song w. drums in basement with low ceiling

wilkinswp · 14th August 2006

I'm recording drums for a friend's project. This is a very rough take of my playing drums on this tune. The playing is rather sloppy as I get a bit turned around with the Latin feel and the toms are out of tune. But, I'm wondering if people think I'm getting decent sounds--aside from the tom tuning--for the mix engineer to work with.

Criticisms welcome.

dim light · 14th August 2006

I think the drums sounds pretty good. I have a low ceiling to... It's a drag.

Durv · 14th August 2006

i DONT have low ceilings. I was wonderring how that affects the drums in particular? my roof/ceiling is 14 ft so i couldnt even try to see the difference.
Could you explain?
thanks
Durv

wilkinswp · 14th August 2006

Thanks for the replies thus far. From what I understand a low ceiling can cause unwanted early reflections that--I THINK--cause phase issues and comb filtering. Maybe someone else can explain this better.

I did float/hang two of Glenn's GIK panels above the kit to eliminate those reflections. The basement is pretty dead. I have box springs, carpet pads and two more GIK panels adjacent to the kit.

More opinions please.

dim light · 14th August 2006

yeah you get all sorts of weird stuff happening - early reflections. Low ceiling makes it hard to place the overheads etc. I also have absorbers in the ceiling - I'm going to build diffusers to.

Glenn's GIK panels looks mighty fine... he seems to be a cool guy to because he likes my music (ha!)

I recently finished some absorbers - here are some pictures:

http://www.evileyedcherry.com/diy-absorbers/

wilkinswp · 14th August 2006

Any others?

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Durv Gear addict Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 400	i DONT have low ceilings. I was wonderring how that affects the drums in particular? my roof/ceiling is 14 ft so i couldnt even try to see the difference. Could you explain? thanks Durv

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wilkinswp Gear addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 414 Thread Starter	Thanks for the replies thus far. From what I understand a low ceiling can cause unwanted early reflections that--I THINK--cause phase issues and comb filtering. Maybe someone else can explain this better. I did float/hang two of Glenn's GIK panels above the kit to eliminate those reflections. The basement is pretty dead. I have box springs, carpet pads and two more GIK panels adjacent to the kit. More opinions please.