Audix Fusion 6 Drum mic package and drum room
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Posted on Apr 01, 2003 08:42 am
uhuhbigfan
Member Since: Apr 01, 2003
First off, this site rocks. New member here.
My question is does anyone have any tips about Audix drum mics. We just got 'em and are finding them to be extremely hot. There seems to be excessive bleeding also.
Keep in mind that we just started working with them and are in the process of tuning the room also. Our drum room is only 8'x12'. Any advice about tuning this room would also be much appreciated. As of right now the room consists of a carpeted floor, 3 walls of double layered half inch sheetrock with all seams and corners caulked well and a layer of joint compound covering them in a stucco like application (Kinda like textured ceiling) along with one block wall that is covered by a quilt until I can apply drilock. Once this is done I want to do this wall just like the others. The ceiling has 2 applications. Four foot of it is just like the walls and wraps around duct work. the other 8 feet is covered with drop ceiling. The room allows 6' 6" of headroom under the duct work and 7' under the drop ceiling.
Sorry to be so long winded but any help would be appreciated. We consider this room as equipment, that's why I put it here. If I am wrong please correct me.
I know that this is a small space for a drum room but there has to be a way to pull this off.
Please help!!!!!
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Apr 01, 2003 09:19 am OK, well, in the DYI recording tips there is a few article on building a studio including sound proofing and tuning techniques. But, for the record you are pretty much on the right track.
I would not recommend putting abosrbing surfaces on every wall, just half of them, you want some bouncing of the signal to make it sound live.
Unfortunately I am personally not familiar with the mics you mention, I know of them but have never used them...sorry.
Glad ya like the site, I hope you find it helpful.
Apr 01, 2003 09:43 am WOW,
That was fast. Thanks db.
I'm still getting acquainted with the site. I'm not sure what the DYI section is. Where is that at? After I posted I thought that maybe I should have looked around a little more first but you know how it is when you find somethin' new - WORK IT!!! Sorry.
Great site, though.
Apr 01, 2003 09:49 am Found it - headed that way!! Thanks
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 01, 2003 09:08 pm The last drum room i was in was fairly small too. They had studio foam all the way around that went from the floor to about 36" up. the rest of the room was left as is. It had a really nice sound when you played in it. The thing I noticed most was the lack of annoying ring. It kept the kick drum really thumpy without it being dead sounding, but didnt eat up the higher tones of the brass, snare and high toms.
Apr 02, 2003 04:23 am Thanks Noise,
Like I said we just started out with the room and haven't done any wall apps yet. I like the idea of going half way up the wall with something. I just have to figure out what. Our budget is a typical bunch of musicians so buying acoustic foam will be our last resort.
I have access to 32 oz. polyester felt. This stuff is about 3/8 inch thick and very dense. As a matter of fact I packed my walls and duct work with this stuff for soundproofing and it works like a charm. The wall between my engineers booth and the drum room is double sheetrock, 3 inches of packed felt, then single sheetrock. Then we attached 3" metal studs lined with heavy duty masking tape to kill any ringing for a spacer. We covered that with double sheetrock and covered that with this real dense inch thick black soundproofing foam inside the engineers booth. We also thoroughly caulked every crack, seam, and connection in the wall. We built a double paned 2'x3' plexiglass window and set it in the middle of the wall. The plexi is 1/4" thick and has about 5" of space between the two with the drum room side angled toward the floor. With a drummer wailin' on the kit we only hear a little bass. I think its comin' throught the plexi but its good enough for right now.
My new question is this. I printed out the instructions for building the sound control boards that were offered in the DIY section and I'm wondering if I used the felt that I have as the material to stretch across the front, in your opinion, would this work for what I need to tune my room. I could custom build them to fit against the walls without actually attaching them. I'm just trying to come up with an alternative to permanantly attaching anything to the walls and then being stuck with it. I figure this would give me the liberty to move the panels closer or farther away if needed for whatever kit is in the room. Then again maybe I'm way off base. Let me know what y'all think?
By the way, I really appreciate the way it seems everyone here genuinely cares about helping each other out. It certainly beats the hell out of a Google search!!
Thanks
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 02, 2003 08:57 pm Yep, that felt will work well. It is very dense stuff from what you describe, and that is what is important. Saveing money is how we all got here, so you do what you have to do. As far as using the felt on the front of the sound panels, I dont see why it shouldnt work.
Apr 03, 2003 05:02 am Cool,
I think I'll make 1 long one for the back of the kit and 4 to wrap around almost like those plexi shields they sell at MF.
Thanks again, Noise.
