Recording Drums with Royer Ribbons - Ross Hogarth, Kenny Aronoff & Lukas Rossi

[Arableciderboy]

Cool mic set up. Shame about the drummer.

[Lifesucksdie123]

awesome video!

thanks guys~

[keaganrox23]

was the drummer a crack addict before he started drumming?

[adabass16]

well these are just the room mics guys. pretty alright sounding for no production and just chillin in the corner like a spider

[ant1ph0n]

@adabass16 could they alternatively be 'hanging' out in the corner as well?

[snipperacoustics]

I can hardly hear the bottom snare on this, the snare sound as dry as a turkey breast!

[ElectricTurkey1]

lmao, looks like the drummer is having multiple orgasms

[deadbirdsings]

This would've sounded a million times better if they had used only the room mics in the mix. This video just goes to confirm what I've long suspected, that one of the reasons modern recorded drums sound like such shit is because everything is close-miked as in a sound reinforcement situation.

[supplebiscuit]

@deadbirdsings thanks, this is the dumbest thing I've read in a long time. You make too many assumptions. Different styles of music require different mic regiments. Try making a metal/rock mix with just room mics. FAIL.

[deadbirdsings]

There's too much kick drum in the mix. The kick overpowers everything. If it weren't for that, I'd say the drum tracks sound pretty good.

[SultaoFeliz]

All those expensive mics and I didn't like that drum sound lol

[unnombremuydificil2]

just thank you!

[ThaTyger]

I'm no audiophile, but half the overheads / roommics sound the same to me...

[jcandreug]

Everything is reversed haha the order of the mics, left to right.. Or that what i think..

[Sashamanxyz]

To bad the drummer sucks

[Evanskick18]

@Sashamanxyz what you on about mate he is a pretty good session guy.

[MarcAntoineVezina]

the drummer looks funny when he drums

[chris313]

@MarcAntoineVezina Sort of has a bill cosby thing going on.

[ant1ph0n]

@MarcAntoineVezina bro.. BROAH. he is feelin' the beat. or something

[analyzingfunny]

i love this in the studio stuff

[analyzingfunny]

i love this in the studio stuff

[puppiesinspace]

Sweetwater should stick to selling gear.. Their studio rooms suck acoustically.. That mix is crap too..

[romodrummerjz]

where do i get those big mic stands on the overheads from?

[race1717]

How do you plug all those into a single computer?

[mrguano7]

@race1717 Interface with lots of I/O's

[ToweringFilth]

@sessiondrummer127 kenny lives in a world beyond conventions...

he does it to have a typical 4 piece set up with an extra hi tom in the gap.

[ozymay]

So is the mics on the drums still being used when the other mics are placed around the room?

[DarthKazi]

To think... this guy did the mic placement and mixing for the new Van Halen record with fellow Grammy winner John Shanks doing Roth's vocals and overall production. WhooooHooooo!!!!!

[DarthKazi]

@sessiondrummer127 Because he's a badass. Why do things the boring, "normal" way? I've done the same thing for years to give myself some variety in how I play fills.

[RedMulletAlert]

Amazing! Thanks for this coll video.

[houseband239]

i've been there! :)

[kennychiwa147]

this sounds so unbelievable.

[girotube]

too bad I don't have a nice room like this one :)

[drummerberni1]

.. what an unbeleavebal studio :D

[USPhotoRecon]

why would you have to keep counting for that simple of a beat? this drummer sucks

[MST2k]

@USPhotoRecon

google Kenny Aronoff and see how bad he sucks.

[danakerman]

@MST2k google Kenny Aronoff and see how bad ass his resume and background are. You don't get credits like that by sucking. The guy had multiple offers to be a symphonic tympanist right out of music school, studied jazz drums instead, and has worked with DOZENS of the biggest names in the business. If you don't like his style that's a different story.

[MST2k]

@danakerman i think you must not have read the comment I was replying to (i'm giving you the benefit of a doubt here). i was telling someone who said he sucks what you just told me.

[louisalive]

@USPhotoRecon he's a pretty decent drummer man... 

[trecoolmania]

how funny does kenny look

[mojaveaudio]

Mojave Audio has a video with the second part of this set-up.

[thejohnlaco]

15? 16 if you have a hi hat mic

[garysabin]

So all in all how many mics are on being used for this Kit?

[headbagger63]

i have one problem with this mic setup why use the R-122V and SF-24 as room mics the way he describes it from 2:34 to 3:50 just put a Omni Mic where he has it its the same thing

[nine99nine]

@headbagger63 His idea was to get two different colors or sound with both mics rather than one omni sound to create the 3D. The same thing applies with the overheads. Two totally different sounding microhpones creating on image.

[headbagger63]

@nine99nine ya i know i tried this mic technique after seeing this video at a studio. its does the same thing but you get differnt tone and blend them together

[danakerman]

@headbagger63 sound of an omni won't be the same.

[headbagger63]

@danakerman ya i know i kinda realize that i try the same thing when recording a drum kit it isn't the same sound although i would use a omni mic just to get room sound that mic setup is a little to direct sounding to me

[ManoliXios]

thanks, this is very helpful.