Drum Miking at Night Owl Studios

[zlmorrow24]

This is awesome. Do you know anything about the audix d 6 forth kick drum?

[DJyorkei]

Just a tip don't roll the wire around the stand like that, it causes unwanted static/frequencies in recordings

[DevilsRadioOFFICIAL]

@DJyorkei its actually the other way around dude. if you coil a cable, youre cutting out high frequencies lol

[ubermicroness]

hey i have a question if anyone can help me out. I'm in a melo death metal band. i was wondering what would be the easiest and cheapest way to record drums. not to get the best quality because i know you get what you pay for, just something to lay down some tracks, sounds alright to the ear, and is super cheap (im poor as fuck). if anyone has any advice i'd really appreciate a private message or something.

[CherubicGuardian]

@ubermicroness To be honest I don't know of any cheap way to record drums. Drums are probably the trickiest and most expensive instrument to record in my opinion. There are many metal musicians these days that use virtual instruments for drums like EZdrummer or Superior Drummer. You should check them out if you don't have the money or means to record drums.

[ubermicroness]

@CherubicGuardian thx for the reply. yeah my band at the moment uses ezdrummer :( thannks for the tip tho. one day we'll have money... hopefully haha

[MiK1ng]

Whoa i thought i made up the name mik1ng damn man this sux everything i come with i cant really use it for my music now what am i going to do with these songs and my stage name?

[peacefrog1916]

was that a U87 for the ambient mic?

[NightOwlStudiosNYC]

@peacefrog1916 It was the room mic yes

[glenmann62]

im thinking of getting the akg d-112 ,there,s alot of great reviews on it but seeing that your using it at your professional studio makes me want one even more ,what do you think of it honestly? thanks glenn

[crackshotnoodles]

get either an Audix d6 or an AKG d112, best kick mics imo, D112 has amazing punch and great click, Audix d6 has amazing punch but not as much click (imo the d6 is more suited to live use)

[animalsofsteel]

@glenmann62 Get the d-112, only mic for kick drum, and a reasonable price. SM 57 can cover toms as well, get a few. I use a Sennheiser e604 on batter and an SM 57 on resonant, look at ribbon mics instead of or in conjunction with condensers for overheads as I've found they work well and have seen them used in several pro studios.

[godsizedhole]

Use the EV Re20 if you can afford it, if not, the d112 is great too.

[Rainymondaze]

Excellent! Thanks very much.

[glenmann62]

great video and mic explanation, can you talk about studio mixer and effects sometime , thanks

[montywilt]

wow. that is basically the exact same mic choice I have been using for a while except C414's as overheads and an addition U87 on the kick. I usually never mix in the hat mic since I have always been contempt with the amount of hats my OH and room pick up.

side note, you probably should have gone more into placement for the kick and snare. Most beginners don't know where to aim those mics yet those drums are the two most heard in most modern recordings.

[purphanz]

too many mics

[TonyJames95]

agreed,

but its also a studio.

[TransientWriting]

thanks for the vid

[BANGERS68]

definatley should use a coincident pair..your overhead posisioning is pretty poor there bud...

you would get nutch better imagry this way

[NightOwlStudiosNYC]

Not really as long as microphones are equidistant from source. imagery would be fine. coincident or x/y miking is also an option. but doesnt necessarily capture all cymbals if drummer is using many. Remember this was a quick generic set up to help those who don,t know how to mic or which kind of microphones to use in this kind of situation. there are endless permutations for drum miking. we are just trying to provide a basic outline for beginners. other video clips will be posted soon.

[briauc]

I'm more of a fan a close coincident pair for overheads. or hat side and ride side. letting the crash bleed into the hat side purposely

[GregoryGraveyard]

pseudo low cut switch?

[briauc]

cuts bass frequencies. also known as high pass filter

[GregoryGraveyard]

ya you're right, thats a low cut switch. it's the word "pseudo" that stumps me. i thought pseudo meant fake? Anyway i goggled "pseudo low cut switch" and it ain't too popular...

[L88BS]

Are you the same Paul Snook who jammed with Jeep (John Hook) and Millions Like Us? I recall you were an amazing bass player.

[nightowlstudios]

Yes I am

[NightOwlStudiosNYC]

Yes I am

[JLK1966]

Thanks for the advice!

[ermollejuo]

what if the drummer has many cymbals, how would you place the overhead?

[briauc]

xy placement. or 2 sets of overheads

[nightowlstudios]

Some people like all cymbals miked. depends on how many mics you have available

[carterfelderva]

This is very useful information, not enough videos about micing a drumset on youtube, thank you.

[icarrillos]

i like the XY technique for the overhead mics.

[ladyfigurecortex]

This is quite a good video actually. He's left out alot of rather useful little bits but that'll happen. I find it so hard to explain this stuff to people because it just becomes second nature after a while.

[DuendecS]

not available??? F***

[stratocastermaster2]

isnt d112 a condenser?

[stratocastermaster2]

oh wait, never mind

[JustinCaseMusic]

great video i appreciated the tech input he gave

[nateb82]

can someone point me to a video that explains plugging the mics into a mixer?

[cauzer1595]

yeh i would like to see a vid like that too - if u get a reply - can u send me the vid thx

[ladyfigurecortex]

What do you mean by 'plugging them in'. Like what precautions to take and stuff? Or how the set-up works? etc. If you could be a bit more specific, I'd like to think I could help.

[F3rnando666]

nice!!.. thanks.. cool vid..