drummer-russ
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And I appreciate your opinion. Thanks.
All these replies have been extremely helpful, I feel like I'm learning a little with each post. Do you guys have any recommendations for overhead condensers? The room I'm playing in is approximately 14x14 ft. with an 8 ft. ceiling. I plan on getting a D6 for the kick, an SM57 for the snare, and a Tascam US-1800 interface, I plan on doing the EQ and compression on my computer so I won't need a mixer? I also just realized how expensive xlr cables can be, lol any tips on some good affordable ones? Kind of a mouthful to answer but I appreciate everyone's insight, it helps more than you may know. Thanks!
I would start with 2 well placed over heads and close mics on the kick and each snare. As long as you play with a reasonable balance the OH's will pick up the toms just fine. If you absolutely need to place 1 mic 6-8" above and between the rack toms and another between the floor tomsI'd like to have a mic setup for the following:
- snare
- 2 rack toms
- 2 floor toms
- kick
- 2 overhead condensers
I would also like to mic the hi-hat and my secondary snare if possible
If I did the counting on my fingers properly I would need 10 mics. I don't think my laptop supports firewire so I've had my eyes on a usb 2.0 interface. I'm yet to find an interface with more than 8 xlr inputs. I'm not sure if there's some kind of add-on that would allow me to get a few more xlr inputs and I don't want to have to buy 2 interfaces if that would even work. As you can see I'm completely new to the recording world so any kind of information would be extremely helpful. What are my options and what do you guys do? Thanks in advance!
Little update. A few days ago I was at samash and they had a used Tascam US-1800 for $200 which I figured was a good enough deal for me. After taking it home and trying to set it up I realized they didn't even include the usb cable.. which is funny.. because it's a usb interface.. and I kinda need a usb cable to use it.. and it should have came with one.. but it's used.. Anyway, I did some research on what you get when you buy it new and for the extra $100 I should have took that route considering it comes with a $200 recording software, a driver installation, a manual, a NEW interface, and not mention the cables and wires you need to use it. I think I'm going to return it and pick up a new one.
I also picked up an Audix d6 and i5, I had a tough time deciding between the SM57 and i5 but from what I've heard online my ears chose the i5. They didn't have the Rode NT-5's or any decent condenser mics worth checking out, the salesman was too busy trying to shove these little $50 mics down my throat. It's a shame what these guys will do just to earn a little commission, I should have known better and checked to see what cables the interface came with but at the same time I feel like he conned me pretty good.