HEY HEY HEY

I am a fellow Audio geek, and I have picked this forum as a main resource. I don't have lots of experience in the field, but there are many people here that do. I am curious to know of some stories about interesting, bizarre, cool and extreme mic techniques that pros like yourself have accidently stumbled upon (I.E.- that article someone posted about using a speaker as a microphone).

I am looking for some advice when mixing drums using the 3 mic method regarding eq, grouping and general mixing techniques. I am challanged with getting the drums to have impact in the mix.

Eg. I want a little more air and I get a raging hi hat. I want to have a stronger kick and things get muddy or the bass looses impact.

I am having trouble finding any information on this. The last time I tracked a band the engineer set up a 57 on the Hi Hat. Taped to the side of the 57 was a 451. The two mic were then bused to one track. I had never seen this technique before but it sounded amazing.

are there any?
what are they?
compression or no?

any ideal settings for compression?
kick snare toms hats cymbals...

some opinions please?

what are some good mic placements and usage for recording drums?

kick, snare, hi hats, toms, over heads

and how about some compression settings, if any?

maybe point me at some cool articles or whatever...

thanks heaps.

Hi,

There's a concept at work out there, that if you think about it, makes some sense. At least to me it does.

I was wondering what exactly the mic setup was for john bonham. I know that they used 3 mics. I think they used one out front, one behind him about shoulder high and one overhead? Is anyone familiar with this? And what kind of mics did they use?

Hi all,