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    Hey guys, I was wondering if it would work to use just one mic to record drums. I know it wouldn't be best sound quality, but would it be okay? Thanks.

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    It would be fine. If you have the right room and really work on your placement.

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    This was me and my ex guitarist about 7 months after I began playing. We recorded in a small office room with poor acoustics and an Audix instrumental mic inbetween the amp and my bass drum. As you can hear, it picked up everything amazingly for a lone microphone. I suggest this mic to everyone interested.
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    Watch this guys vid and read his description. He tells exactly how he achieved this sound with one mic. IMO it sounds really well for only having one mic.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VISJfkjydqg"]YouTube - one mic drum test (getting good drum sound on video)[/ame]

    You can find the video and description on youtube by typing in "one mic drum test"

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    generally things are recorded off one mic and supplimented with close micing.
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    Right now im micing my kit with a pair of 20$ sony studio headphones. The recordings are really not good, but work fine for now.
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    Thanks guys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevo42w View Post
    generally things are recorded off one mic and supplimented with close micing.
    true. one 150 buck condensor mic placed 8-10 feet in front of your kit and about 3.5 -4 feet high will give you a pretty honest recording. alot of it has to do with drum and room tuning. unless you really know what your doing when it comes to sound engineering, less is more is a good approach to mic'ing and recording.

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    My suggestion is this,

    have someone play your drums while someone else moves the mic around the room. You listen through headphones. You will find the best mic placement and get the best possible recording in your situation.
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    We've miked an entire bluegrass band (banjo, Mandolin, fiddle, guitar, upright bass) with one Ribbon Condenser Mike (this is a pretty common practice in the bluegrass world) and it works well. We all learn to adjust our distance to the mike depending on if we're soloing or not. I would think you could do the same with a drum set if you find the right placement in the room.
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    Great, I can't wait to try this out.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeta View Post
    Right now im micing my kit with a pair of 20$ sony studio headphones. The recordings are really not good, but work fine for now.
    How does one mic with headphones?
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    As stated above, it's all about mic placement. I always use a few room mikes when I record at our studio and when listening back and 'soloing' out individual mics there is always a decent sound quality through the single mic. I'd recommend experimenting with some condenser mics. I've found that they give the best room sound and give the recording a big, full sound.
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    microphones and speakers are the same thing. Except there designed best to take sound in or put sound out.

    Naturally you wouldnt get a very good sound out of head phones. But just plug them into a recording input and they work. I use to do it when i was a kid lol.
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    what kind of mic would you be using?

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    You have to find a way to isolate your ears from the live sound. If you are in the same room then headphones are the only way to go. If you are in another room then speakers are fine.

    Run the mic into you mixer, listen as someone tries different locations. even better to note and record then listen back
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    Quote Originally Posted by rmandelbaum View Post
    My suggestion is this,

    have someone play your drums while someone else moves the mic around the room. You listen through headphones. You will find the best mic placement and get the best possible recording in your situation.
    Just make sure it isnt the guitarist though, you will be fired instantly when the band hears the natural pulse and musical ability.


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    A really easy way to record is to get audacity (just google it), and then if you or someone you know has a rockband mic, just plug that in the usb and you can record with it. I use it all the time when me and my friends are jamming.

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    So I just had a guitarist over to jam and we did a little test with audacity and a single mic and it worked pretty well. I used the audio technica vocal mic and tried different placements around the room, ran from the mixers monitor jack out into the pc soundcards line in and it worked pretty well.

    It took a bit of messing with but once we got the mic placement right we came out with a pretty decent sound, the tomes sound a little muddy but otherwise it worked well.

    heres the mp3 file we recorded, go easy on me , it was just messin around.
    http://backyardtechnology.com/dave_chris_jam.mp3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quadcam79 View Post

    heres the mp3 file we recorded, go easy on me , it was just messin around.
    http://backyardtechnology.com/dave_chris_jam.mp3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quadcam79 View Post
    So I just had a guitarist over to jam and we did a little test with audacity and a single mic and it worked pretty well. I used the audio technica vocal mic and tried different placements around the room, ran from the mixers monitor jack out into the pc soundcards line in and it worked pretty well.

    It took a bit of messing with but once we got the mic placement right we came out with a pretty decent sound, the tomes sound a little muddy but otherwise it worked well.

    heres the mp3 file we recorded, go easy on me , it was just messin around.
    http://backyardtechnology.com/dave_chris_jam.mp3
    I really liked it so there

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    Not bad at all!

    Great job and I am sure you learned a bit in the process
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    I Used One Mic Friday And My Kit Was Beautiful
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