4 Microphone Drum Setup - Sound Pure Gear Tip
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2018
- In this edition of Gear Tips, Sound Pure pro audio specialist Marc Kuzio runs us through a simple 4 mic recording setup for drum kits (aka. the 'recorderman' configuration) with a little help from drum specialist Paul Spencer.
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Thanks for the details regarding the wave forms and how to see if they are out of phase, and for the tips on how to check the signals. Great video.
Thank you so much man! I'm gonna be recording at my church tomorrow with a band I'm trying to start, and to be honest, I'm pretty lost in all of this, so thank you for helping me out!
i watched this as a fun thing to try on mic set up,,, then dude blows my mind with "fool in the rain"! :) nice one dude! im gonna try this mic set up.
Super simple explaining
Amazing job
Thanks for the video, i cannot wait to start recording 😁😁
what a great video
Recorderman! 👌🏻 That’s ME 😃
nice rosanna groove!
THANKS!
NOT EVERYONE OUT THERE IS A GUY! JUST SHOUTING!
Thanks for the vid.
Great lesson, thank you. The hi-hat & crash are taking my head off in a spaced pair(my budget mics I'm sure). It's creating a lot of work in the mix stage. I've tried them off axis but still harsh. I'm trying this configuration today. Thanks again
How’d it work out?
Great video ! I stumbled across this technique in a live setting, I knew about it but never actually used, and it worked fine ! It’s always a little bit confusing to orientate your overhead almost “toward the crowd” potentially toward monitors, but it really gives an organic feel to the drum kit, especially if you’re going for blues, jazz, soft music with drum generally.. it sure differs a lot from that overhead left right , Charley kick snare + toms setup.
Can you put the overheads equidistant from the snare and use a bass drum mic and pan the drums more without the center of the kit becoming lopsided?
If you are also buying an interface, would you perhaps see a bigger benefit from a better interface such as a Universal Audio Apollo X4 and record drums with 4 mics OR a less expensive Focusrite Clarett 1820 and record with 8 mics?
Would this work on a 6 piece kit? I’ve got 2 rack toms, 2 floor toms, snare, bass, hihat, splash, two crashes, ride, stack, and China... I’m wanting to record but it’s really intimidating when looking at how many mics I might need which will also possibly increase the price of my audio interface... I’m just wanting to record at home and don’t want to have to spend $2,500 on just an interface as mics
Those mics are like 3 grand bro wtf
If I'm gonna do a 4 mic setup... I REALLY prefer Glen Johns. It's natural but just has so much more energy.
3:54 Are those mics pan'ed at all? Sounds rather mono straight up the middle
Recorder man set up, is suppose to be panned lightly or not at all. I think this is the main point.
Probably mono since it’s only a kick, snare, single overhead, and single room mic, panning any of that would make it sound weird
@@jadonchacon it´s possible to pan even when using very few microphones, that shouldn´t be a limitation. For example, Pink Floyd´s Dark Side of the Moon was recorded with just 4 microphones.
@@alanjamesh.zamorano1677 they probably had two over head mics for the kit that had a stereo pan unlike this video that only had one above the kit and one to pic up room ambiance. I only have two over heads on my kit at the moment and have them set up for a stereo pan overhead but the setup they use in the video doesn’t really allow panning as an option (at least not without sounding really weird). It’s not so much the number of mics on a kit but how you set them up
Remember kids, Always check phase!!!
What about XY for the overheads?
Or ORTF... both give excellent stereo representation and little or no phase issues.
I get it !!
GO CANES!
I know this type of basic mic setup is what Buddy Rich had & managed to capture everything/every single note from every single dynamic level from his kit. If Buddy Rich can get away this basic mic style, anyone can.
Tuning the drums first would have been a great idea. The player was weak as well
Hahahahahahah, I love haters... Accurate though
perhaps we are watching different videos? The tuning is perfect , and the player is solid.
We are watching the same video.
4:06 the drummer made a tiny mistake D:
Your music bed when talking is too loud. Other than that great video
The Tom's will be with the high symbols. And the trouble is ,the rides will be way loud over the Tom's. This is pretty much a mono recording. Like mixing a drum loop. Nothing bad. But I feel the best thing is to have a e-kit and forget it.
Cymbals* toms*
Kind of how you forgot basic grammar? 🤣🤣
Good video, but that drummer dude is must be a random guy who took in for the video lol - not a drummer
I don’t love it.
:(
That midget drummer though
Enough talking
Wow is this a failed mark zuckerberg clone
that's one sucky drummer tho lmao
Fool in the rain is a toe tapper that takes skill
@@Figs1999 then you must suck also
wow one drummer putting down another, dick bag that’s why you only have 500 subscribers because you are shit human