~BURNY~
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Here's what I did recently for an indie rock/hardcore band with a 100% natural drums approach ala Albini (shitons of room sound).
Kick hole D112 (everybody and their grand mother hate it but sometimes you don't always want a clicky scooped sound and it's just fine for that, also I don't dig my D6 all that much lately) Gassing for an Heil PR48 though.
Kick reso head M-audio Solaris. I hated that LDC mic on almost everything so far but I found out it has a massive low-end extension so I might not "dispose" of it after all.
SD top Audix D2 (I wanted to try something new and it exceeded my expectations, giving me a fat dry and very defined sound and it has a great off-axis rejection which was great to deal with a powerful hat.)
SD top 2 T-bone Sc140 (pencil condenser, cheap so no fear of it getting hit, great at picking harmonics that were rejected by the D2)
SD bottom SM7 (another pleasant -not so surprising- surprise, my new favorite bottom mic, perfect aimed at the reso head but avoiding the wires because it's better that way to my ears)
Rack Tom MD421n (absolutely perfect)
Floor Tom Audix D4
Hat Oktavamod MK012
Ride Oktavamod MK012
ORTF overhead: Oktavamod NT1A (great smooth sounding picture of the whole kit)
Spaced overhead Oktavamod NT5 (great surgical precision, awesome snappy transient response, just a tad too bright maybe)
Room Near Direct: 2 Apex 210 in MS configuration (another great hyper-realistic representation of the whole kit, what you hear when standing in front of it)
Room Near Diffused: T-bone RM700 mid, T-bone Rb500 Side,( inspired by Kurt Ballou, I used thick foam panels as Gobos to get more ambient than direct sound, will do again, very dark and smooth tone)
Room Far: 2 T-bone MM-1 omni measurement mics in spaced pair. (very cool, just a tad harsh in the high end but definitely interesting for capturing a nice natural reverb tail)
Room mid: Apex 205 mid, T-bone Rb100 side. (another set of ribbon in MS, probably overkill but it sounds really nice on it's own, dark and smooth with a fat low-end.)
Mono room: AKG CBL-99. Just a PZM I put there on the floor. A bit Nasty sounding.
Here's a rough mix of just the drums. Not a lot of EQ AFAICR, but some compression obviously. Not a metal sound at all anyway but I hope someone will find it interesting.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2973685/drums rough test.mp3
Kick hole D112 (everybody and their grand mother hate it but sometimes you don't always want a clicky scooped sound and it's just fine for that, also I don't dig my D6 all that much lately) Gassing for an Heil PR48 though.
Kick reso head M-audio Solaris. I hated that LDC mic on almost everything so far but I found out it has a massive low-end extension so I might not "dispose" of it after all.
SD top Audix D2 (I wanted to try something new and it exceeded my expectations, giving me a fat dry and very defined sound and it has a great off-axis rejection which was great to deal with a powerful hat.)
SD top 2 T-bone Sc140 (pencil condenser, cheap so no fear of it getting hit, great at picking harmonics that were rejected by the D2)
SD bottom SM7 (another pleasant -not so surprising- surprise, my new favorite bottom mic, perfect aimed at the reso head but avoiding the wires because it's better that way to my ears)
Rack Tom MD421n (absolutely perfect)
Floor Tom Audix D4
Hat Oktavamod MK012
Ride Oktavamod MK012
ORTF overhead: Oktavamod NT1A (great smooth sounding picture of the whole kit)
Spaced overhead Oktavamod NT5 (great surgical precision, awesome snappy transient response, just a tad too bright maybe)
Room Near Direct: 2 Apex 210 in MS configuration (another great hyper-realistic representation of the whole kit, what you hear when standing in front of it)
Room Near Diffused: T-bone RM700 mid, T-bone Rb500 Side,( inspired by Kurt Ballou, I used thick foam panels as Gobos to get more ambient than direct sound, will do again, very dark and smooth tone)
Room Far: 2 T-bone MM-1 omni measurement mics in spaced pair. (very cool, just a tad harsh in the high end but definitely interesting for capturing a nice natural reverb tail)
Room mid: Apex 205 mid, T-bone Rb100 side. (another set of ribbon in MS, probably overkill but it sounds really nice on it's own, dark and smooth with a fat low-end.)
Mono room: AKG CBL-99. Just a PZM I put there on the floor. A bit Nasty sounding.
Here's a rough mix of just the drums. Not a lot of EQ AFAICR, but some compression obviously. Not a metal sound at all anyway but I hope someone will find it interesting.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2973685/drums rough test.mp3
