Dec 20, 2004 10:41 am reverb reverb reverb.
thats my advice.
and maybe eq eq eq to fatten them up a little.
are the toms on a track of their own, or is it all one mish mash?
Getting big roomy drum sounds?!
Posted on Dec 20, 2004 10:28 am
Styx
Member Since: Jan 17, 2004
Hi guys, im happy with the quality of my drum recording, but they are sounding a bit thin really, the toms especially. Are there any ways of getting a big roomy sound, mainly on the toms? Also, when i turn the volume up on the toms, i keep gettin distortion, so they can only go a certain volume in the mix. all help appreciated.....
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Dec 20, 2004 10:41 am reverb reverb reverb.
thats my advice.
and maybe eq eq eq to fatten them up a little.
are the toms on a track of their own, or is it all one mish mash?
Dec 20, 2004 11:08 am My experience to date is to get the sound right in the recording or "capturing" portion of the process. I say this this not to diminish post recorded techniques that others offer, this is just my experience. When I first started the recording gig most of the drummers I encountered had done little recording in the past. Everybody was learning. I have since encountered a few percussionists that have done more extensive recording and I am learning a lot. Mic placement, mic choice, kit placement in the room, room conditioning, drum tuning, dampening, and drum choice all make a HUGE difference. Fixing the sound post recording has not been my forte'. Don't get me wrong, I eq, compress, sometimes verb, sometimes "distort fatten" to get things to work together in the mix. But for me it is difficult to do too much as even with the use of numerous mics on a kit there is still enough "bleed" between mics that most major adjustements to one "voice" is at the expense of another.
Dec 20, 2004 11:53 am Give the toms their own mic, then on the tom tracks add a nice room echo and reverb setting, and eq it until it sounds nice and large... also layering the toms might work. I don't know, never tried that. But yeah, in this case a good reverb and eq is your friend.
Dec 20, 2004 12:00 pm Quote:
My experience to date is to get the sound right in the recording or "capturing" portion of the process
thats very true walt, i was looking at it form the angle of using samples or something that cannot be easily re-recorded - but very true, yeah :-)
Dec 20, 2004 12:06 pm dont want to state the obvious but with reverb you can set the size of the room.
Dec 20, 2004 12:22 pm what I've heard (but never tried) is to lay down your drum tracks, then create some new tracks that have the same signal, but compress the heck out of them, or pull whatever EQ tricks you want on them, and mix these new tracks in at low levels on top of the existing tracks. I guess its supposed to add some beef to the drum tracks without killing their dynamics.
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