| I don't really know a whole lot about miking drums, but I've found, miking my own kit, and trying to go for that very sound, that it's really hard in my room. I have a fairly large (high ceilings) pretty live room, and I have to get the mics real close before it starts to resemble that 70's dry drum sound. Not that the big room is the problem. I think it's the liveliness.
I don't try to do it that often really, because I figure I should use the big room I'm so lucky to be able to record in to get some nice ambience on the drums.
A couple suggestions off the top of my head:
Try to deaden the room pretty well, in addition to deadening the drums.
For kick, if you don't want the click, I think a Sennheiser 421 is an awfully good choice for a not-clicky kick drum sound. |