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jhg · 19th February 2007

Howdy,

I've been working mixing a project with ass-tuned and mic'ed toms(I wish I had been involved tracking, mix so much easier) I've been using the OH to get a good image, gating the tom mics as much as possible; one drum bus somewhat squashed(w/o kik), another bus without compression with all elements, one with toms , squashed the hell out of it. The toms poked out enough to give the drum track some definition, in those brief periods.

It would be great to track these things, but they're thousands of kilometers away; smashing them down and bringing them up parallel like has worked quite well for me.

But of course, the mileage will vary.

Regards,

jhg

19th February 2007	#17
jhg Gear addict Joined: Aug 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 479	For toms not tuned well... Howdy, I've been working mixing a project with ass-tuned and mic'ed toms(I wish I had been involved tracking, mix so much easier) I've been using the OH to get a good image, gating the tom mics as much as possible; one drum bus somewhat squashed(w/o kik), another bus without compression with all elements, one with toms , squashed the hell out of it. The toms poked out enough to give the drum track some definition, in those brief periods. It would be great to track these things, but they're thousands of kilometers away; smashing them down and bringing them up parallel like has worked quite well for me. But of course, the mileage will vary. Regards, jhg __________________ "Dung beetles with ostentatious horns tend to have smaller testicles" source unknown, as read in Harpers Findings, Dec. 2006.