Hi there,

I am doing some research for a college assignment on the art of recording drums and I would really appreciate it if you could help me by filling out this short survey:
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I am interested in hearing from drummers, engineers and producers about their experiences in the recording studio. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete.

Please feel free to forward this link on to anyone that you think might be interested.

Thanks in advance

Lance

drums are a really cool instrument to record because there are so many options depending on style.

On of my personal minimal favs is: mono overhead, pointing straight down towards the back of the kick drum in line with the beater around three foot above the kick. Snare top (mic at a 45 degree angle pointing towards the center) and snare bottom (mic directly under the springs). A kick drum mic in the center of the kick pointing at the beater. Also put a bass driver from a loud speaker in front of the kick drum and find a way to plug this into your mixing desk (amazing sub).

I also add other ambient mics, you can do this with camcorders, dictaphones, old taper records etc. as long as the output is not disabled upon pressing record. Again you will need to find a way to route the output from the device to the desk.

Using camcorders etc. adds a really cool LO-FI quality.

So that's a recording set up for you.

Experiment with mic disatance and angle. A slight of the microphone movement will change the sound.

Have fun.

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