The video is divided into four parts.
Mono drum room mic.
Sm57 on the wall.
Start the same rough distance from the snare but with the mic facing the space just above the kick.
I recorded a demo with an unmatched pair of neumanns and i ran them as stereo overhead room mics about 3 above the drums and about 5 in front of them.
Just wondering why i hear people talk about mono room mics on drums every single time i try to use a mono drum room mic track with the rest of the drums closed mic ed and stereo overheads when i blend in the room mic panned in the center it smears the stereo image quite vastly.
Adjust positions of the two mics for desired ratio of kit to room sound.
I m wanting to track with 4 6 mics.
In this first video we take a closer look at a mono drum miking technique as used in the 50s into the early 60s discussing the importance of microphone placement relative to your drums and.
Experiment by moving the mic farther away from and then closer to the kit.
This video shows the different sounds you can get from drum room mics by changing several variables.
Drum room mic techniques.
Placed tight on the shells.
First off i do not have matching condensors.
Joel wanasek gives us the low down on mixing with a mono drum room mic and how to get interesting mixing options with it.
The snare drum triangle trick recording mono crushed drums with dylan wissing duration.
Part 1 is a basic.
This placement offers a different kind of natural representation of the kit this time favoring the kick over the snare.