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3rd November 2008
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| Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2008
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Thread Starter |  Recording beatles style analogue drums Hi i'm going to record beatles style analogue drums.I have a 2 track uher 4000 with its microphone.I heard that beatles use to do just one microphone top of the drums.Question is how should i mike the drum is the room i'm in matters to sound i get? THanks in advance |
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3rd November 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK
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| room matters HUGELY. So does kit and tuning well as the balance of the player. The single mic' stuff was the early tuff BTW. |
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3rd November 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dallas
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| Towards the end of the Beatles they were micing all the toms from the bottom. I agree that the room is huge, and, having a dynamic drummer. Say what you want, Ringo knew how to be quiet and loud. |
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas
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3rd November 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA
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| early beatles (normal smith) - (2) mics - stc 4033 kick & stc 4038 overhead mid-early beatles (normal smith) - (2) mics - akg d20 kick & stc 4038 overhead mid-late beatles (geoff e) - (3) mics - akg d20 kick, KM54 under snare & akg d19 overhead mid-late beatles (geoff e) - (6) mics - akg d20 kick, km54 under snare, hat/tom/floor premixed, akg d19 overhead late beatles - replaced U67 as overhead. the above is more/less in the ballpark - others may have more detailed info... although Studio 2 is a large room (review recent thread on Oasis' new album recorded at AR) - points out that it was not an overly ambient room. also - don't dismiss the REDD tube console & impedance requirements of EMI gear... even 3rd party components were modified to fit EMI requirements. lastly - TAPE!! 1 inch 4 track - 1/4" per track... and tube summing when making reductions. and can't leave out Ringo ( don't send him anymore fan mail  ) - if you've had the chance to listen to isolated tracks from classic beatles recordings - it's worth mentioning that he knew how use dynamics..
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3rd November 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada
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3rd November 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA
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| or.. a half-full pack of Lark cigarettes. |
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