MONO-Testing the Glyn Johns drum mic technique

[OKflaMAN]

Glyn Johns you can Hear His Genius in Steve Miller Band early On.

Some of the Best ever music production ! Ever

[georgecain123]

How high was your mic above the snare? did you place it directly above the snare or directly above the kick pedal? you used peluso sdc mics?

[Evinger]

@georgecain123 it was over two years ago but I do believe it was at least 37 inches directly centered over the snare. No more than 43 inches. Two Peluso CEMC6 SDCs. Tnx 4 your inquiries.

[crunchyballs]

awesome sound. was expecting mono but this is a great stereo mix. and backward too!

[crunchyballs]

awesome sound. was expecting mono but this is a great stereo mix.

[Evinger]

@crunchyballs yeah I know- it was a mono file when I posted but then Youtube changed it's formatting and it appeared as a stereo track all of a sudden. Sums to mono well though. Cheers

[tmandrews1]

dude!!!

[wasteoidzombie]

mono my ass.

[bryanthecomposer]

They did upload this two years ago, long before Youtube gave you the chance as to what quality you viewed this as. So I'm sure originally, this was mono :P

[deftdrummer]

@wasteoidzombie No, it is, did you hear it when his sticks hit together on a low/high tom roll? They clicked at the same time. Mono.

[brandontheninjag]

sounds BIG. great sound.

[psychobollox]

sounds good!

[Evinger]

Keith Moon played with The Who. John Bohnam was Zep's drummer.

Thanks for digging my drum sound - learned a lot about recording with these tests.

No mixer on these tests, just a True Systems Precision 8 into an RME Fireface 800,

[RockDrummer89]

Keith Moon?, don't you mean John Bonham?

[bishopdante]

@spijtig

youtube compression converters of course. LOL

[ozzy578]

Keith Moon of Led Zeppelin?

[redlightrecords]

I'm listening on headphones and I swear this is stereo, not mono.

[Evinger]

wow ur right! This was mono just a few weeks ago. Oh well. I will repost the file when I get a chance.

[redlightrecords]

Sounds great, btw

[Evinger]

For this video it was the stock heads that came with the kit. Taye single-ply coated.

[thomassmith18]

Are you using one mic? Cause that sounds fucking amazing. If it IS one, can you tell me what ind of mic it is? I'm getting one in 4 days and I want to get a really good one.

[brandontheninjag]

well, the Glyn Johns method of recording utilizes 4 mics. one on the snare, one on the kick, and two overheads. one overhead over the kit, and one to the side, near the floor tom. get on google and look up "the glyn johns method" you will find tons of information on this and most of the articles and write-ups have some mic suggestions. as well as other equipment you will need for a recording.

[irvinf12]

i suggest putting the mic 6 inches above the drums on a pillow so it wont catch vibrations

[bookick]

wtf? lol

[mapexmadman]

Cool. This is definitely the method i shall be using when I get some mics

[meterspecialist]

Wow. Very nice drumming my friend.

I need to practice my rudiments. :)

If you're doing the Glyn Johns thing, shouldn't there be a mic six-or-so inches above the floor tom, pointed at the hi-hat? Either way, this configuration has been amazing for me in the past.

Keep posting. Us audio nerds love this stuff!

[Evinger]

Thank you!

If you look over my left shoulder you'll see that mic. Slightly different from the "Internet says" version b/c I'm using SDCs in a small room/low ceiling. Still the same ditance form the kit but but behind the kit instead of on the side.

I'll try to post more stuff in the future.

Thanks again. Cheers!

[rastusthecat]

this sounds fantastic!!

[Evinger]

Thanks! Did you check out the STEREO version too?

[canturgan]

He's making it harder for himself by playing them the wrong way around.

[Evinger]

LOL! Us lefties are funny like that. Cheers!

[freedom0f5peech]

Hey! What kind of heads are you using? Lots of attack.

[Evinger]

These are actually the Taye heads that come stock! I was pleasantly shocked how good the stock heads were AND the heads were over a year and half old when I made this recording. Single ply coated - similar to Remo Ambassadors. The maple shells are awesome - hit you in the gut when you smack em!

[metalcomposition]

Pretty sweet. Nice drumming.