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lpettipoole · 29th October 2005

I record all my band's material, and we are going for a sound similar to "Golden Age" off of Beck's album Sea Change.

We have an excellent drummer (I know this is a piece of the pie), and I plan to help him deaden the drumkit quite a bit more than normal. I figure we will just use an excessive amount of moongels on his toms, but as far as the kick and snare... His go-to set is a Pork Pie maple with an 18x18 kick and a 5x13 snare. I argue that both of these drums will be too small. Advice there?

MiKing...I assume no room mics, should I mic the hi-hat and cymbals individually? For the kick drum I want something warm and muffly, it shouldn't really stick out or have a click. Is this mostly in the drum tuning/muffling or are there specific miking techniques involving 1 or 2 mics that I should try?

Sorry, lots to read there, thanks in advance, gents.

29th October 2005	#1
lpettipoole Gear Head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33 Thread Starter	Getting that Beck "Sea Change" / 70's "dead" drum sound. I record all my band's material, and we are going for a sound similar to "Golden Age" off of Beck's album Sea Change. We have an excellent drummer (I know this is a piece of the pie), and I plan to help him deaden the drumkit quite a bit more than normal. I figure we will just use an excessive amount of moongels on his toms, but as far as the kick and snare... His go-to set is a Pork Pie maple with an 18x18 kick and a 5x13 snare. I argue that both of these drums will be too small. Advice there? MiKing...I assume no room mics, should I mic the hi-hat and cymbals individually? For the kick drum I want something warm and muffly, it shouldn't really stick out or have a click. Is this mostly in the drum tuning/muffling or are there specific miking techniques involving 1 or 2 mics that I should try? Sorry, lots to read there, thanks in advance, gents.