wailingalleycat
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As promised in the 50th podcast episode, below are a few pics of a drum recording i did a while ago.
First pic shows the drummer James hitting things with sticks, note the two kit mics above and behind his head, these are AKG c414 XL II if i remember correctly.
We then decided the kick drum needed a lift, so built a bass tunnel out of jackets, coats and mic stands. also note the good old SM57 on the snare, and e604s on the toms.
This picture shows the snare mics, a 57 on the top and a beyer M88 underneath. the mics were heavily EQ'd so the M88 was giving a lot of bottom end and the 57 more of the crack, so when blended together we got a nice rounded snare sound.
This last picture shows the mics on the kickdrum which were covered by the bass tunnel, inside is a good old M88 catching the THUD and a Neumann U87 outside the drum, in conjuction with the tunnel catching a very low WHOOMPH sort of sound, we ended up with a huge bass drum sound.
By blending the two mics together we could get a perfect balance between a clicky jazz type sound and a big heavy rock sound.
so the top tips:
1: start with a stereo pair of mics and get the best sound possible THEN start adding more mics to fill in gaps, but only if needed. some of the best drum sounds in recording history have been done with just 2 microphones.
2: break the rules, try out new techniques and think about acoustics and how you can use them to your advantage, i.e. by building baffles and tunnels.
-Paul
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