Real snare tracks - mic'ing/processing

[CatharsisStudios]

 

[Metaltastic]

So you have the bottom mic pointed pretty much straight up but at the edge Ryan?

 

[CatharsisStudios]

The sm57 is great, but I realy love the compination of audix i5 on the top and sm57 on the bottom.

fucking amen


also when i go to mic the snare i do



F-----------------\ <--- i5 maybe not that slanted
F __________ --------
f ---------------- |SNAR|
F __________ --------
Ff--------------------| <- 57

 

[Metaltastic]

Ryan, that diagram is definitely significantly more confusing than the last one you posted

 

[lolzgreg]

Pix or you didn't mic it

 

[Morgan C]

Ok...

First four or so hits are as normal, raw files, just the close mic 57 on top. Second half is with a blanket over my head.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/324723/SnareBlanket.mp3

Now neither one is perfect, the first one is a bit distant, but the second one is a bit muddy. But I think a deader room is preferred, and I'm going to try and hang some blankets n stuff up.


edit; I can imagine this is exactly the sort of thing a typical listener would listen and go "uh.. what? they sound exactly the same". They are more similar than I had thought. BUT, this is also a test without bleed (I can't exactly play the cymbals with a blanket covering myself and the snare drum), so I think it'd make a bigger difference when it comes to live tracks, which would explain why I can get great samples but not great live drums.