snare mic'ing techniques, looking for 2 on top or 3 (2 top, 1 bottom)
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Mikaël-ange
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crillemannen
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ChrisTanakaCanwell
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Im telling y ou guys.. Try a Audio Technica ATM450 on snare (and toms) It is pure awesomeness
I've been checking that one out for a while, I think I'll pick one up, thanks!
bryan_kilco
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fuckin' tape your neumanns to a 57 and make sure the capsules are both the same distance from the head, and you're good to go!
Glenn Fricker
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+1 on mixing in a SDC on top.
FWIW, I love to blend in an SDC on the bottom. ...it doesn't have to be anything majorly expensive... just back it off from the head about 4-6 inches, and aim it at the skin, not the wires. EQ & comp to taste, then bring it into the mix to augment the top mic.
FWIW, I love to blend in an SDC on the bottom. ...it doesn't have to be anything majorly expensive... just back it off from the head about 4-6 inches, and aim it at the skin, not the wires. EQ & comp to taste, then bring it into the mix to augment the top mic.
i bought an AE3000, so im going to get that a shot
can't do the neumann thing because they've got to be in the air for the sd overheads
can't do the neumann thing because they've got to be in the air for the sd overheads
Sorry Morgan, I got nothin these days. I did this quite a bit in about 93 or 4(?) around the time piccolo snares were big for that (thankfully) brief period. Budd and The Mark of Cain style snares come to mind as Oz examples. John Stanier probably had something to do with it since he played in TMOC briefly. Everyone seemed to want more tock at that point in time, even from snares that had none top begin with. Micing the shell gets half way there depending on the drum.
ahh well shit
if you still have the oktavas, one of those would work...or the m201 if you still have that kicking around
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
Just check phase coherence and experiment...
that picture is from this article:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun08/articles/kickandsnare.htm
Also this is a cool picture from the same article:
Seth Munson
How do Amber Lamps?
Im pretty sure I know what band this is for and Im also pretty sure I want this fucking sample when you finish it. 
The StabbinCabin
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I could have sworn there was a similar thread with everyone posting pictures like that... There were jokes cracked about how big of a headache it would be to mic up Terry Bozzio's drums- I can't remember what the thread was called or anything but I think this was brought up. Could be wrong.
MetalJonesy
more metal, more booze!!!
I'll do what Lasse sorta does, one on top, and one at the shell. Again i find bottom snare micing cheap sounding, I end up usually not using the track and experimenting with compression, gates and eq to get the sizzle at the top
Ermz
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Yeah I'll be trying the shell mic without a doubt. I hate the bottom snare mic. Always sounds nasty and peaky. Only time it seems to work is when everything is tuned really loose and the snare wires rattle for like a second or two (like the Slate snares, haha).
FloridaRolf
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can anyone help me find some articles about micing a snare drum with two mic's on top and one on bottom
i can't find anything because google thinks im either searching for 2 mics (top and bottom), or micing a whole drum set with just 3 mics
Everyone's pretty much said this, but I love an AKG 451 and a SM57 on the top of snare.
Never been a huge fan of "shell" micing, though....
Also, if bleed isn't an issue, try a large dia condenser that's on the darker side. If you go to that snare micing thread there's one where I used a U87 lol.
Another option that hasn't been discussed (I don't think) is just to mult the signal. One thing I do more then double micing is run a mult of the snare top to an 1176 and to another EQ and really boost the top and bottom and blend it back in.....works really well sometimes!
i hate the shit out of the way bottom mics sound, but snares sound dead to me without it. i always do whatever processing i need to do to it, listen to the snare with just the top mic, and pull up the fader for the bottom mic just enough to give it some snap.
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that picture is from this article:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun08/articles/kickandsnare.htm
Also this is a cool picture from the same article:
Was my screansaver for a while
