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

[Carlo Ascani]

2014-07-21 18:09 GMT+02:00 Jason Jones <poeticintensity at gmail.com>:
> 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!
>

Thank you!
I hope I will be able to post a song to let you listen the drums in a
mix in the next weeks.




> --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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