14x9 African Mahogony! Sounds great in the room. I've used a 57/i5 combo but always sounds like too much 200hz.
Mics for a big, dark snare?
- Thread starter JonWormwood
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Close mics on snare for me usually sound poopy anyway and take a lot of work.
Snare for me needs the combination of the room mic and OH's. How does it sound all together?
Another thing you can try is an SDC or even an LDC if you can get it in there and it can handle the SPL.
I have also had better luck with close micing when the top mic is nearly parallel to the skin. Also side micing brings in some interesting tones as well.
I also usually boost 200-250 for more body on snares which come from the close mics and sort of work it to compliment the OH's and Room.
Snare for me needs the combination of the room mic and OH's. How does it sound all together?
Another thing you can try is an SDC or even an LDC if you can get it in there and it can handle the SPL.
I have also had better luck with close micing when the top mic is nearly parallel to the skin. Also side micing brings in some interesting tones as well.
I also usually boost 200-250 for more body on snares which come from the close mics and sort of work it to compliment the OH's and Room.
botus99
Microphone Assassin
+1 on pulling the mic back. I had that problem with snares before, now I (usually) keep the mic about 8" away
Do you have any clips? Which way are you pulling the mic back?
I need to try that!
I've started doing this recently. I saw Russ Russell does it and I saw it in a video of a Stone Sour recording so said I'd give it a go. Sounds great when the room is nice and the drums sound good in the room. I usually do it with either an LDC or an SM57.
El_Gato
I love this gain
x9? 
Tasty. Sample that beast with all those 200hz right away and pass it up
I'll try that LCD thing too, thanks for the tip.
Tasty. Sample that beast with all those 200hz right away and pass it up I'll try that LCD thing too, thanks for the tip.
BLUElightCory
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The Telefunken M80 is pure genius in situations like this. It's got insane amounts of attack and punch but the lows are very balanced, so it won't shove a bunch of extra 150-250Hz in your face.
Machinated
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Angling the mic so it's more horizontal than vertical helps brighten the sound up a bit. Also sounds a lot less "direct". Snare bigness comes from having a decent sound in the overhead and room mics so really make sure it's coming through those well and pull them up in the mix
xTomx
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