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#41176 - 09/21/14 05:31 PM Home studio drum sounds
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	i just recently mic'd up my cheap drumset with some cheap audio technica mics and i'm attempting to get a tone worthy of recording. this is clip is to document where i am with the drum tone as of today (day 1). any feedback is welcome. https://soundcloud.com/singtall/fall-away-drum-test
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#41177 - 09/21/14 05:45 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	this is literally the cheapest big drum set and mics that i could put together. i bought the kit and cymbals for my son a couple years ago, and he never plays them, so now i'm using them. mics: MB/Dk6 Drum-Microphone Pack \|\| Audio-Technica US drumset: Pulse 4000 Series 8-Piece Double Bass Drum Shell Pack \| Musician's Friend pic: http://soundpercussiondrums.com/imag...P_RDWN_Chr.jpg cymbals: Zildjian ZBT Pro Cymbal Pack with Free 14" ZBT Crash \| Musician's Friend
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#41179 - 09/21/14 05:47 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
ADF advanced member Registered: 04/13/12 Posts: 309	It sounds refreshing in the sense that it reminds me of independently released cassettes from rock and metal bands in the late 80's/early 90's. You could make them sound more 'studio' with some post production, but in the right situation this sound would definitely work in a retro kinda way. _________________________ http://youtu.be/VKO8oJIHFZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3BhCWXqjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec1Q-_sM180 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehENO1Rkals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d19cTqDmnA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz5n_ge2MM
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#41180 - 09/21/14 05:56 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: ADF]
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	i'm fairly rooted in the 80's, so my drum sounds kinda sound that way too. lol. on the clip i just used a little eq/gate/compression on each drum, so i have room for much more if need be. my first goal was to capture the natural sound of my drums. from there i can mangle the tone until it works for what i want to sound like. right now, i'm not sure what i want the drums to sound like. the big reverb is definitely an 80's throwback sound for sure.
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#41182 - 09/21/14 06:54 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
brentg member Registered: 05/04/14 Posts: 11 Loc: Kalamazoo,MI	Sounds good to me...Sometimes simple is best...Many people spend countless hours trying get a retro raw sound in the digital perfect world, when sometimes it is simple as using some old beat up gear and mic techniques... Jack White comes to mind... _________________________ Elevenrack project https://soundcloud.com/brian-gale/tracks
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#41192 - 09/22/14 07:39 AM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: brentg]
Marc C. advanced member Registered: 07/03/13 Posts: 297 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada	I like it. The kick cuts through well and the snare has a nice snap to it. Well done.
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#41198 - 09/22/14 09:09 AM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: Marc C.]
Downrazor11 advanced member Registered: 07/09/14 Posts: 271 Loc: Iowa City	The drums sound better than I expected those mics to sound, but I still would notice they aren't as polished if this was on a commercial release. There seems to be alot of shared space (in the frequency spectrum) between the kick and snare, they both seem to have alot of low-mids, probably around 3-400hz. If it were my track I would try to cut some low-mids from the snare and see if I could brighten the top, but that's just me. Edited by Downrazor11 (09/22/14 12:58 PM) Edit Reason: clarity
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#41211 - 09/22/14 12:46 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: Downrazor11]
Str@man veteran member Registered: 07/15/10 Posts: 888 Loc: Kentucky	To my old ears it sounds really good man.
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#41219 - 09/22/14 06:47 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: Str@man]
ADF advanced member Registered: 04/13/12 Posts: 309	So are you sub-mixing this down to two tracks, or miking bass & snare, w/ two overheads, etc.? _________________________ http://youtu.be/VKO8oJIHFZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3BhCWXqjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec1Q-_sM180 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehENO1Rkals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d19cTqDmnA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz5n_ge2MM
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#41220 - 09/22/14 09:00 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: ADF]
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	two overheads, snare top mic, both kicks mic'd, 5 toms each mic'd.
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#41221 - 09/22/14 09:37 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
ADF advanced member Registered: 04/13/12 Posts: 309	So you're obviously using another interface than 11R to get 10 mic inputs/tracks? _________________________ http://youtu.be/VKO8oJIHFZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3BhCWXqjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec1Q-_sM180 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehENO1Rkals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d19cTqDmnA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz5n_ge2MM
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#41222 - 09/23/14 07:35 AM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: ADF]
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	i'm using a presonus studiolive 16.4.2 mixer with firewire output for multitrack recording.
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#41309 - 09/28/14 04:16 PM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
singtall veteran member Registered: 09/06/10 Posts: 3540 Loc: Louisiana	i eq'd my speakers....several times, then came to a place that i felt good about. then i remixed a track just to see what corrections i would do now that i'm hearing it differently. check out the before and after: before: https://soundcloud.com/singtall/fall-away-drum-test after: https://soundcloud.com/singtall/fall-away-mix-2 i will have to hear this clip on several speakers to know what's real.
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#41338 - 09/30/14 04:02 AM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: singtall]
jaminjimlp veteran member Registered: 02/18/13 Posts: 1052 Loc: Georgia	I think they sound great! me too rooted in the 80's _________________________ "May you be Blessed and our Lord Jesus keep you"
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#41345 - 10/01/14 08:33 AM Re: Home studio drum sounds [Re: jaminjimlp]
Downrazor11 advanced member Registered: 07/09/14 Posts: 271 Loc: Iowa City	Those drums sound awesome now! I really like the difference. I kinda like the depth of the guitar in the 'before' clip more than the 'after' clip. Sounds great!
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