Impressions of this drum sound/mix (real drums)

[Benny H]

Pity there's some artifacts from soundcloud (even though I uploaded wav?) but not too bad..



The overheads are pair Behringer c-2
Toms internally mic'd with JTS cx-505 (no resos)
Kick = slate trigger (mic'd originally) ..made an instrument with metal machine kicks
Snare = slate (mic'd originally)
I should probably mic the hats/ride as well

Bass = sansamp
Guitars I think were krank revjr and guitarhack impulse on this (old school!)

Am I at an ok starting point for a reasonable production with these sounds? Particularly the drums?

 

[theXbucket]

I think it´s quite good so far! maybe the snare could be a very little more gentle and the kick a little louder. the song in my mind and the drumming seems to be a bit chaotic but maybe it´s not really my kind of music. soundwise it´s good!

 

[Benny H]

Cheers.. fair suggestions.
I would never argue against louder kick haha.

I need to work on my playing for sure. It is meant to be chaotic but not it a sloppy playing way! ..which there are some stuff ups and sections I'm less competent with.

 

[Cephara]

I will say the snare sounds a little loud for sure. Overall the drums decay to quickly for my taste against the rest of the music. A light touch of room reverb (I think anyway) would really settle the mix into something more refined. It sounds great nonetheless, but i think turning down drums and adding room verb would blend everything into an awesome mix. Either way, sounds bad ass.

 

[Benny H]

Cheers for checking it. Definitely taking these ideas on board. Might have been inclined to swap in different samples but will try to improve what I've gone with here.

 

[Jotun25]

I would suggest also to bring up the kick 1 or 2 dBs, and add a little of reverb/ambiance to the drums, but sounds quite nice, man!

 

[WannaDJ]

Very solid, I like it.