Sounds like something I might be doing. Tell me about the cable ends. Are they quarter inch and then you have to get them to a sound card on your computer with a smaller hole......or do you go to like an M-audio interface or something ?
Does anybody do this? I dont have drum mics at the momment , just a 57 and two cheapo dynamics. without even micing the kick, (using the plastic side of the beaters on my iron cobra probably helped) i could still hear the bass in the mix. I go into cubase 5.1 and i applied these preset compressers called "pumping drum overheads) and panned my two mics hard right and hard left and it actualy sounded really good. you could feel the hats on the right and the splash on the left.... i didnt know if anybody else used this technique but it really works!
Sounds like something I might be doing. Tell me about the cable ends. Are they quarter inch and then you have to get them to a sound card on your computer with a smaller hole......or do you go to like an M-audio interface or something ?
Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.
I like it a little better than the recorderman technique personally. Easier to set up, and remember how to as well. I like the idea of phase cancellation, though admittedly when I first tried it I forgot to do the panning and didn't get any of the advantages gained by this technique. I would try it again and probably stick with it from there on out.
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i like the xy also. it's cool that it's so quick and easy to set up. if you have a good sounding room, setting the mics out in front of the kit by drawing a straight line from the middle of the snare head and through the middle of the kick gives a pretty cool stereo spread and a little different sound. it keeps the kick and snare in the center of the mix and rules out phase problems. i enjoy experimenting with the placement of my room mics and overheads to see how it sounds
i use a permanent x/y mic as a overhead and most of the mix is from that ...because my room has really high ceilings and jarrah floor boards there is minimal phase issues
iv been doing some tricky things with my mix lately ..eg..making clones of my kick tracks and having 1 panned hard left ,1 panned hard right and the original 1 dead centre ...it sounds huge with out any compression
which piece of equipment in the recording chain is required to pick up on phase issues ?
Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.
Studio build up thread:
http://www.drumchat.com/showthread.p...dio-16527.html
if you can eliminate any phase issue's before the recording its mighty helpful
eg..if any mics cross paths ..thats a phase issue
Agreed... Taking care of it before recording is definately the best way to deal with a phase issue... To me, mic placement is more important than any kind of eq or post production tricks. Its worth the time invested to have it sound its best when you press the record button. A tape measure and your ears are the best tools to have when dealing with phase. If using more than one mic on a particular source the rules i was taught were; Either the mics must be the same distance from the source, or the 3:1 rule: the distance between the mics should be at least 3 times the distance of the mics to the source.
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Studio build up thread:
http://www.drumchat.com/showthread.p...dio-16527.html
I have be doing spaced pair without issue but i picked up a pair of Shure KSM 109s at a local pawn shop. the will be perfect to try X/Y with. i will have to give it a shot
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