Skins for recording

[Ali073]

I was just wandering what kind of skins anybody thinks give a good sound for recording.

Thanks

pearl export rock-fuzion
22" bass
10",12",14" toms
14" snare
remo cs black dot tom heads
Evans genera coated snare head
14" sabian pro sonics hi-hats
16" pro sonics crash
20" pro sonics ride
16" zabian ZBT crash
18" ZBT crash
20" ZBT ride
14" ZBT hi-hats
10" meinl classics splash
12" meinl classics mini-china
18" meinl classics china

[kaosotis]

Same one's that sound good live! Just teasing.

It really depends on the sound you want and how you are mic'ing the drums. If you are close mic'ing you are going to need to control overtones more. The CS's you have do that, but might be too dead if you want to hear the tom. The new EC2 SST's are supposed to be really nice if you want a controlled sound.

Unfortunately there isn't one answer to that question.

[Northern Redneck]

I say coated ambos or g1's. You can always dampen down a head thats to open, but you cant open up a predampened one.

[kaosotis]

Preach your mantra NR!