AA Week 3 - Drums
Here are 3 recordings done in EMU live space with Dragos Nastasie Vinnie Bhagat and myself. Vinnie Bhagat is playing drums. The sound is natural with no effects, save for a limiter on the master fader to boost volume. The kick was miced with a Beta 52A. Unfortunately there is no hole in the front kick drum skin, so the 52 had to be placed in front. This resulted in a boomy and somewhat undesirable kick sound. The snare's top and bottom were miced with Beta 57A's, which yielded a nice snappy sound with a pleasant ring. We miced the toms with Beta 56's, however the floor tom lacked resonance so we swapped mics with a Beta 56. This was better, though more experimentation with mic placement is needed to achive a superior sound. Overheads were miced with Rode NT5's, which always seem to sound good, although I do believe the one 16" crash we had to use sounds crappy to say the least. A U87 was used for a room mic, which was used subtly. I gained much from this excercise, however I would like to spend more time on a kick drum with a front hole, as well as more attention to mic placement.Drums - 01[mp3]
Drums - 02[mp3]
Drums - 03[mp3]
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[1] David Grice. "Audio Arts: Semester 1, Week 3. Drum Recording." Lecture presented at EMU, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 13th March 2007.
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