ok, so i was just messing around with my mics to get them sounding sweet for recording my drums.

The Mics
peavy pv i2
nady cm90
first act(some random mic i got a walmart ... actually is pretty decent)

the setup
--nady alittle over 3 feet above center of bass drum (this basically will pick up the cymbals and toms.)

i would like some recomendations on how to place my mics to get a nice "punchy" sound.
my current set up is

a AKG 112 kick drum mic
a Shure sm-57 for snare
and 2 AKG c 430 over head mics (x y pattern)

what do u guys think? is it really that bad if i dont mic the toms?

So I have Cubase SL, and I mostly do demos of music i've written, and mostly for yuks. All I have for drums/percussion is the ones that came with SL. They call it the COMPRESSOR, and as much as that is an impressive name, and saying it makes my willy feel bigger, I am left wonton(by the sound of the drums, not necessarily by the size of...)

This is a philisophical question: Drums/percussion seems to have the highest dynamic range of any instrument. They punctuate the music. Because of this, however, compressors grab drums first, it seems, in a stereo mix. Thus, drums get hammered down by compression, losing that flavor of punctuation more, typically, than most instruments. This seems wrong somehow.

which of these two mics are better for tons? SM57 or PG 56 (from the Shure drumkit)?

Thanks!

Hi guys,

What do you think to share some presets of your personal library of settings?
I think that's a good way to learn and improve you mix skills!
I'll start to put something that a friend of mine developed and works fine at my studio.

COMPRESSOR:
This is for use with the drums overheads mics and with the PSP VINTAGE WARMER

I want to get the best sounding drum tracks I can make at home.

I'm thinking of going with Sure or Audix.

Does anyone have a suggestion of personal preference?

Thanks!

I'm wondering what a good mic preamp for recording drums is. Right now I use a four channel sytek non-tube mpx 4a(burr brown option on channel 3, 4). I want to know if I should look into getting a nice (1-2k ) tube pre, like Sebatron vmp4000. I use :

should the volume of my drums be higher than the melody or should the drums balance of with everything? and how do u know when u put too much low end into ur mix?

I'm buying the Firebox package at Musicians friend. I currently have a soundblaster LIVE sound card. Should I upgrade me sound card also? If so, to what? Or will I be fine with that? My monitors go into my audio interface, so I assume what I will be hearing is what it will sound like. Does the sound card directly affect your recoridng or how it comes out?