Re: Good all around crash cymbals for recording
Unfortunately I think that question may be impossible to answer! It's all about how the individual cymbal sounds, how you play, how you record, and how you mix!
Everyone has their favorites, but my recommendation is to start listening to songs and noting differences in the way the cymbals sound - are they high and tight, low and washy? Bright? Flat? Long or fast decay? And then, if you can find a few albums where you really love the way the cymbals sound, look up the setup that the drummer normally uses.
While the publicly posted cymbal set-ups for famous drummers are really just examples of set-ups they use occasionally and probably aren't what they used on the song you were listening to, at least it gives you a place to start to try out cymbals and see what you like.
A couple opinions I have that might help:
1. In general, brilliant finish cymbals sound brighter than flat finish cymbals
2. In general, larger diameter cymbals have a longer decay than smaller diameter cymbals
3. In general, thicker cymbals have a later peak and are louder than thinner cymbals
4. Never trust the way a cymbal sounds in the cymbal room at a drum shop. You're surrounded by so much metal in the room they always sound brighter and larger in that room. If you are interested in a particular cymbal, ask if you can take it out into the main room to listen to it not surrounded by other cymbals.
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