I have stumbled upon a problem in drum micing. I don't know how high to put the overheads. My setup is the standard left and right overhead mic, not the XY setup. So basically one mic is left and one is right.... well duh.. . pretty self explaining isn't it?

Anyway the problem that i stumbled upon is my condensers are either too far away or too near the cymbals. When they are too far away, they sort of become room mics picking up everything with loads of feedback (i am recording live in a relatively small hall without multitracking). When they are too near, all i get is crappy cymbal tone which dies out quite fast and is quite err....yucky....like a bweng bweng sound....dunno how to explain. I don't know why. I will try to post samples after i digitize the cassette. Yes i am still using cassettes  ....

But anyway, anybody with drum micing experience?

Thanks for the tips. i have tried to get it "in between" but i never found that spot yet even after meddling for  almost 6 hours. It's could also maybe have been a problem with the mixer. I couldn't seem to get my EQ right that day. I'll try again this week.

I was looking for a short cut so i was asking around. What setup do you use? Or do you do recordings without drumsets?

Anyone interested in studio recording?
Need musician for recording to practice my mixing skill.
No charge.FOC
mengzhee@gmail.com

interested. tell me more

Dude....i visit ur myspace.
Cool band. Nice song.

more details of what i am doing.
I am student in SAE malaysia. doing about audio engineering, in future i might take up recording art.
I need to build up my portfolio.
I need to practice my mixing too.

Any musician willing to help me on that?
while i will help them to get their song done with best quality.

more details of what i am doing.
I am student in SAE malaysia. doing about audio engineering, in future i might take up recording art.
I need to build up my portfolio.
I need to practice my mixing too.

Any musician willing to help me on that?
while i will help them to get their song done with best quality.

thanks fer the compliments. I LIKE! ITS NICE!

I've got a few songs I need to record. Some acoustics and prob a full band. Its nothing complicated though. When do you think you'll be doing this? if let say, nxt month onwards would be excellent

I am interested as well. Only problem is, i'm in germany right now. What i could do is send you raw tracks recorded in a studio and you can mix them. If you are interested.

And how much does SAE charge you and how long is the course? Do they offer sound engineering courses for hobbyists?

thnx for the offer dude.
can u send them to my Gay Mail?
mengzhee@gmail.com

SAE charge 10K USD for the audio engineering course.
They offer short course for music production too, u will get know how to use all the equipement.

U can do it in berlin, germany too.
Music production in germany is a big thing.

I know about SAE. I can do it in Munich as well. But dem mahal. I need to save for an RME soundcard first.

Will send you the files when i get round to recording something. Maybe sometime in jan or feb after i get my soundcard. Thanks for the offer.