TBH, I only really know about recording guitars etc., not had much experience of recording drums and I mostly DI everything these days (if you've done a bit of work on the physiology of hearing, you work out why trying to get the most "natural" sound is a wild goose chase. You soon find out it works better to fool the ear into thinking something's natural).
I'd say your two main problems were the room you're using to record in (looks as if you're going to be getting a lot of unwanted echo off it, what with lots of relatively bare walls, etc.), and recording to Minidisc, which is pretty horrid for drums 'cos you get those nasty harsh high frequencies on the cymbals, and the whole thing tends to sound quite thin).
You might try using a bigger and "dryer" room and mic'ing a bit further away though, especially further from the cymbals. But I think minidisc is your biggest problem.
*gently strokes dual 2.5 G5/Hammerfall dsp/Logic Pro setup"
Party at the weekend. Drums.
Thanks. Haha yea, without programs like cooledit to boost it and reverb it, that recording would have sounded natural alright. Naturally shite. :lol:Geebs wrote:That second clip's pretty damn good for your setup actually, see what I mean about "the more you fake it, the more natural it sounds"
I actually rather like the bass drum sound, nice and tight
Yeah overall I'm fairly happy although someone on a drum forum told me it's a bit tinny, a bit thin like you mentioned. I dunno, I'll keep working on it.
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