Hey guys i was just wanting some opinions on what your guys fav way to mic a kick drum with a hole. And what mics do you normally use. Ive been using a D112 little more than halfway in the hole. I can quite get the results i want tho. also what preamps are you guys using

Alright. this saturday will be the first time recording a kick without a hole in the front head. It's a custom DW kit with beautiful new heads with a fantastic drummer hitting them.

The sound they are going for is along the lines of the Mars Volta but heavier. He doesn't want to cut a hole in the front head, and he doesn't want to remove the head either.

I wanted some comments on how to go about using an acoustic drum set, but replacing the kick drum with a trigger pedal.
Now the real thing here is...I need it to be a double bass setup for the heavy music as well.
midi kick pads? And which one? Or what else is good for this?

hey guys.. sorry if this is bad karma or whatever.
there is a post in the recording section that i also wanted mastering engineers to have some input on if their willing.

the subject is 'kick and snare +10db'

thanx,
sorry,
-showboxdude

Hey guys,

I suppose this is a question for those of you getting serious mix work, or maybe even mastering engineers.

I've done some mixes in our studio and just to get a general idea of a 'mastered' sound, i've run them through a bunch of TRacks presets. Now I know most aren't fond of TRacks around here. But, I just wanted to get a general idea.

I'm running logic pro 7, and i will be using a sennhiser e901 kick drum mic and i was wondering if any one could tell me how to get that killer tone that all the big metal bands have (like that on the new roadrunner records CD)?
and advise for recording drum kits would be great actully?
regards

I've heard things about using compression and changing attack on kicks to make them stand out more.

Hi Everyone,

Im in the process of mastering some drum tracks and have one quick question:
while mixing the snare and bass drum,is it advisable to have the bass drum set at a lower db level,and let the bass guitar bring the lower freq,s into the mix? :?