That drum sound is all natural besides the kick? Fuck you.
Yep. No replacement besides the kick, you read it right. And, just to really piss you off, I had the 20db pad engaged on one of the overheads, so they were totally unbalanced going in to the recorder & I just sorta winged it with the preamps. Of course I didn't realize it at the time, it was just one of those "what the fuck?" things I didn't pay too much attention to. Only during tear-down did I realize the pad was engaged.
The mics went up in about 30 seconds. Studio Projects C4 on overheads, 57 on the snare, and Beyerdynamic Opus 88 on the toms.
Great little mics. I'll have to acquire a set.
Please bear in mind the drummer had a beautiful kit & could
play.
It was hilarious, when we first rolled in & I started running the snake, he gets out his tuning key & goes to town on his kit.
The joke of the evening was:
Q: How do you get a drummer to tune his drums?
A: Tell him he's being recorded.
This particular recording was of the third band of the evening. So, the mics had been up & down a few times already. Again, I can't stress how important it is to flag your mics so you know which one goes on which tom. Saves endless amounts of grief.
And the most important tool of the evening:
LED Mini-Maglite. This was definitely my best friend that evening!