any tips for smoothing cymbals?

[rcg]

New mics and try PSP Treble booster plugin.

 

[greyskull]

reverb on ohs???
mental.
id say either the oktavas or the NT5s
not the c1000 they SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCk

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Ah ok thanks Oz!!!!

I want to buy new OH mics this august, and they have to be killer
So I filtered out :

Octava 012
Rode NT5
AKG c1000

Oz what would you say because of your knowledge in drum recording
I think you will point on the Octava

Just make sure to get Oktavamod mics. There's a world of difference between the stock Mc012 and the Oktavamod versions.

 

[colonel kurtz]

do you know exactly what joly does to mod the SDC's?

is it a new capsule, or just the electronics?

 

[gabriel g.]

What is Octava MOD????

thanks for the reply Oz

 

[colonel kurtz]

there's a guy named michael joly who's a first-rate mic tech who runs a site called oktavamod.com...and, as you can guess, he mods the crap out of oktava mics, along with a bunch of other ribbon/condenser mics

 

[Seizure.]

A compressor with a fast attack will kill a bit of the initial transient, that's what I always do if I want some silky smooth cymbals, also make sure you've got a nice reverb going there, but don't overuse it, just try to create a sort of "aura" around the cymbals that make them as if they are being played in a really nice room

Same!
What do you guys do release wise on cymbals?

 

[colonel kurtz]

slow-ish!

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I've been playing with multichannel compression on cymbals lately and it's been pretty good so far.

 

[lordtech]

this goes to all u guys, what are your choice of good cymbals especially for recording? Im using Zildjian ZHT primarily for the main crash 16" and 17".

 

[greyskull]

sabian vaults, 19 and 20 .
are the shit