[LAU] A short story: from zero to recording the drums in a budget

[Carlo Ascani]

2014-07-16 20:13 GMT+02:00 Aaron L. <elmastero74 at gmail.com>:
> Sounds good!
>
Thank you.

> Any room mics or are all the drums close-miced?  Sounds all close-miced to
> me.
>
Yes they are. The overhead micing technique is ORTF


>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Carlo Ascani <carlo.ratm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>> I own an acoustic drum, and I wanted to record it.
>> My set looks like this [1], and I wanted 8 mics to record it.
>> So, starting from *just* the drums, I bought everything I needed:
>>
>> 1. The Mixer
>> I got a second hand Soundtracs Topaz Micro (I used its Inserts as Direct
>> Outs)
>> for 220 euros
>>
>> 2. The PC
>> I got an IBM Thinkcentre 8215 for 50 euros
>>
>> 3. The converters
>> I got an Echo Layla 20 for 50 euros, it has 8 analog ins and it is
>> really well supported by alsa.
>>
>> 4. The Monitors
>> I got a pair of second hand KRK Rockit 5 for 150 euros
>>
>> 5. Cables and mic stands
>> Got them for around 250 euros
>>
>> 6. The mics
>> I got an Audix D6 and a Sennheiser e609 for kick,
>> a Revox m3500 and a Beyer m610 for the snare,
>> two Sennheiser e609 for the floor toms
>> and a pair of Sennheiser e614 as overheads.
>> The total cost of those mics (second hand) is 600 euros.
>>
>> So, the total price of the whole thing was around 1320 euros!
>> Here are some audio clip of the result, dry recording [2] and processed
>> with some eq, compressor and reverb [3]
>>
>> So guys, what do you think?
>> If I would improve the quality of my recordings, where should I spend
>> more money?
>>
>> PS: I suck at playing
>>
>> [1] http://carlorat.me/drumset.jpg
>> [2] http://carlorat.me/noproc_session.ogg
>> [3] http://carlorat.me/proc_session.ogg
>>
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