Hi all!

I need some serious help in micking the drums for a heavy metal style. I planning to put 7 mic for a 7 piece drum set. Please put your replies A.S.A.P.

Weather shoud I record the drums on Alesis 24 track hard disk recorder or directly to my computer through my moto 2408 (8 ins)

Thanks

I'd probably go straight to the computer, assuming it can keep up with recording 7 tracks while monitoring at low latency. If not, use the Alesis and import them.
Here's a thread with some drum micing techniques:
http://www.studiorecordingengineer.com/ftopict-1116.html
Should be helpful.

the more mics the more sound you have to play with, i useualy to one mic per drum with two on the snare and high hats and bass drum one fully in and one out and the two over heads and finaly one room mic.

7 mics on a 7 piece drum kit... two kicks and four toms? If your limited to 7 mics, I'd suggest 5 mics on the drums (double up on the toms) with 2 more mics for the overheads. (need to capture the cymbals too!)

mic selection:

kick- Audix D6 (it sounds like you may not have alot of experience recording - this mic makes it easy to achieve that standard kick drum sound. You'll still have to tweek the eq, but you'll be close with the D6

snare- Shure sm57

toms- Audix D4 - these mics are my favorite!

overheads - Audio Technica - the at4041 is really nice, or their cheaper counterpart - pro 37 - much better price but still a quality sound.

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using your digital interface or your hard disk recorder - doesnt matter. Pick the one your more comfortable with. Its no fun screwing around for hrs before ever actually getting to record.

Good Luck!

Adam -

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