01. Recording Drums: Mic Choice, Positioning And Phase
A brilliant, very deep discussion about microphone choice, positioning and phase when recording a drum kit.
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13. Recording Drums: Mixing The Whole Drum Kit
Back in the control room, Marcel mixes the whole kit – the beautifully in phase mics channels making life easy for the mix engineer.
12. Recording Drums: Alternative Overhead Positioning
Marcel demonstrates the Glyn John method – a means of setting up overheads so that the kick and snare end up in the centre of the stereo image.
11. Recording Drums: Overhead Comparison
We compare the sounds of the AKG 414s and the DPA 4011s and decide which to use.
10. Recording Drums: Overheads & Pan Matching
Creating a realistic stereo image by panning the hi-hat and toms to match the stereo image from the overheads.
08. Recording Drums: Floor Tom
Marcel chooses a position for the Floor Tom mic by listening carefully while he scans the surface of the drum.
07. Recording Drums: Rack Tom
Showing how an accidental setting on a HPF filter can damage the recording, Marcel chooses the best position for the Rack Tom mics.
06. Recording Drums: Hi-Hat
Marcel shows us how he decides on a position for the hi-hat mic, and how to avoid wind noise.
05. Recording Drums: Snare Drum
With four mics on top and two on the bottom, Marcel explain how to get all six in phase for a great snare sound.
04. Recording Drums: Kick Drum
EQ for free! Marcel uses four in-phase microphones to achieve a certain amount of tone control without reaching for the EQ knobs.
Recording Drums with Marcel van Limbeek
Marcel shares his brilliant multi-microphone drum recording technique, all based on getting the phase relationships right.