So we're going to record our drummer.
This is for a home-made recording until we've got the money for professional use.
Anyways, my question is how would you hook up all the mics to record a drum kit?
I understand where they go as for the drum kit, but where do you plug those many mics into?
I think into a firebox? or something like that.
If you can only get one mic for this you could just record each individual part of the song;
symbols
snare
bass
etc, and then compile those together in a music editing program.
[QUOTE=haksword;17388793]If you can only get one mic for this you could just record each individual part of the song;
symbols
snare
bass
etc, and then compile those together in a music editing program.[/QUOTE]
Even though the mic is hooked up to that on individual part, wouldn't it still pick up the other parts of the drums?
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Just to inform you guys, I'll probably only be using one microphone, unless I can find something else to plug the other one in.
One microphone placed in a good spot should really suffice for a home recording.
I presume you're not really looking for studio quality. If one mic won't do it you could ask around to see if you could do it on someone's electronic kit, that'd be cheaper.
Yeah, we're just trying to save up for our first demo or EP so home recording will have to do for now. We've just been procrastinating on the drums because of this situation.
What are you recording with? Do you have a multitrack recorder? There should be at least 4 inputs, get 2 overheads, one in the bass drum and one under the snare and record all 4 channels.
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The mics just hook on as far as I know, if you don't have a mixer board, I suggest getting one with USB-Capabilities. (Useful as balls)
Get an audio interface for you PC, with XLR inputs.
-or-
A Cheap mixer and connect to the line in of your computer (Less Ideal, Potentially much noisier)
At the very least you want a mic on the Kick and an overall mic about 6inches above the drumemrs head (In a one mic situation). Do some googling for the "Shure Drum mic guide" It has a great rundown of micing situations with varying quantities of mics.
Mics->Audio interface->Computer
If it's any help in this recording I used:
Behringer C2 Pair (£40 for two mics Used as overheads)
SM57 (For kick Not ideal but all I had left after micing eveything else, £85)
[url]http://tezzanator.net/Band/Around%20the%20world-mixed.mp3[/url]
Sequentially tracking drums is stupid, the spill from every track will make the thing unusable.
And remember, Amount of mics =/= Audio quality, A Hell of a lot of recordings are still done with one mic for a retro sound and too many mics leads to phase problems and a mixing nightmare.
Put the mic over the entire kit, use an EQ to boost up the kick.
That's what I've done when I only had one mic to record drums.
You'll need an audio interface.
Look into getting a decent multi-track recorder.
A decent starter one is a Pre-Sonas Fire Pod.
It'll probably run a few hundred bucks, but if you're doing multi-track recordings of the whole band, and the set, it's VERY useful. Just make sure you get some dampening for bleed, and some decent quality mics. (some SM-57s should be just fine for the home recordings you plan on doing.)
If you really want to step it up with the mics too, just PM me, and I'll let you know some of the models I currently use for multi-tracking.
We ended up putting a mic inside a pillow and putting it in front of the bass drums on the floor.
It works nice as hell.
Do you by chance intend to put your demo on, say, a MySpace page and share it with us.
Depending on what you're striving to play, I'm sure a lot of people that frequent the music section here will be able to give you some feedback.
:buddy:
[QUOTE=CorpseRida;17388684]So we're going to record our drummer.
This is for a home-made recording until we've got the money for professional use.
Anyways, my question is how would you hook up all the mics to record a drum kit?
I understand where they go as for the drum kit, but where do you plug those many mics into?[/QUOTE]
it's best to have one mic for 1 part,
but if you have less mics than parts,
you could place one mic between snare & hi-hat
ive got school but further reply this eve (;
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;17442382]Do you by chance intend to put your demo on, say, a MySpace page and share it with us.
Depending on what you're striving to play, I'm sure a lot of people that frequent the music section here will be able to give you some feedback.
:buddy:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, we've got two songs on the page currently.
Feel free to listen.
myspace.com/macabreruination
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