Holy Brightness batman (Rode NT5's)

[koalamo]

I just got my NT5's in and I still don't have my saffire pro so I just recorded them on my shitty fast track

My initial impression is that the cymbals sound pretty bright but overall I'm getting a pretty nice sound from the drums themselves.

What do you guys think?

And what would you recommend for eq?


I almost notice like a high pitched whistle everytime the crash is played could this because of an impudence problem (Idk what they impudence of the fast track is but I assume its very high and gayyy)


https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14509637/unprocessed%20oh%27s.wav

 

[AllanD]

Hmmm, I've never had that issue with mine. A Try putting a really tiny Q and boosting in the high frequencies, notch it around until you find that nasty whistle, then subtract it out.

 

[koalamo]

So you hear it too, I'm not just going crazy then? Haha its driving me insane.
I'll definitely try that!

Do nt5's always sound that harsh?

 

[AllanD]

They might sound a bit harsh by themselves, but I think they fit a metal mix better without tampering. I know a lot of people have to boost the highs in overheads to get them to have to sound as overly bright as the metal snares and guitars.

 

[AllanD]

Double Post

This explains the harshness. It has a boost in the 7-14k area, AND has a low end cut. But like I said, it would probably fit the mix a lot better.

 

[koalamo]

Yeah, I love the sound but the damn things clip like crazy I have to use the 10db pad on my gay fast track just to get them at a resonable level its def gonna take some getting used too

 

[aramism]

the room, diffusion qualities, mic placement, type of cymbals, and how they are hit make a huge difference in tone.

sometimes having like weird whistles or tinny sounding cymbals or weird sonic abstracts are more a result of the environment than the mic. they are not the brightest mics ever so it might be the room or something.


i seldom find the need to boost too many highs maybe slightly. for oh i usually roll off lows anywhere from 300-500 depending on situation and then cut in certain spots in the highs and just raise the level and compress them with a healthy dose. the compression brings out the attitude and the actual transients which sometimes does the trick instead of adding treble in the eq. though sometimes a little shelf or something just for color does help.

 

[koalamo]

Well I just found out there's a chance they might be fake so that might have something to do with it! As far as cymbals go I havge zildjian a customs and they've always sounded alittle dark to me. My room is untreated so that may have something to do with it but they were pretty close to the cymbals so idt they were getting a lot of room

 

[koalamo]

Well I just found out there's a chance they might be fake so that might have something to do with it! As far as cymbals go I havge zildjian a customs and they've always sounded alittle dark to me. My room is untreated so that may have something to do with it but they were pretty close to the cymbals so idt they were getting a lot of room

Edit: Nvm they're real. And I for the life of me can't seem to get the whistle out of that clip no matter how much surgical eq I do. Also I notice that on some parts the rodes seem to be clipping alittle. Even though I was using the 10 db pad on my interface, would this be do to the rodes clipping coming into the interface itself (because I had to crank the gain to get a decent level with the pad on).

Thoughts on this?

 

[ahjteam]

the NT5's are really hot mics. I always need a pad with them.

 

[koalamo]

the NT5's are really hot mics. I always need a pad with them.

Yeah everyone who owns them seems to say that. its kind of weird to me that a mic that records that hot doesn't include a pad, kinda lame.

and also idk that much about preamps but if the clipping light on my fast track is lighting up does that mean the signal is being clipped on the way in,even though the actual output to the daw is way below 0 dbfs ?

 

[ahjteam]

Yeah everyone who owns them seems to say that. its kind of weird to me that a mic that records that hot doesn't include a pad, kinda lame.

The more expensive model (NT55) has a pad.

 

[koalamo]

The more expensive model (NT55) has a pad.

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