Recording overhead drums

4ccmusic · 10th August 2009

This may sound like a newbie question, but I am asking it because I am curious in how other people approach recording overheads drum mics. Do you record it in 2 mono track/files panned hard left and right or just 1 stereo track?

Sometimes I need to to raise the gain on 1 of my mics when im recording myself play drums. Then I guess most people just use a aux bus for the overhead pair. I guess you route the pair with effects by adding a second bus and sending it into the effect.

Thing is, i see bfd 2 , dkfh 2 software drum instruments using 1 track for overheads. They also use room mics which i don't, but still, its kind of a different way to me.

What are anyone's thoughts on this topic?
Chris

Led · 10th August 2009

Unless you have to because you are short on tracks or busses, record every mic to it's own track. It's easy to link the left and right overhead tracks or send them to a stereo buss so you can treat them as a pair.
Sometimes you have to mixdown multiple mics as you go, but if you have the luxury don't worry about it.

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4ccmusic Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2008 Location: New York Posts: 701 Thread Starter	Recording overhead drums This may sound like a newbie question, but I am asking it because I am curious in how other people approach recording overheads drum mics. Do you record it in 2 mono track/files panned hard left and right or just 1 stereo track? Sometimes I need to to raise the gain on 1 of my mics when im recording myself play drums. Then I guess most people just use a aux bus for the overhead pair. I guess you route the pair with effects by adding a second bus and sending it into the effect. Thing is, i see bfd 2 , dkfh 2 software drum instruments using 1 track for overheads. They also use room mics which i don't, but still, its kind of a different way to me. What are anyone's thoughts on this topic? Chris

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Led Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,728	Unless you have to because you are short on tracks or busses, record every mic to it's own track. It's easy to link the left and right overhead tracks or send them to a stereo buss so you can treat them as a pair. Sometimes you have to mixdown multiple mics as you go, but if you have the luxury don't worry about it.