate representation of the overall sound.

This MP3 is typical X/Y pattern, about 16" over my head.

So what compressor and/or limiter do you guys generally use on a stereo drum bus, regardless on the style of music?

Which for a more "budget" focus?
Which when $$$$ is not much of a big concern?

i'm a home recordist. so my questions pertain to that level of gear and experience.

my sign-off below has a link to my music webpage, if you want to hear the stuff i'm doing, to get an idea of what style i'm going afer.

anyway, i'm stuck using my drum machine for drum tracks. .

Hi,

I have a question i'm making dance, trance music but i don't want to use drums from sampleCDs, ... I want to create my own unique drumsounds what is the best way to create your own dance, trance, techno drums. Sampling a real drum like a pearl drum and patching the samples you recorded or ... Maybe someone can give me some hints? What i have to do, starting ...

has anybody out there had trouble from time to time with their foot pedal not being totally secure? more specificaly, you attach your pedal. and when you tighten it so it's snug. the base creeps off the ground a bit.

Sometimes in many produktions I can hear that the hall on the snare is in the middle.
Sometimes the whole drumset too.
Do I hear ghosts? :)

--I was playing back a sequence that I made from the drum editor on Cubase SL last night and realized that the hi-hat events weren't excactly as I planned. Even though I intended this particular part to play an open hihat, the sound came out as a closed hihat. But what's even more confusing was that just a measure earlier it was playing the open hi-hat as intended.

Theres an interesting topic going on at the music player forum about this, especially this guy Jay stating that phase reversing all drum mics except the kick mic is a good thing..
Whats your opinion on the subject?...

I have to rent some mics to mic up a drum kit. I would like 2 room mics, 2 overheads, 2 snare, 2 bass drum, tom and hat mics. I have an AT 4050 some 57's and a D112 already. I would love some recommendations on some mics I can rent to fufill my needs. Hopefully nothing to esoteric or hard to get as I have to find these hopefully fairly cheap. Opinions on Neumann km 184's or SM 81's?

Hi! My subject pretty much sums it up. I've been using AT 4041's for this application but thought I'd like to try a LD condenser and since I already own 1 4033 I was thinking about picking up another and trying them instead. Any of you folks using/have used 4033's in this manner? If so how do you like them as drum OH mics? Thanks very much in advance!
Bob Green