Pro Sound Web: Like the foundation of a house, the drums are the foundation of a recording.
With a strong foundation, you can build almost anything on it that you or your clients can imagine.
A little effort and time spent miking the drums and getting the sound just right can result in a recording that sounds great.
2 comments:
I have typically found the articles posted from Pro Sound Web to be pretty useful and this is no exception. I've learned how to mic drums before, but not with such clear specificity. It's so easy for drums to sound pretty bad when someone mics them poorly. This type of specific instruction is not as easy to come by as one may hope (at least in my experience). It is true that trial and error is very valuable in finding what sounds the best. I like that this article gives a disclaimer and states "If it sounds good, it is good!" That seems obvious, but it's a good reminder anyway.
All of these steps are pretty valuable when it comes to recording drums in a studio setting. I was having major issues with recording a good drum track on a few songs I worked on recording/mixing for bands, and one of the first things that started fixing the problems I was having was making sure the drums themselves sounded great. Eliminating sympathetic vibrations made a world of difference, as I was having to heavily gate every drum mic because there was so much vibration between hits. It was a terrible way to work around a problem that could have been fixed at the source, and I'm glad more people can now be aware of it.
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