Recording Drums, Part III: Placing Room Mics

Woulda been cool if you showed what each method blended in with the closed mics sounded like. You can kinda imagine; but, woulda been cool to actually hear it.

Thanks Sonicscoop. This is on point. Really grateful you out these videos up for free

Great sounds, and the room definitely sounds great too!

Just finished watching this which was the 3rd in the series. Great info. Great vid(s). I'm prepping to actually being able to record my drums and play instead of writing my drum tracks and letting the program play it so these videos were the most helpful of any I've watched yet so I subscribed. They were "to the point" without being overly long and wordy. Myself, I liked the room mics pointed to the corners of the room. It gave it a sort analog delay sound without so much overhead mic hiss. Back in the 80s when I was using Teac 2340a 4 track/4channel reel to reel, I was limited on how many mics I could use. I had 2 tracks I could use before audio degradation took place from track bouncing. I had one mic in the room with the other one down the hall. Worked decent. Didn't have the money for fancy rack effects so I had to make the sound with what was available. For reverb on vocals, I used a clip-on condenser mic and clipped it to the end of either a long cardboard tube or sometimes I would clip it to the end of an old style sweeper hose.

What kinds of room mics did he use in this video??? Condenser or dynamic?

very interesting methods! the drummer looks a bit constrained though hahahaha maybe the level of the cue mix is too high

Very Good

Hi guys, excellent video... I was wondering in your opinion, would a pair of Miktek CV3 tube mics be better than a pair of AKG 414XLSs or would ribbon mocs be better for the ambient room stereo sound. I have a pair of Lewitt LCT 640s, which is basically the same thing as an AKG 414XLS although I like the Lewitts slightly better for me. I was wondering because I have heard that tube mics sound a little better and also heard ribbon mics are good for this application. I listened to a few ribbon mics but didn't care for the darker sound I thought that would get easily buried in the mix. Thanks

Hello, what's the best microphone "placement/settings" to record a jazz quartet in a small venue using: Zoom Q8 X/Y and 2 large diaphragm condensers?

nice demonstration guys! very practical =)

great videos, very helpful!

excellent videos, and just what I needed to hear. In regards to the actual microphones used for room micing, what would you recommend? I have a budget of $1,200 per mic. Also would x2 room mics 7 foot apart be at good way to go?

Thanks very much,

Joe.

Wow unbelievable, i learned 3 new techniques thanks !

nice and helpful video!
i have one question though;what could we do with the recorded reflections?how can we use these signals?

We are still hoping for that Part IV.

The quality of the video is over the top. Good job!

Amazing series. Thank you.

What happened to all the great videos? Please make some more

Wow I love these videos guys I can't wait for some more!  I've been recorded as a drummer for years and am now really honing in on experimenting with recording drums myself as a beginning Jazz performance/Tech major.  Keep it up! 

We need a version with only the room mics

I think some of us would be very interested to hear these tracks isolated. I'd especially love to hear what it caught pointed to the room corner.