Recording One Drum at a Time

[trashmetalx]

Hey dudes!

Just wondering if anyone here has ever tried recording one mic at a time for drums. Say if all you have is a one-preamp interface. You could have the drummer play the song 8-12 times or however many you want. You could just edit....

Haha. Just wondering if anyone has every used this time-killing technique before.

 

[avrinder]

I've heard of recording cymbals seperately, but this would bore me to death haha

 

[bryan_kilco]

we discussed this at practice already. I have a 2 input Fast Track Pro. It would take forever though. Im sure the results would be nice and clean...but...fuck.

 

[drew_drummer]

I'd rather program it.

 

[Brandon E.]

That sounds ridiculous, lol

 

[barricade]

I'd rather program it.

+1

 

[Brandon E.]

It would be an absolute nightmare with all the bleed, not even feasible

 

[Trevoire520]

I imagine this would be really difficult when it comes to fills to be honest.

I'd rather record stereo overheads and have triggers on the drums, outputting midi from a module into the midi in of your interface. Would take way less time.

 

[Trevoire520]

It would be an absolute nightmare with all the bleed, not even feasible

That's a good point. If you're talking about having him play the whole kit and only record one mic that's NEVER going to work out.

If you just recorded him only playing one drum at a time then it could be done. But would be a pain in the ass.

 

[timislegend]

donald fagen & walter becker of *steely dan used to record each drum individually to achieve a hyper produced drum kit. (steely dan used the first solution to programming live drums from samples too, btw).

the eagles have done this as well.


i don't think doing this method is necessary any more.

just invest in some mics or acquire a drum plug-in instrument like sd2.0/bfd etc.

 

[ahjteam]

I remember Lasse did it. But only because the drummer insisted it and because he sucked. But to be honest, I would rather do a stereomix down with a small mixer or something and then record that with the interface. But not in mono.

 

[crillemannen]

You could do with 2channels of OH with decent microphones and pre's and then program in the snare and kick, if you where to edit the drums. Or rent a place for drum recordings...

 

[El_Gato]

IMO

Record your drums.

As samples. Ambience/Room mics also.

Replace/blend the programming with your sounds.

 

[Harley Barley]

what i do is record me playing on say a practice pad and then just trigger the clicks works pretty well. dunno if id do that for a release though only demos

 

[SimonTaddio_Qc]

I tried this a long time ago.
The editing that comes with it is gay.
The bleed is sometimes really out of phase, or delayed, or something that you don't want on your record.
Not a good idea.
I'd say record both overheads on 1 take, then record a room, take samples of the drum and program the track with it, and use the OH you've recorded.
This will give you the best results if you're working on a 2-tracks interface. Otherwise, program the drums in MIDI and record the OH.