Recording drums in an Anechoic Chamber?

[D-Sahn Productio]

I recently found out that my friend has access to an anechoic chamber and we were thinking of setting up some drums and getting some good sounds. does anyone have any interesting ideas?

I would like to try a few different miking situations. I know i dont have the perfect arsenal of weapons at my disposal, but i have 3 sm57's a beta 52 and a sterling audio ST55. running protools 7.4 on a macbook with a project mix as my interface. im bringing out a focusrite channel strip, and a low end drawmer stereo compressor too. i am not necessarily looking for miking tips. i am just looking to take advantage of this environment.

Has anyone recorded drums in an anechoic chamber before? what were your findings?

not sure if i will be able to take pictures, but if i can ill post em up when it all goes down. thanks
-Dan

[just.sounds]

Hi, No drums but i did some violin and voice.

Be aware that because you do not have floor reflections or wall reflections the sound changes dramaticaly when recorded, especially the overheads will sound much brighter on the cymbals, toms, snare and hi hat but duller on the kick. Try to put up as much mics as possible!

[Bob Olhsson]

Yes!

It was pretty useless because people play way way too hard.

[D-Sahn Productio]

cool, ill have my friend play the drums soft aswell. good call

[Soundog]

Performing in a chamber is difficult. Try giving the musicians isolating head phones with some reverb in their feed. You might get a better performance.

[John Willett]

Denon once released a CD of music recorded in an Anechoic Chamber - the tracks are the same with different mic. techniques.

It was intended to be played back in concert halls to assess the acoustics without hqaving to hire an orchestra.

Very interesting.

Sounds quite horrible for normal listening, of course.

[AfroDude]

Hi,

Im new to gear sluts but have been a student of music technology for the past 5 years, first FE now HE. On my final year of an Audio and Music Technology degree. Im thinking of recording funk drums in an anechoic chamber and adding small amounts of reverb in mix down if they sound too dry, i want to get the crisp clean sound.

Its for a 6 piece hip hop/funk band and i want the drums to punch through in the mix like they do in most hip hop and funk, such as The Roots, Don Blackman, Rick James. If drummers play harder in there could that be a good thing for this style?

cheers



Thanks
cheers

[JazzSax_UT]

Originally Posted by AfroDude

Hi,

Im new to gear sluts but have been a student of music technology for the past 5 years, first FE now HE. On my final year of an Audio and Music Technology degree. Im thinking of recording funk drums in an anechoic chamber and adding small amounts of reverb in mix down if they sound too dry, i want to get the crisp clean sound.

Its for a 6 piece hip hop/funk band and i want the drums to punch through in the mix like they do in most hip hop and funk, such as The Roots, Don Blackman, Rick James. If drummers play harder in there could that be a good thing for this style?

cheers



Thanks
cheers

I would be very interested in hearing a clip after you've tracked the drums. I've heard a Bassoon that was recorded in an Anechoic Chamber... it was quite different.