My studio is located in a large production house. I have one iso room that's fairly small (11' x 11') with an 8' height. I've always recording drums in there with pretty decent results (or at least to my young ears.) right outside my studio is an enormous warehouse. I've always heard that you should always use the highest ceiling possible for recording drums, but is this overkill?

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>

Hi All,

I'm quite puzzled with how to judge the studio/hall acoustics, and choose the best placement for different instruments in the same space (studio/hall).

One particular problem that I can't put my finger on is when recording in a concert hall, how do I decide whether the mics are too high or too low?

Thank you in advance for all your suggestions!

...approximately 60 feet away from my DAW. I would like to try recording different instruments in two different rooms of my house, the entryway and the living room. They both are large rooms with high ceilings and I think drums, acoustic guitars, or maybe amps could sound cool there. Plus the living room has my family's Yamaha baby grand and I REALLY wanna mic that baby up.

Ok...as of now I'm using my 10x11 room as my "live" room. It's equipped with Auralex wall treatments, but it is small! I'm using my 12x14 room as my control room...also equipped with Auralex.

hey there all, my name is quinn, ive been playing git for a while in a three piece band, recently we have required some more gear and would like to record using a tape deck. i have a crappy basement rectangular room about 15X12X8 (L,W,H). first perhaps i can start with my gear then whoever can suggest an optimum positioning of equipment i would be greatful.

What's the best way to get the mics through the wall into the control room?

Any recommendations, patch panel? Where do I get it?

any kind will do.

just a Mic chatroom.
I prefer to voice chat
i get bored of typing in chat room.
and i hope to hear someone singing live on the air.haha
i can sing a song for them tooooooooo

oh, i'm such a person

now waiting for someone to offer me a Mic Chatroom, Thank you

i'm expecting a clean one, less sex.
thankyou

Hi all
One of my partners has to track some vocals in the Baltimore area in the next few weeks. We would like to find a RADAR equipped room to use for a few days - he can bring mics & pres if necessary. We are based in St. Thomas Virgin Islands and are actually the RADAR Dealer for the Caribbean - will rent the room or trade for tracking time in our studio.

While I"m just a working man who enjoys writing and recording my own music in my spare time like a lot of other people I"m forced to keep my hobbie cost as low as I can. Although my equipment produces good recordings I know they could be better. At the lowest cost to me can you suggest where I could make the biggest improvement? Can you give me product names and prices?