recording drums with a 2 input audio interface

nboyer941 · #1 02-13-2010, 03:22 PM

Hello,
Does anyone have any info on how to record drums with a standard 2 input interface?

I was thinking to mic the drums with 4 or so mics and run them into a board and then come out with two ins into the interface...or something along those lines.

Anyone have any links, or articles, or ideas for me?

zac2944 · #2 02-13-2010, 03:32 PM

One on snare/hats, and the other on the kick. That would be my non-recording-expert first attempt. Test out a few set ups. I doubt I'd ever lose the kick mic, but the snare mic might work a little better in another location.

nboyer941 · #3 02-13-2010, 04:20 PM

what about overhead mics for toms/symbols/ect?

kurtd · #4 02-13-2010, 04:26 PM

yea thats rough. Depends on what you have for mics but a decent room mic would cut it with the kick or the snare miced. Or just go with two overheads and pull them out in front of the drum a bit and aim for the snare.

edot3021 · #5 02-13-2010, 04:37 PM

The lips are renowned for two mic set ups for recording drums. There's a technique called tree bar, t-bar...I can't remember the term but it is basically two room mics. But the room needs to be decent. You should check out tapeop.com. It's a great resoursenfor recording.

EDIT: I found this link while trying to figure out the name of that other technique - http://www.hometracked.com/2007/05/1...mic-technique/

nboyer941 · #6 02-13-2010, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edot3021

The lips are renowned for two mic set ups for recording drums. There's a technique called tree bar, t-bar...I can't remember the term but it is basically two room mics. But the room needs to be decent. You should check out tapeop.com. It's a great resoursenfor recording.

EDIT: I found this link while trying to figure out the name of that other technique - http://www.hometracked.com/2007/05/1...mic-technique/

I like the recorder man technique. My questions is: do those two o.h. mics pickup the kick well enough? Don't you need to mic the kick?

JohnDavisNYC · #7 02-13-2010, 06:34 PM

Mono kick, mono overhead.

Then play in an appropriate manner, and it can sound awesome.

Maybe if you want to get fancy with a mixer, put kick and snare on one channel and a mono overhead or room mic on the other. Then there are some ways to separate the kick and snare later, either manually by editing, or by duplicating the track, and using expanders or gates keyed to the frequency of each drum. You will likely have more luck isolating the kick, and then you could sidechain a comp on the other track so that it would duck when the kick hit.

Yeah.

John