Recording band in a rehearsal room

[santibanks]

I have a recording question for recording drums. We are auditioning a drummer but our bassist works in another country at the moment so he can't take part in the audition so I decided to make some recordings which he can listen to over the net to judge if he thinks the guy plays tight enough or not.

I have a macbook with an M-audio FW1814 and external FW harddrive and also 2 matched pairs of condenser mics (Superlux ECO h6. Not top of the bill though I liked the sound on an acoustic guitar track and its just for simple recording purposes).

The room itself doesnt have much echo though I have the idea it amplifies the sound naturally. I want to use the mics as a simple overhead pair but Im afraid that the other sounds will spill into the mic.


I usually rehearse with headphones and I run different feeds from the amps and PA set to my mixer to create a mix for my own (I never hear myself which is a shame) and I notice that the drumsound can bleed into the singing microphone sometimes though that one is on the other side of the room. So if that sound can bleed into a dynamic one, Im pretty sure the other sounds will bleed into the condensers which are more sensitive...

Is there a workaround for this or is it just my thinking ?

For the other members I use line feeds (one from the mic preamp, a stereo one from my roland M240R and a line from the guitar amp). I will record on a macbook with an M-audio FW1814, maybe on an external FW harddrive (not sure if I can use them both?).

Is it maybe better to just record 2 channels and place the mics somewhere in the room and try to place them in front of the 2 PA speakers?

[Remoteness]

I believe it’s not about the mic you use as much as the position it’s in.

So, mic placement is everything.

Play around with the overhead positioning while the band is playing to maximize the isolation.

Consider setting one mic over the (right handed) drummer’s right shoulder and place the second mic at the drummer’s right knee. This approach will capture everything you ever wanted with minimal leakage.