Pictures Of Mic'ed Up Drum Kits In The Studio

[JonCraig]

Originally Posted by filltrate

all i need is 1 mic (Royer 122) and a home made sub kik. BONG!!!

interesting... care to post some audio of that setup? don't bother bouncing in stereo

--jon

[C_F_H_13]

Originally Posted by filltrate

all i need is 1 mic (Royer 122) and a home made sub kik. BONG!!!

Nice man! Yeah samples would be sweet. What studio is that?

[illiummusic]

these are from my last session
oh's: TLM 103
kick: D6 inside, U195 outside
snare: 57
toms: D2 & D4
hats: C460b
rooms stereo: Rode NT5
rooms mono: Pearlman


this is from under the kick tunnel
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[666666]

This is a very cool thread.

What would make it even cooler is if there were audio clips of the drums to accompany the pics so we could HEAR what the assorted set-ups sound like.

Hey, does anyone have or know where to find pics of miked up drums from the 1970's? Like, for instance, I was listening to Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder today and really digging the dry intimate `70's drum sound... would be so cool to see of pic of that exact drum session to see the room itself, the kit, the mics, etc.

Thanks

[jomo1234]

Dr. Dunbar rules!!! I've been a fan for a while. They to get a record out in the States!!!


[QUOTE=Jonkan;1232780]Try page 26

The band is called the Doctor Dunbars Medicine Band. www.myspace.com/doctordunbarsmedicineband

/J[/QUO

[stevep]

illiummusic

these are from my last session
oh's: TLM 103
kick: D6 inside, U195 outside
snare: 57
toms: D2 & D4
hats: C460b
rooms stereo: Rode NT5
rooms mono: Pearlman

Nice simple setup bet it sounds great !







.

[toddburke]

it's puuurrrrrrddddeeeeeeee

[kriSh]

Originally Posted by kriSh

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/krischall/458567602/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/458567602_715327795d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="tight" /></a>

a bunch of sennheiser e604 close mic's, kick: MD441 & Shure Beta91, Oktava MK012 for overheads, hihat: AKG C391b

Pretty minimal setup in a living room, awesome drumming.

alright, for a sound example you should find <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2rhx7o60hk">an unedited snippet with only level adjustment here</a>

[Jonkan]

Originally Posted by jomo1234

Dr. Dunbar rules!!! I've been a fan for a while. They to get a record out in the States!!!

Cool! Just wait til you hear their new material. The new songs are incredible, but a bit different from what youre used to hearing from them. Should make for a great record. Now if i just can convince them that i should be the one to mix it...

/J

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by toddburke

it's puuurrrrrrddddeeeeeeee

Nice. What was the session?

[C_F_H_13]

Originally Posted by C_F_H_13

Ok so here's one I did for work, and one for fun.

Work Sessions:

Kick In- d112
Kick Out-U87
Snare Top- Sm57/451c or 452
Snare Bottom-Sm57
Toms- 421s
OH-c12s
Hat/Ride- KM84
mono Room-sm58 through emi compressor
Room 1- RCA 44 or 77s...I forget...through NEVE 33609
Room 2-Sony 37a's







All tracked through an API console, with 550a's on most channels.

Ok here's some mp3s of this session. No processing whatsoever. Not my best work (and dull for my liking) but it worked well with the track.

Whole Kit, Just Overheads, and the far room mics turned way up to hear the slap.

[Yetti]

Originally Posted by C_F_H_13

Ok here's some mp3s of this session. No processing whatsoever. Not my best work (and dull for my liking) but it worked well with the track.

Whole Kit, Just Overheads, and the far room mics turned way up to hear the slap.

The far room mics sound great!
Captures a nice balance, with powerful sounding toms and snare.
Good job.

[6strings]

Thanks for the clips! I really enjoy being able to actually hear how the OH and room mics sound rather than just stare at the pics and wonder.

Nice!

[projuice]

Originally Posted by C_F_H_13

Ok here's some mp3s of this session. No processing whatsoever. Not my best work (and dull for my liking) but it worked well with the track.

Yip I reallly like the far rooms mics to!

[C_F_H_13]

I'll post a clip of the FAR ROOMs on their own in a bit, but here's the other part of the room sound....ribbons!

[RichT]

Originally Posted by filltrate

Heres a clip of my 1 mic (royer 122) plus the sub kik. Mind you the only reason im using 1 mic is cuz the producer wants a gritty ol' school sound but with lots of bass so that he can create his own loops. I'll usually do at leats 4 mics on a kit. but im actually enjoying this raw sound we got. the Royer 122 is going thru a Seimens V78 right into P.T. w/ very little eq on the return. The home made subkik is going thru a dfegad SSL mic pre bussed to P.T. again very little eq on the returns.

Um, what are we listening to here?

Some bizarre pads, a limp kick and a couple of snare samples?

[C_F_H_13]

Ok....Final clips from my previous posts. One is the far rooms....it goes from soloed to with JUST THE CLOSE mics in...to show you the delay between them.

The other is a single 58, over the kick squashed to sh*t with a sweet old EMI compressor.

Enjoy.

[filltrate]

Originally Posted by RichT

Um, what are we listening to here?

Some bizarre pads, a limp kick and a couple of snare samples?

Limp kik? we got the building shaking overhere with that sub kik. you must be listening thru some limp speakers. Im glad you think the snare is a sample that means im doing my job correctly cuz thats the sound were going for.

[RichT]

Originally Posted by filltrate

Limp kik? we got the building shaking overhere with that sub kik. you must be listening thru some limp speakers. Im glad you think the snare is a sample that means im doing my job correctly cuz thats the sound were going for.

Haha yes, listening on laptop speakers granted (they probably roll off at 300Hz)

And that snare is not a sample? Wow.

Have you got a dry mix of just the royer and the sub mic?

Cheers,
Rich

[filltrate]

Originally Posted by RichT

Haha yes, listening on laptop speakers granted (they probably roll off at 300Hz)

And that snare is not a sample? Wow.

Have you got a dry mix of just the royer and the sub mic?

Cheers,
Rich

fuuck

[RichT]

Originally Posted by filltrate

fuuck

Riiiiight.

Whatever.

[jeronimo]

Originally Posted by RichT

Um, what are we listening to here?

Some bizarre pads, a limp kick and a couple of snare samples?

where is the original post from Filtrate?

[orange]

Originally Posted by jeronimo

where is the original post from Filtrate?

deleted ! - but I've got the aif sitting on my desktop - sounds a bit like "Some bizarre pads, a limp kick and a couple of snare samples" - I assume he posted the wrong clip ?

[C_F_H_13]

Originally Posted by jeronimo

where is the original post from Filtrate?

AHAHAHAHA, ok I'm completely confused now....

[filltrate]

All my bad i posted the wrong clip.. please forgive me im an Ass !!
and now im having trouble posting the real clip. RichT forgive me for the rudness i only untill now realized what you were listening to.. ALL MY BAD

[filltrate]

here we go ...SORRY for all the confusion. Again all my bad

[RichT]

Originally Posted by filltrate

here we go ...SORRY for all the confusion. Again all my bad

Yeahhhhh! Now that's what I'm talking about!

Sounds like a drum kit to me!



Cheers,
Rich

[C_F_H_13]

Originally Posted by filltrate

here we go ...SORRY for all the confusion. Again all my bad

NOW THAT IS AWESOME! Nice work man. Love the crunchy sound!

[damien]

hello,

Here is some pictures of a drum session I did few days ago.
It was for new soul ( dry and close mike drum sound) , funk (jamiroquai-ish songs) and pop ballades.

The drummer use his kit in a very spread way from left to right, not that easy to get all the sound from the overhead without having a hole in the center.
It's a GMS drums kit, which sounds really nice ! We had 3 GMS snares too.

the signal path is:

kick in -> RE20 -> Protools preamp
kick out-> U87 -> Avalon 737
SD top -> SM57 or Studio projects T3mk2-> Avalon 737
SD bottom -> SM57 -> protools preamp
Hi Hat -> Schoeps CMC5
2x racktom -> MD421 -> protools preamp
Floor tom -> Senheiser 602II -> protools preamp
OverHeads -> KM84 -> SPL Goldmike mk2
Mono Close Room -> TLM103 -> Protools preamp

The sound is really nice though, Didn't know the protools preamp x8. It's really clean sounding and I think is worth a focusrite red x4. It's ok for toms and HI Hat but there is a kind of warmth missing in the kick and room mike, but not a real problem. I know it's not the best Preamp bur it's ok.

I love the Overhead sweet sound with KM84, hope I'd get a better preamp for this job but this one was better than I thought (put some TI burr brown OPamps in it). The noise floor is ok and the sound is warm enough when you give a good gain.

On snare with brushes patterns I put a Studio projects T3 which sounded quite nice. not really expensive and the snare sound is bright and focused.

the kick is fat and punchy with the re20 and u87. I didn't want a clicky rocky sound for the style of music we recorded, this way it's perfect due to the flat response of the re20.

The Floor tom in itself is amazing but I think the e602 is not a good mic, I put an extra Studioprojects T3 to get a warm sounding and full track.That was far better.

I put a a tlm103 in the room, not far from the kit, to get the whole sound.
I really like editing the tracks the cleanest I can to gate them , and I blend the gated close mike with the TLM 103 track slammed up to give a bit of the ringing shells tones, noises and over all sustain. To my mind, that's the best wat to get controlled and living drums.

I will give you some sound in the next days.

[damien]

other pictures here: