EDIT: I realize I've made a terrible mistake by not putting this in the rate my mix section. Sorry about that... 
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A lot's been going on in my life, and I've been away from recording music for a long time (not by choice), and I wanted to take on a project to experiment and have fun with recording again. A band in my hometown has been trying to "DIY" the piss out of a full length album, and they've insisted on recording everything in a church sanctuary. I put "DIY" in quotes because I think the term is overused to the point of cliche, but that's what all the cool kids are doing :Smug:
Anyway, this is a clip of the drums I've recorded. I've heard tons better drum sounds on this board by far, and I don't mean to say this competes with the heavy hitters, but I wanted to post it to see what people thought.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9528329/Tracks/Rodney PT 1.mp3
I haven't touched any EQ, I put some compression on it to bring up the volume, and the room mic is brought down a little bit. Otherwise it's just raw tracks.
8 channels of drums
- Audix D6 on the kick
- A Non-Union Mexican Equivalent SM-57 knockoff on the beater
- SM 57 on the snare
- SM 57 in between two high toms
- SM 57 between two low toms
- Two condenser overheads that weren't mine, can't remember the names
- A shitty Radio Shack Omni for the room.
I'd love to hear any comments, suggestions, what you might have done's, etc. It's a new situation for me, trying to record in such a large reverberant place.
Regardless of anything else, I also wanted to thank everyone on here for helping me develop my skills and get better at doing something I love.
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A lot's been going on in my life, and I've been away from recording music for a long time (not by choice), and I wanted to take on a project to experiment and have fun with recording again. A band in my hometown has been trying to "DIY" the piss out of a full length album, and they've insisted on recording everything in a church sanctuary. I put "DIY" in quotes because I think the term is overused to the point of cliche, but that's what all the cool kids are doing :Smug:
Anyway, this is a clip of the drums I've recorded. I've heard tons better drum sounds on this board by far, and I don't mean to say this competes with the heavy hitters, but I wanted to post it to see what people thought.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9528329/Tracks/Rodney PT 1.mp3
I haven't touched any EQ, I put some compression on it to bring up the volume, and the room mic is brought down a little bit. Otherwise it's just raw tracks.
8 channels of drums
- Audix D6 on the kick
- A Non-Union Mexican Equivalent SM-57 knockoff on the beater
- SM 57 on the snare
- SM 57 in between two high toms
- SM 57 between two low toms
- Two condenser overheads that weren't mine, can't remember the names
- A shitty Radio Shack Omni for the room.
I'd love to hear any comments, suggestions, what you might have done's, etc. It's a new situation for me, trying to record in such a large reverberant place.
Regardless of anything else, I also wanted to thank everyone on here for helping me develop my skills and get better at doing something I love.
