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Dougie Murray · 3rd July 2006, 08:37 AM

My band is going into the studio next week and I was wondering if anyone could give us some pointers on overhead mic placements.

We are a thrash metal band: Metallica, Mega

, Slayer, etc...

First of all there is only eight inputs. Enough to have only two overheads and these need to capture hats, two crashes, a ride and a china. The others are taken by Kick, Snare, and 4 x toms.

The setup is a Presonus Firepod into a Dell laptop running Cubase SX3 outputting through a pair of Mackie monitors and a Makie sub. There are no outboard effects and we only want to be using software effects for mixing and mastering to protect from overloading the processor and having a delayed signal.

Thanks

3rd July 2006, 08:37 AM	#1
Dougie Murray Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Newcastle Australia Posts: 41	best placement for drum overheads My band is going into the studio next week and I was wondering if anyone could give us some pointers on overhead mic placements. We are a thrash metal band: Metallica, Mega, Slayer, etc... First of all there is only eight inputs. Enough to have only two overheads and these need to capture hats, two crashes, a ride and a china. The others are taken by Kick, Snare, and 4 x toms. The setup is a Presonus Firepod into a Dell laptop running Cubase SX3 outputting through a pair of Mackie monitors and a Makie sub. There are no outboard effects and we only want to be using software effects for mixing and mastering to protect from overloading the processor and having a delayed signal. Thanks