Recording Drums?

[jenkinss]

I want to start recording stuff with my band (band is a bit of a stretch lol) and I was wondering what mics/mixers/techniques you giys recommend. So, I was wondering what would be the best budget mics to record a 7-piece kit (pdp x7, I hope I get it!). Thanks in advance!

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Drum Recording

[mitchar19]

Honestly the easiest way to record drums at home is with an electronic kit. It sounds clean and get's good results for a home studio. If that's not an option a lot of people use shure sm 57's for toms, a condensor microphone overhead for cymbals and a kick mic for the kick. Then you just run your mics to a mixer board and preamp.

[Dustin]

Depending on your budget, you can pick up a set of drum mics for a couple of hundred dollars on line. If you know little about the recording process it may be easier & cheaper to use a small studio, plus the end product should be good!

[Cant Get Enough]

Superlux makes some pretty cheap and decent mic kits that don't cost much. They're supposidly modeled after the Shure mics. It was there top af the line kits when I last checked (DRK's)

Quality cables are a must for noise free, clean recordings though.

As far as recording the way you want to record will determine of you want to go through a mixer or DAW, I personally like analog then mix down in DAW's. That'll get expensive though. You can also record live directly from a mixer in stereo which with mixers nowadays can be pretty cheap. A good quality electro set can get just as expensive as the PDP, mic kit and mixer alltogether if you buy budget equipment.