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

[Jason Jones]

I do drums for a living.

This sounds really good.  It's hard to tell how they should be processed
before hearing what type of music will be with them.  I actually like the
unprocessed version better, because the kick is extended a bit further.
 The compression on the processed version kind of reduces the dynamics all
around.  Not quite sure what else to say.  They sound really good.  Oh,
also - it seems due to the placement of your floor-toms and the crash you
use most, that the kit is leaning to the right.  If you compensate for this
in your overhead placement, it could be easily fixed.  Also, due to ORTF
configuration, the kit sounds very wide.  Possibly too wide for most mixes
(again, this depends on what type of music will be mixed)

Great sounding drums, friend!  Keep it up!

--Jason
www.artcitysound.com


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:10 PM, 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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