Hello all. I'm new here and glad I found this forum. I was wondering if anyone out there has any info on the techniques/equipment/mics that Nicko McBrain used in the Piece of Mind sessions. I read an article years ago in which he described in great detail how they achieved the drum sound (which I think is amazing) on that album, but I have no idea what happened to it.

Hi everyone, I'm brice and am new to this forum.

i just recorded some drums and i didnt use any preamps cause my mixer is digital its a Korg d16xd and it has presets on it but i used some if the effects on the board such as reverd compression and some gates but the drums still sound really weak i have a art dps2 mic preamp amp do you think it will richin up the sound. what preamps do you guys use for kicks snares toms etc. .

Has anyone any ideas of how i can reduce the spill from the hi-hat I'm getting on my snare mic.

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How many room mics are you guys using when recording a drumset ? where do you usually place them ?

I was thinking of buying a Soundelux as a room mic and use my AKG 414 b/uls as overheads. r do you guys believe its better to use two U195s as overheads and the AKG's as room ? Thanks for the imputs>

I'm looking for some opinions.

Alright so here's my deal. i'm thinking for good sounding kick drum...should i go with a boost of highs in eq and cut in lows and a thin Q sound to get a good punch in bass drum which doesn't rival bass guitar in the mix or should i try cloning the bass drum track eqing one copy really high mid and high for punch and the other copy low end for depth? which technique will sound better ?

ok so I have a m-audio delta-44 breakout box and Im looking to record drums. Im confused about how to do this, the impression I get is that you have a mic on each peice of the kit and edit the tracks once they are at your comp. like if you cant hear the high-hat on the recording your bring that up a bit, but anyways my question is how do I use 7 or 8 mics to do one recording?

Hello. I have a Yamaha electronic drum kit hooked up to an Edirol MIDI interface which then feeds into my laptop. I'm trying to record using Cool EDIT 2.0, but I can't find where/how to switch my input to my USB port (where my MIDI feeds into.) I've tried several things but to no avail - and it's driving me up the wall. Any help anyone can provide would be very much appreciated.