Recording of drums

[ceing]

Hi im tryin to do some recordings of myself drumming (hehe) and i wan to achieve just a average sound and video quality at minimal cost.
I just read the DIY recording faq and the fp10 and the mics can cost quite a bomb, so is dere any cheaper methods for this?
Thx in advance.

 

[dir]

what's your budget like? can do single mic, two-mic, or 4 or more mic setup, but again it depends on budget.

 

[blueprintstudios]

go beats merchants record at $5 per song live or $26 per hr multitrack.

 

[evident]

the cheapest and best way for low budget is the tri-miking technique. a kick mic (recommend AKG D112 for this), and 2 overheads/ambient mics (Rode NT5s for overheads, or AKG 414s for the ambient mics). should turn out good.

 

[blueprintstudios]

or hang a Zoom H2 over the drumset...

 

[VCO]

cheapest way is to borrow/rent a pair of large diaphgram mic, 2x mic stand, a simple mixer and a recording device. Try & error, the more u do, the more u will discover.
Placement is important.

 

[Ichiro]

cheapest way is to beg, borrow or steal... some sm57 then u r done.... the rest can u leave it to the trigger to do the job

 

[lepak]

the cheapest way is use W950I walkmanphone good quality recording

 

[blueprintstudios]

actually the cheapest way would still be watching out for students studying for audio diploma to do their project. then free recording.. not only for drums

 

[soft]

Hi Ceing

It really depends on your budget. Rough estimate, 1 mic = $100. If you do close micing, you need at least 8 microphones. You need a mixer to sum up the signal or an audio interface to record it into the computer.

I shot some drums stuff with just 1 microphone. It depends very much on where I place the microphone cos I will be the live 'mixer'.

Check out the videos

Jimmy Lee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27CU5I04vyI

Brendon Khoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRqnHmuho34

Tama Goh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYIi5m_WMjo

 

[ohfunk]

=soft


Hi

could you post samples of closed mic recordings if you have any and also the set up for it.

Thanks

 

[soft]

Hi ohfunk

This is from the former MYX Studio. The drums are mic up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjRyGqGjm8w