I have my first drummer coming in today

[professorlamp]

I'm as giddy as a school girl with a massive grin on my face
Will put clips up afterwards...

 

[professorlamp]

Session finished, clips+pics up soon

 

[professorlamp]

Ok here is clips and most pics
As you can see I was one mic stand short ( I miscounted ) Dilbert provided useful
He was a bit off on timing and a bit of a wimp on some bits but I think thats more nerves, but he'll be coming back soon when I get more stuff to drum to and he'll know me a bit more so maybe not be as much of a pussy haha.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2872916/Drims kink unprocessed.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2872916/drums drink juice unprocessed.mp3

drums are entirely raw , no EQ/samples/editing


I'm truly suprised I fit this in my room . Also the genrse isn't metal so dont expect uber playing, its more loosely based around punk sorta stuff.

 

[ahjteam]

whats with the overheads?

 

[professorlamp]

aha that's just the angle of the camera they are actually the same height

 

[HandsOfDespair]

they look reallllllly high too haha

 

[JeffTD]

aha that's just the angle of the camera they are actually the same height

That's not the issue - they're pointed at a wall, not cymbals.

 

[professorlamp]

another pic. I think you may be right in which case UBERFAIL on my part, nothing like learning though ey. I pointed them towards the snare though not the cymbals as I considered this the main sound source.

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

The ROH seems to be almost hitting the back of the snare..but the LOH is definitly aimed point blank at the wall

 

[professorlamp]

Well im not gonna bullshit and say It's not because it looks like it is. I suppose I know for next time to POINT THEM DOWN

 

[_Brutalism_]

Glad it was a nice experience for you man, however, just one comment and I don't want to sound elitist, but why do these drummers insist on placing their toms in such awkward and silly angles?! Do these guys ever see pro drummers with their kits set up like that? There's a perfectly good reason why they don't set them up as this guy does. But anyway, if he could play, he could play.

 

[professorlamp]

he played alright apart from things already mentioned (pussy hits/off time in somebits) but it was pretty cramped in there to be fair to him

 

[006]

IMO the snare mic is way too far in as well.

 

[professorlamp]

top one? how much room would you put between the mic and snare?

 

[ahjteam]

why do these drummers insist on placing their toms in such awkward and silly angles?! Do these guys ever see pro drummers with their kits set up like that?

You mean like this?

 

[ahjteam]

top one? how much room would you put between the mic and snare?

It's like triple failure... Too high, too deep and too angled. Put your finger on the rim and put the head of the mic in almost parallel angle to the snare on top of the finger, then aim at center of the drum

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Drum micing takes some practice and trial and error. I think I've recommended Daunt's drum guide a million times on this forum, so one more time won't hurt: http://www.faderwear.com/guides/aggressivedrums/

Read through that one and Glenn's drum guide and you have a really solid starting point

 

[drew_drummer]

I'd say your first error was expecting to be able to do it in a room that size. Money looks like it is probably an issue, but isn't there somewhere else you can do this kind of thing? Just take your computer into a church hall for a day with the drummer or something? Hell, even a scout hut would be better!

Overheads are too high. I've made that mistake before too. Try the recorder man technique, it's meant to be very effective for micing a kit with limited mic and inputs. You can still augment it with close mics though.

Our drummer would never let me put a mic that deep into the snare, and that will most likely fuck up the drummers performance. AHJ is right on that point.

 

[ahjteam]

Drum micing takes some practice and trial and error. I think I've recommended Daunt's drum guide a million times on this forum, so one more time won't hurt: http://www.faderwear.com/guides/aggressivedrums/

Read through that one and Glenn's drum guide and you have a really solid starting point

Looks like my sketchy photos were after the same as in Santeri's wonderful guide.

 

[drew_drummer]

Good thread for this question actually - where can I get some baffles like in AHJ's picture above? Do you just get some foam and cut a hole in it for the mic, is it that basic? I could do with getting some.