- Oct 30, 2008
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alright here the thing...
after being a member here for a long fucking time, i'm getting my first decent setup going in the coming months which means i'll finally have the means to track more than 2 tracks at a time (at last!!!! :Smokin: )
anyway, after getting a decent 16X I/O interface, studio monitors and who-knows-what other gear, im gonna be short on money so ill start off with really cheap mics and progress a mic at a time!
what im trying to figure out tough, is what's the best way to track ACOUSTIC* drums while not having a proper kit, room acoustics or decent (expensive) mics...
sounds stupid huh? well read on i MIGHT have a point
...which obviously means either way except for OH and room mics, i'll have to replace SNR,BD and TOMS with samples, right? no point in mixing a shitty kit tracked in a shitty room using a shitty mic...
which brings me to this: i remember hearing/reading about "trigger mics" which are really cheap and all they basically do is pick up the hit so you can replace with a sample... well the name says it all.
does anyone know what im talking about? are these things even real or am i imagining? and suppose they aren't real, what's the CHEAPEST mic out there? just so i can get a bunch of them to trigger BD, SNR and TOMS while using decent mics for OH + room
* why not electronic? well fuck that! too tempting to just hit "quantize" plus they pick up extra hits a lot.
after being a member here for a long fucking time, i'm getting my first decent setup going in the coming months which means i'll finally have the means to track more than 2 tracks at a time (at last!!!! :Smokin: )
anyway, after getting a decent 16X I/O interface, studio monitors and who-knows-what other gear, im gonna be short on money so ill start off with really cheap mics and progress a mic at a time!
what im trying to figure out tough, is what's the best way to track ACOUSTIC* drums while not having a proper kit, room acoustics or decent (expensive) mics...
sounds stupid huh? well read on i MIGHT have a point
...which obviously means either way except for OH and room mics, i'll have to replace SNR,BD and TOMS with samples, right? no point in mixing a shitty kit tracked in a shitty room using a shitty mic...
which brings me to this: i remember hearing/reading about "trigger mics" which are really cheap and all they basically do is pick up the hit so you can replace with a sample... well the name says it all.
does anyone know what im talking about? are these things even real or am i imagining? and suppose they aren't real, what's the CHEAPEST mic out there? just so i can get a bunch of them to trigger BD, SNR and TOMS while using decent mics for OH + room
* why not electronic? well fuck that! too tempting to just hit "quantize" plus they pick up extra hits a lot.