Hey guys, back with another noob question for the pros
I looked around the forum for a while and i couldn't find a pretty straight forward answer to my question.
I was curious to know what is your usual (or at least most common) way to process drum overheads.
I usually try to get a good sound from the whole kit through them and make an attempt to bring out the cymbals, so then I use the rest of the mics to get my attack. Does that sound correct?
I wanted to know what you guys usually do to process them during production and in post. For the basic 2 overhead set up and maybe also for more complicated set ups, etc.
...and thanks again guys, all the pointers i get from here are greatly appreciated.
....oh yeah, and another question just popped in my head while on the subject of overheads.
Ok, first of, the whole idea of quantized drums is still a mystery to me, I HAVE NEVER made an attempt at recording a live drummer to a click or grid and then, i guess, moving his hits around into place where they would be in the right time signature, etc. I think (being a noob and all) that i get the idea of moving hits around in a grid, seems simple enough for the separate mics of the kit. I guess the challenge would be to know some amount of music theory to be able to figure out odd time signatures, etc...but can anyone tell me. What the hell do you do with the overheads????? I've never tried it to that extent, but my guess is that if you move a snare hit into place, the old hit still in the overheads in the wrong place?..right? Do you process the overheads to only get cymbals?? and even so..how the hell do you quantize the signal from the overheads?? isnt there too much going on??
as usual...please don't bash me, i just wanna have at least a small understanding of that concept
I looked around the forum for a while and i couldn't find a pretty straight forward answer to my question.
I was curious to know what is your usual (or at least most common) way to process drum overheads.
I usually try to get a good sound from the whole kit through them and make an attempt to bring out the cymbals, so then I use the rest of the mics to get my attack. Does that sound correct?
I wanted to know what you guys usually do to process them during production and in post. For the basic 2 overhead set up and maybe also for more complicated set ups, etc.
...and thanks again guys, all the pointers i get from here are greatly appreciated.
....oh yeah, and another question just popped in my head while on the subject of overheads.
Ok, first of, the whole idea of quantized drums is still a mystery to me, I HAVE NEVER made an attempt at recording a live drummer to a click or grid and then, i guess, moving his hits around into place where they would be in the right time signature, etc. I think (being a noob and all) that i get the idea of moving hits around in a grid, seems simple enough for the separate mics of the kit. I guess the challenge would be to know some amount of music theory to be able to figure out odd time signatures, etc...but can anyone tell me. What the hell do you do with the overheads????? I've never tried it to that extent, but my guess is that if you move a snare hit into place, the old hit still in the overheads in the wrong place?..right? Do you process the overheads to only get cymbals?? and even so..how the hell do you quantize the signal from the overheads?? isnt there too much going on??
as usual...please don't bash me, i just wanna have at least a small understanding of that concept
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