Hey everyone I have been working hard at producing metal bands and I think im ready to take on recording Non programmed drum parts but have a few questions im still confused about And yes i DID SEARCH XD. Just dont wanna get told i need to lol. Im on a Semi Low budget, as this is my only current job while im in school and I just bought my SM7B and Steven Slate Platinum so im kinda scrapping up the money. Thing is, the drums are gonna be replaced (I think) so the mics just need to be good enough for that. They need to Pick up the transients i think?. My questions are, do i need a interface in the range of a Presonus Firestudio, in which i need a seperate channel for each drum? Its kinda a pricey thing for me at the moment. And is there any program to let me use the steven slate drums i just bought or do I need SS trigger or Drumagog now? Should I quantize these drums when i replace them? I get different responses everywhere i search on that q. Lastly, does anyone replace cymbals? i love the Joey Sturgis sets I have. Or am i stuck with overheads? All in all i just want a solution that sounds just as good before and doesnt make me go spend huge amounts of money. Thank you anyone who can help.
Drum Questions
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Vinny
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Each mic needs its own channel. If it's going to be TOTALLY replaced, just buy a decent set of triggers for about $200-300. BUT I advise you, if you have the money, to go ahead and mic them so that you have the original drums to work with also (rather than being limited to just the SSD samples.)
You can actually trigger cymbals if you do it correctly, but you'll need ALOT more inputs and it'd probably be better to just program them if you're gonna replace them.
There are many drum replacement software programs. But the most common ones are Drumagog, TRIGGER, and aptriggra.
Drum recording does cost alot of money (unless you're programming, obviously)
Go read the Acoustic Drum Recording For Metal sticky before you start looking at mics and preamps/interfaces etc.
You can actually trigger cymbals if you do it correctly, but you'll need ALOT more inputs and it'd probably be better to just program them if you're gonna replace them.
There are many drum replacement software programs. But the most common ones are Drumagog, TRIGGER, and aptriggra.
Drum recording does cost alot of money (unless you're programming, obviously)
Go read the Acoustic Drum Recording For Metal sticky before you start looking at mics and preamps/interfaces etc.
xmortumx
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So u don have an interface?? Yes if u plan to record drums u need atleast an 8 channel interface(1 channel for kick, snare, tom1 ect..) so yea it will be much easier to trigger a drumset that has different tracks... Im sure many trigger drums just off overheads but thats just pain in the ass... Now to answer other question to trigger steven slate u can use trigger which uses tci but if u alreasy have the wavs samples then drumagog or aptrigga will do. Also i usually slip and edit then i combine natural drums wit samples... Doesnt really matter if u ask me just do whAts easier
your cheapest route is buying an 8 input presonus firepod, a 75 dollar cad drum mic set, and drumagog to replace your recorded drums with ssd
