[LAU] Fat tomtoms from the overheads, potentially interesting info for drummers on a budget.

[alexander]

I've discovered a somewhat crude way of getting a "fat" tom tom sound 
from the overheads, not magically doing away with close up micing of 
toms. But if you're on a budget (like me) and only have 4 inputs 
available It works quite well.(note: you will also need a separate snare 
track) It's quite simple:

Insert an EQ on the overheads and boost around 70-120Hz (depending on 
how the toms are tuned, use your ears ;)) Now, we got more fat out of 
the toms, but, the snare drum is most likely ruined, unless you want it 
to sound muddy of course. To fix this we move the snare track so it's in 
phase with the overheads, then invert the polarity and most of the mud 
in the snare drum should be canceled out from the overheads. I suspect 
an XY placed above and in line with the toms yields the best result..

I'm not sure if this actually is usable in the real world as I have not 
tested it properly yet, i.e mixing in other instruments and so forth. 
And then there's the chance that someone already tried it and scrapped 
it :P.

The clips are from a session when I tested a drum kit that I've actually 
built (I'll tell you more about this if anyone's interested) Recorded in 
a modern super expensive studio where I study, but all mixed in ardour...

The filename says what's goin on..
http://g.imagehost.org/download/0746/noToms
http://g.imagehost.org/download/0188/WithToms
http://g.imagehost.org/download/0878/rawOverheads