Aug 20, 2008 12:14 pm One question, why dont you want to use them on the toms?
What do I do with extra tom mics?
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 11:10 am
bradht
Jack of all trades Master of 0
Member Since: Jul 09, 2008
Hello,
I was seeking advice previously on drum mics (very helpful - thank you), and ended up with the CAD PRO 6-pack. I only want to use 4 mics total for drums- so I'm using the 2 overhead condensers, one kick and one snare. I am very satisfied with how well the overheads pick up the toms.
So... I'm left now with two extra tom mics I won't be using. My question is, what else would they be good for??? eBay?
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Aug 20, 2008 12:14 pm One question, why dont you want to use them on the toms?
Aug 20, 2008 12:30 pm maybe room mics?
if you're in a small room, place them outside of the room like a hallway....i've gotten some interesting sounds just by throwin' a random mic in a not so random place....
Aug 20, 2008 12:47 pm While it's a wonderful thing to get "the kit" with only the overheads (as everyone should strive for IMO), there are advantages with having the toms mic'd up...
You can add a little "thunder" in the center of a widely panned kit.
You can add a little wide "slap" in a narrow sounding kit.
You can drive verb with a PF aux send from the tom channels.
You can simply use them to support the overheads.
Point is, you certainly don't have to use every track you record - But if you have the capability to record them, 1's and 0's don't cost anything.
Aug 20, 2008 01:17 pm The reason I'm "limited" to four drum mics is because my Presonus has only 8 inputs. Four are dedicated to vocal, lead guitar, bass guitar & acoustic guitar. I could daisy-chain the Presonus to another one - but I'm not good enough to really care - drums sound great now as they are. (my novice opinion)
Great idea about the hallway/room mic - I don't always record with 3 guitars, so I will definately use at least one mic for that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Aug 20, 2008 02:28 pm since those tom mics are supercardoid i put mine on guitar cabs just to have another sound to pick from. Just as fyi u cant daisy chain the firestudio project yet.
Aug 20, 2008 02:56 pm Yup, if you don't have many other mics you could use them on Guitars or Bass cabs.
I probably would not get rid of them as you won't get much and you may end up with more channels later on.
Last but not least, even if tracking only 8 channels you can always add more later. Those tom mics would probably work well on a bongo and perhaps a few other instruments.
I think one thing all us home recording folk can agree on is that you can never have too many mics.
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