AZslim
Senior Member
All,
I am lucky enough to practice with a band where the leader has built a recording studio. The drums are miked in a booth. I have a DW collectors set and my practice set is '66ish Slingerlands.
Normally, I keep my practice set at the rehearsal space and gig with the DW's because they soud better live than the Slingys. They are a bit beat up, but intact so they sound OK.
Now that my rehearsal space is essentially the recording studio, I would like still like to keep the Slingy's at the studio and gig with DW's. It's a real pain to unmike the drums in the booth, tear them down and take them to a gig and then set them up again. Since we practice in essentially a recording enviornment, we may choose to record at any time and you never know, the track may be a keeper.
The other issue is that other people may be using these drums to record with. It's up to me, the band leader is very nice, and if I tell him nobody can use my drums he will honor that. However, it would be a big help to him if people can use the set in the booth. There isn't too much traffic yet as the studio is just now coming on line and he isn't ready yet to start advertising for clients. I don't mind if others play the Slingy's until a permanenet drum solution is arrived at as they are a bit worn, anyway. The DW's are different story, though.
My question is, how much difference does the drum set used for recording make? With all of the technology around its seems that most drums can sound great after processing.
Yes, of course I will try them both and see what happens, but I'm interested in hearing your experience with drum quality and recording.
Sorry for the long explination, but I thought it might help with answers to my question.
I am lucky enough to practice with a band where the leader has built a recording studio. The drums are miked in a booth. I have a DW collectors set and my practice set is '66ish Slingerlands.
Normally, I keep my practice set at the rehearsal space and gig with the DW's because they soud better live than the Slingys. They are a bit beat up, but intact so they sound OK.
Now that my rehearsal space is essentially the recording studio, I would like still like to keep the Slingy's at the studio and gig with DW's. It's a real pain to unmike the drums in the booth, tear them down and take them to a gig and then set them up again. Since we practice in essentially a recording enviornment, we may choose to record at any time and you never know, the track may be a keeper.
The other issue is that other people may be using these drums to record with. It's up to me, the band leader is very nice, and if I tell him nobody can use my drums he will honor that. However, it would be a big help to him if people can use the set in the booth. There isn't too much traffic yet as the studio is just now coming on line and he isn't ready yet to start advertising for clients. I don't mind if others play the Slingy's until a permanenet drum solution is arrived at as they are a bit worn, anyway. The DW's are different story, though.
My question is, how much difference does the drum set used for recording make? With all of the technology around its seems that most drums can sound great after processing.
Yes, of course I will try them both and see what happens, but I'm interested in hearing your experience with drum quality and recording.
Sorry for the long explination, but I thought it might help with answers to my question.