Live Drum Recording is a huge discussion that many people choose to avoid. Luckily I grew up recording and mixing Live Drums and I Love it! Using only programmed Drums is fairly easy to mix and many people are misled into believing that EQ and Compression techniques that work on Sampled Sounds will be the same as Live Drums. The feel and creativity of a Live Drummer is an amazing element to add to your songs!
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Let’s jump into this week’s questions:
Any tips for recording drums in a bad room?
If your room is bad (not big, or doesn’t sound good, or has tons of reflections) you may not want to do room mics. Having tons of reflections in your room does not necessarily make it bad for room mics. If it’s overly bright and there’s a ton of windows, put blankets up! Get rid of the windows because every time you hit a cymbal it’s going to take your head off. You'll want to be dampening the room to soak up the high end.
So, when you say “bad room” it can be a wide range of things.
If you have a very small bedroom, then stick with close mics. You can make a blend of your close mics and send that to a reverb and you can add some ambience. If you wanted to use a snare or kick sample, you could trigger the reverb with the snare for example, so you don’t get the bleed of all the other mics.
A “bad room” is an interesting discussion because one person’s bad room, is another person’s amazing room. A small dead room is incredible for certain drum sounds. A big live room is amazing for certain drum sounds. But if it’s overly bright you’re going to want to dampen it!
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