Hi.
For my bands demo I'm recording drums by using a mixture of mics and the roland TD6 module. the reason why i turned to this approach is because the acoustics are very bad and the module works wonders in this kind of situation.

mics are used for the cymbols & hi-hat where as the TD6 module is used for the snare bass and toms.

Anyone here has heard the latest album from Juan luis Guerra?...i think the recording Eng. is Eric Shilling, i`m very interested to know his recording technique in the "tambora dominicana" and percussion in general...please, if anyone know something about it, tell us a little... :D thanx in advance

OK so last time my band recorded I learned a couple things about members of my band and their playing... My biggest problem was mixing the drum tracks...

Im about to have a band come over to use my home studio to record a demo CD, I have an Shure sm57 and a pl76 condnser. Mic placement advice is much appreciated. Note that i have no money to go buy new equipment :( .

Thanks! :D

Hello all.

I'm tracking some drums & would like some opinions from the pro's! :-)

Here's what I have to work with.
Mackie 1604 XDR going direct out into my Delta 1010 & Logic Gold.
I have 8 Bal ins & I could also use the Digi ins & a SB Live ins.

I have an RNC Comp & a 3630 (that I don't usually use for recording.)

I have to record drums next week. I've never done it before. I've got one Neumann TLM 103, one Shure SM57, two Shure SM58's and one Sennheiser 421 at my disposal (note: no bass drum mic)

I don't mind buying a bassdrum mic but which? The AKG D112? The Sennheiser E602? Something by Peavey? That's my first question.

When i'm recording drums i have a question

1. My overhead mics (2 SM-81) sounds great on cymbals but theres way to mutch snare leaking in.
When i'm mixin i cant turn them up as mutch as i would like to cause it raises the snare too.
Is the answer to compress them hard or gate ?
(Have the same problem on hi-hat also)

What's the rule of thumb when it comes to getting a "good" setting on your EQ for bass guitar and drums? :w:

Coming up this weekend I have my first session with drums. I have an M-Audio Delta 44 card with a sixteen channel four bus mixer. My question is, should I record the kit with two overhead's, a snare mic, and a kick mic? or should i mic the whole kit and try to get a good sound to tape using two of the buses? Also, What would any of you suggest as the best way to position the overheads?

Well I'm a little short on cash (read: short about $3000) so I only have an sb live (left and right channels on line in), a small 4 channel mixer, and a mic preamp-amp, a radio shack 3 mic passive mixer and 7 mics to use with this setup. I'm doing some cheap home recordings so I can remember this stuff when I can get a digi001 or C-port and an 8 bus mixer... you know the spiel.