Mono Drum Room Mic

Just wondering why i hear people talk about mono room mics on drums every single time i try to use a mono drum room mic track with the rest of the drums closed mic ed and stereo overheads when i blend in the room mic panned in the center it smears the stereo image quite vastly.

Mono drum room mic.

The snare drum triangle trick recording mono crushed drums with dylan wissing duration. Part 1 is a basic. Experiment by moving the mic farther away from and then closer to the kit. Start the same rough distance from the snare but with the mic facing the space just above the kick.

Sm57 on the wall. The video is divided into four parts. Place an sf 12 or sf 24 over the kit and an r 121 or r 122 about 1 foot off the front kick drum head angled 45 degrees toward the drum this protects the ribbon elementand reduces kit bleed into the kick drum mic. In this first video we take a closer look at a mono drum miking technique as used in the 50s into the early 60s discussing the importance of microphone placement relative to your drums and.

I recorded a demo with an unmatched pair of neumanns and i ran them as stereo overhead room mics about 3 above the drums and about 5 in front of them. Placed tight on the shells. Joel wanasek gives us the low down on mixing with a mono drum room mic and how to get interesting mixing options with it. Get instant access to these multi tracks and joel wanasek s full mixing.

I m wanting to track with 4 6 mics. This video shows the different sounds you can get from drum room mics by changing several variables. I would like some advice from sound engineers and hobbyists alike on drum mic placement. Adjust positions of the two mics for desired ratio of kit to room sound.