when recording drums and using overheads, you're supposed to create a stereo image with panning one left and one rght, right?...how come with almost every song i hear, hi-hats always sound centered and they'll be one crash panned left, and one panned rght in the mix, but when i record, the hats are always more apparent on the left side because of the panning. whats the right way to do it

I will be recording drums for a project that I'm doing, and i think due to budget and what I have available I have to use this setup:

Audix drum mics(snare, hi hat, 2 toms, kick, 2 overheads)>Yamaha mixer into my Tascam US-122. Im using Sonar 4 producer edition. I would prefer to use seperate tracks for each but like I said thats not really possible.

Hi,

Okay, I set up the ol' portable studio today, using a lot of equipment for the first time. It went well, except:

My Sebatron vmp 4000e would not send signal into the DigiDesign. I tried everything and it wouldn't work. I let it warm up for MORE than enough time...anyone else have a similar problem with it?

Ok First...equipment: Right now I'm still in the market for more equipment but this is what I have...digi002 console, G5, D6, 6 SM57, 1 SM beta 58,
I still need 2 condensor mics and a mic preamp...either 4 or 8 channel to hook up to the 002.

How would I go about recording drums for that genre...I'm hearing a lot using triggers...coated heads...

How do you go about recording drums while simultaneously recording guitar and bass without the drummer's monitor mix bleeding through to the drum mics? Is there a way to do this other than monitoring through headphones?

I`ve got the opportunity to record in a big stone church. It has stone tiles on the floor and 3 out of 4 walls are concrete. The last wall is wood/cloth. The ceiling is wood too.

I`ve been reading several places in RO that the bigger the room, the better, when it comes to recording drums.

The church is about 30x30 meters and floor hight is aprox. 12 meters.

hi, i am still very new to all of this so bear with me.

Hi All,

Though often one long advertisement for gear, this month's issue contained a fantastic discussion of phase issues inherent to recording drums with overheads. The author (can't remember who) gives a detailed example of a great way to fix problems. I jumped right to my DAW and followed his instructions on some recent drums tracks I recorded.