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Originally Posted by not_so_new
Everyone has an opinion about this.
Mine is that I want the drummer to crush the snare, there is just a tone there that sounds like rock and roll, energy and vibe. Again that is just me but if you do have a drummer who is crushing you need to rethink your micing a little.
I agree, but I'm still after a balanced kit sound, I think you can still get that R&R vibe by just hitting the drum well. I also think that if a drummer is aware of his instrument he should also take into account the room he's playing in and be tuning his playing, if he doesn't like what he's hearing, its not going to be resolved by micing placements necessarily, although this no doubt helps.
Problem for me is several fold. My room is not ideal, comfortable but small, ceilings a little low. Also, in house kit is not great - tho not bad either and I've yet to work with a drummer who really knows how to tune a kit - or play to session standard.
Recently been building in some damping and various treatments, but the snare is still wild. I feel that frequencys around the crack of the snare 5-6k are flying all over the room. This is duplicated on the overheads and so if you can imagine this, the snare and the snare 'room' sound is heavily present in the mix, which in turn tends to render the overhead sound pretty useless.
Let me ask a question here, how do you like to place your overheads? What areas of the kit do you think your aiming at?
I've just bought some new stands that will allow me to reach right ove the top of the kit and look down squarely, which I hope will help. Up to now, I've had them set at about 60degrees, which seems to skim across the kit.
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