Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 I think I will buy some gear to record myself into the computer when I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rumblebelly Posted November 17, 2003 Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 What are you going to use the recording for? I do fine with one decent mic and Cool Edit for my own weird compositions. Maybe a mic preamp would make it sound better if you want something higher quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by rumblebelly What are you going to use the recording for? I do fine with one decent mic and Cool Edit for my own weird compositions. Maybe a mic preamp would make it sound better if you want something higher quality. I exactly don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by rumblebelly I do fine with one decent mic and Cool Edit for my own weird compositions. Where do you place that mic and what kind of mic is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rumblebelly Posted November 17, 2003 Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Someone suggested that if you use one mic you should place it next to the ride side of the kick and aim it directly at the snare and hats. It sounds weird but he swears by it. I've been playing around with it a bit and it creates a powerful sound but the hats are a little too quiet. For that issue he suggested adjusting the eq to get more of the hats. The toms and kick sound fantastic though...wow... Lately I've been placing it a few feet away from the front of the kit, about 4-5 feet off the floor and aim it right at the snare. I'm still experimenting though cause I'm not totally happy with that either. Some guys like to do an overhead placement but I didn't like those results at all. I'm using a Seinhauser mic that our singer uses. I'm not sure of the model either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by rumblebelly Someone suggested that if you use one mic you should place it next to the ride side of the kick and aim it directly at the snare and hats. It sounds weird but he swears by it. I've been playing around with it a bit and it creates a powerful sound but the hats are a little too quiet. For that issue he suggested adjusting the eq to get more of the hats. The toms and kick sound fantastic though...wow...Lately I've been placing it a few feet away from the front of the kit, about 4-5 feet off the floor and aim it right at the snare. I'm still experimenting though cause I'm not totally happy with that either. Some guys like to do an overhead placement but I didn't like those results at all.I'm using a Seinhauser mic that our singer uses. I'm not sure of the model either. Ok. I will try that but first I have to buy some mics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by portnoyfan84 Ok. I will try that but first I have to buy some mics. I ment ONE mic..................or else I will have to buy a couple more soundcards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonusCup Posted November 17, 2003 Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by rumblebelly Someone suggested that if you use one mic you should place it next to the ride side of the kick and aim it directly at the snare and hats. It sounds weird but he swears by it. I've been playing around with it a bit and it creates a powerful sound but the hats are a little too quiet. For that issue he suggested adjusting the eq to get more of the hats. The toms and kick sound fantastic though...wow... Yeah, I tried this out after reading about it in that one thread and I found the same thing - the hats were too quiet. But for one mic it sounds quite good. (I was using an SM58). A few months ago I did some quick recording just to test things out and I just hung the mic from the ceiling about a foot or two in front of the set at about the height of my mounted toms. That worked pretty good, except the crash cymbals would overpower everything when I hit them. To record, I ran the mic into my 4track onto tape and then transferred the music to my computer (which was in a different state at school at the time-in case you were wondering why I didn't run the 4track into the computer directly) into Cakewalk. I threw a couple of guitar tracks over it and it didn't sound too bad. maybe a 6 out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted November 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by BonusCup (I was using an SM58). Interesting maybe I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.