I could do with a bit of advice on my overheads set-up...The following recording was done using the overheads in our cheap 7-piece drum mic kit we got from ebay - nothing special, just something to get us up and running, although I've already replaced most of the mics already, just the overheads remain.
They were recorded straight into a firepod with no EQ or processing for this example. The room, whilst not acoustically fantastic, is dry lined with lots of insulation in the cavity and then there's 2 carpets on the outside and 2 carpets on the floor...not ideal but we're talking shoe string budget here
http://asoftoday.co.uk/upload/OHs.mp3
The mics sound like those off a cheap camcorder to me. Devoid of any kind of clarity I'd like to have.
Now I realise that I'm not in abbey road with an Apogee 800 interface but I'd really like to get a better basic tone out of the mothers...I'm considering getting a set of NT5s or Octava MK12s but with my budget I'd be happier if there's anyway I can make this sound a little better with some tweaking. I know that probably isn't the case and I'm going to have to splash out but could do with some advice first...thanks for any info!
They were recorded straight into a firepod with no EQ or processing for this example. The room, whilst not acoustically fantastic, is dry lined with lots of insulation in the cavity and then there's 2 carpets on the outside and 2 carpets on the floor...not ideal but we're talking shoe string budget here

http://asoftoday.co.uk/upload/OHs.mp3
The mics sound like those off a cheap camcorder to me. Devoid of any kind of clarity I'd like to have.
Now I realise that I'm not in abbey road with an Apogee 800 interface but I'd really like to get a better basic tone out of the mothers...I'm considering getting a set of NT5s or Octava MK12s but with my budget I'd be happier if there's anyway I can make this sound a little better with some tweaking. I know that probably isn't the case and I'm going to have to splash out but could do with some advice first...thanks for any info!