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indie · 2nd February 2006

You might want to try renting a really nice compressor for drums....distressor, 1176, TG1 for room mic or overhead.
I recorded some pretty big sounding drums at our publisher's small writers "studio", the iso-room is about 10 feet wide, 5 feet deep, and the ceiling height is about 9 feet.
I used a mono condenser overhead through a TG1. That compressor made the little room sound huge...supplemented by kick, snare and tom mics.
Give'er a go and see.

2nd February 2006	#14
indie Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2004 Location: C-ville area VA Posts: 1,618	You might want to try renting a really nice compressor for drums....distressor, 1176, TG1 for room mic or overhead. I recorded some pretty big sounding drums at our publisher's small writers "studio", the iso-room is about 10 feet wide, 5 feet deep, and the ceiling height is about 9 feet. I used a mono condenser overhead through a TG1. That compressor made the little room sound huge...supplemented by kick, snare and tom mics. Give'er a go and see.