http://disqus.com/by/hawkeyesthe2nd/enTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:28:19 -0000http://emusician.com/tutorials/capturing_kit/#comment-16679185<p>Good article but I found it too long. Would have been nice if it was in point form. We could print it out and use it as a reference when needed.</p>hawkeyesthe2ndTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:28:19 -0000http://emusician.com/tutorials/capturing_kit/#comment-16678955<p>To: epiphonelespaul</p><p>Use two as overheads (not too far away) you want them to capture a little body of all the drums so they shouldn't sound too distant. Then throw one on the kick drum where you think it sounds best. I always find all the other mics only contribute to the body of each drum... if the room sounds good (big, warm and wet as I like to call it) then hit record and go with it.</p><p>You can tailor the EQ a little after to get some more lows or mids or highs, whatever you are looking for. I wouldn't EQ much more than a few decibels here and there. Always CUT when trying to make it sound better and BOOST to make it sound different. The only thing I tend to BOOST a little is any where between 60HZ to 80HZ for the Bass Drum. I tend to leave the highs alone on the overheads. You can find a frequency to CUT that will make the cymbals sound brighter. To me as soon as you start BOOSTING highs on the overheads you tend to want to keep add more. A good trick is to cut say 200HZ and down, get rid of it completely. From there try and make the drums sound big. When you find what you are looking for... slowly bring the lows back in to fill the bottom end in.</p><p>All that being said, I just listened to somebody's demo and they have fancy mics etc. and it sounded OK but the worst part was, the drum take was horrible, no feel, bad timing, not a very creative groove either. So in the end, you want a good drum track... get a good drummer, then it won't matter what you are recording with. It's like the old saying about a great drummer can make a kitchen sink sound good. It's what you play not what it sounds like. Some records from the 50's and 60's sound horrible but I still enjoy the music more, they knew how to write back then. These days, everyone spends so much time trying to get a "great sound" and you know what, at the end of the day, sounds come and go. The 80's is great for hearing good examples of pristine recordings but in the end it sounds 80's.</p><p>Have fun, and only record good bands.</p><p></p>hawkeyesthe2ndTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:26:02 -0000