"Complete Drum Recording" The Acoustic Set (Spaced ORTF)

A sample from our forthcoming Tutorial DVD "Complete Drum Recording" scheduled for release later this summer. The specific video is part of the "Acoustic/Jazz Drum set" chapter (which contains lots of different drum kits, micing techniques, recording spaces and playing styles) and it's referring to a minimal mic setup based on a variation of the ORTF technique.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• recording
• tutorial
• drums
• sonic
• ark
• nikodemos
• ORTF

[SonorSonicFan]

Interesting issue here. It sounds like the drums are tuned to maximize the room effect. The upside is that they do sound good on their own. The downside is that the high tuning which optimizes the room may not translate well within the context of a song. It would be great if you could try playing a straight ahead beat with a lower tuning. With that said, your room sound is really good. I am a big fan of natural reverb. All the best.

[TheSonicArk]

@SonorSonicFan

Hi there and thanks for the comment....indeed the tuning and the kit interacts in a great way with the room, however it was not done in purpose....we recorded about 10 different kits and players for this dvd and the whole concept was to respect in an absolute way their approach to tuning, so this is the way D.T. actually tunes his kit in order to get his "melodic" tone ..i hope you'll check the full video when it's released in a few days and make your conclusions. cheers!!!

[azombiestool]

Assuming youre not using any verbs on those over heads, thats a real nice sounding room ya got there :)

[TheSonicArk]

@azombiestool

thanks!!!.....no there is no artificial reverb of any kind in this recording .....what you hear is the room.

[snap0r4z]

great sound! which mics are you using in this video?

[TheSonicArk]

@snap0r4z

thanks!!! The microphones are mentioned at the beginning of the video (maybe the text is scrolling a bit fast.....sorry about that)

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

Very nice sound....but the mic capsules should be 90 degrees relative to eachother and closer together.....Also, a nice, solid BEAT would have better demosnstrated the sound as opposed to three and a half minutes of noodling.

[moo5255]

beautifuly played and beautifuly tuned, i sat and listened to this for ages. it reminds me of Ringo's drums in The Word on Rubber Soul.

[FreedomBeats]

Beautiful drumming, drum kit, room and recording

[musicteacher912]

BACK IN BLACK



[KORoverkill]

i like the overhead mic sound , how would they preform with a metal drummer

[TonyOnDrums92]

damn those toms are tuned high as fuck lol

[Jem7Vellz]

Dude. The idea is that this is atmospheric acoustic music. This isn't set up for a "beat". This is so creative. SO creative. I like it.

[chicslt]

Sounds so sweet. Nice!

[roggeriocsouza]

that shit