The Return of the Son of Turd Polishing
I made some more progress on drum recording last night. Here are the changes that I made:
1. I swapped the C3 and Pro25 mics. The C3 is now about 9-12 inches behind the kick drum's beaters, while the Pro25 is directly in front of the kick, virtually touching it. Neither mic sounds ideal by itself (the Pro25 sounds *terrible* by itself!), but the combination of the two sounds nice and punchy. My first instinct was to flip the phase on one of the two mics, but the result was too boomy.
2. I replaced the B1 center overhead with an Oktava MK-012. I've known that small diaphragm condenser mics have better transient response than large diaphragm condensers, but this was the first time that I had heard the difference illustrated so dramatically. The attack on the snare drum went from *woof* to *WHAP*.
3. I moved my homemade omni room mic to an interesting position: it's resting directly on some absorbent foam in front of the kit. Its sound is vastly improved. Once my other homemade mic finds its way back to me, I'll try the same trick on the other side of the room and see if it produces a nice stereo image.
Once I re-tune the lowest two toms, I think that the kit will be as nice-sounding as it can get under the circumstances. That leaves me with two words: WOO HOO.
- Jerfo
1. I swapped the C3 and Pro25 mics. The C3 is now about 9-12 inches behind the kick drum's beaters, while the Pro25 is directly in front of the kick, virtually touching it. Neither mic sounds ideal by itself (the Pro25 sounds *terrible* by itself!), but the combination of the two sounds nice and punchy. My first instinct was to flip the phase on one of the two mics, but the result was too boomy.
2. I replaced the B1 center overhead with an Oktava MK-012. I've known that small diaphragm condenser mics have better transient response than large diaphragm condensers, but this was the first time that I had heard the difference illustrated so dramatically. The attack on the snare drum went from *woof* to *WHAP*.
3. I moved my homemade omni room mic to an interesting position: it's resting directly on some absorbent foam in front of the kit. Its sound is vastly improved. Once my other homemade mic finds its way back to me, I'll try the same trick on the other side of the room and see if it produces a nice stereo image.
Once I re-tune the lowest two toms, I think that the kit will be as nice-sounding as it can get under the circumstances. That leaves me with two words: WOO HOO.
- Jerfo
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