Drums again? Got the sound right! Audix mics, Pearl MLX

Well, at last I got some footage with decent sound! Playing isn't so great, was really tired, but I wanted to record something as I'd just got all the mic's on the kits and wired it up!

Mic list: Audix D6 - Kick, Audix i7 & Shure SM57 Snr, Audix D2 Rack, Audix D4 Floor, Audix ADX51 - Hats, Sennheiser E612 Ride, Rode NT5 - Overheads.
Mixer - Yamaha MG16 f/x recorded on a Marantz PMD570.

Kit:
Pearl MLX Shells - 20 / 10 / 16
Pearl Masters Maple Snare - 14 x 6.5
Pearl Demon Drive L/H double
A few shiney discs to hit.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Pearl MLX
• Audix DP7 Kit
• Drums
• Good Sound

[thepeacedrummer]

Idk why he said that the hats were so loud. I think it sounds amazing all together.... If you don't mind me asking, but did you use any eq or compression? Thanks

- Alex

[carlgos]

@thepeacedrummer Use a little EQ on most channels, small amounts as the Yamaha MG16 only has 3 Band EQ (swept mid). The is a small amount of Reverb from the built in unit, I didn't use any outboard (comps/gates/limiters/effects) or anything like that.

Shows how you can get a good sound with the basics of a well tuned kit, half decent mics and a little EQ.

[joeymcnew37209]

Killer sound! I use Audix on Tour.

[carlgos]

@joeymcnew37209 from my engineer role, I have to say I use Audix more often, but everyone seems to go with Shure Beta 91a & 98D/S or the Sennheisers for rider spec.

I did an A/B on the 91a v the D6 in the kick and tbh the 91a won hands down for giving you a pallet to create almost any kick drum sound you want or an acurate reflection of the drum it's in, however the D6 did give the feeling of more "air" movement but had a slightly "false" sound in the same way as the D112 does but different.

[Xxryebread2511xX]

YEAH LEFTYS

[Coffeeman19]

Lefty FTW!! Awesome man!

[ltbproductionz]

OK OK thats whats up! For some new hip hop samples check my vids

[thepeacedrummer]

@carlgos Alright, thanks. One question thought, when I record my kit, do you know why there is static in the background??

- Alex

[cavabanana]

@carlgos Cool. but i don't buy that your overheads are picking up your hats so hot.. ,unless you are using a spaced pair with one OH mic directly above your HH, which then there are are multiple solutions to fix the loud hat issue. When you are closing the HH with your foot it is louder than a crash, i'm not an idiot.. no hats are that loud. And unless you have that 57 slammed with compression (which i can tell you don't) the bleed into the snare mic will not be louder than the snare itself.

[carlgos]

@cavabanana And how does that reduce the volume of the Hi Hat which is the problem? Snare bleed really isn't an issue.

The only real solutions are simple - new quieter hats (these are actually silly loud) or gates on every channel that is a close mic on a drum.

Also the tones you get from the extra heavy bottom cymbal would sound very unpleasant using this technique.

I've said it several times, all the Hat mic is doing is putting top end back, most of the hat level is from spill.

[cavabanana]

@carlgos place the mic under the HH pointing away from the snare. or not use one all together.