Recording Drums and Reflection
Hi! Big one today - I recorded the drums for my track! I won't go through the set-up again, as that was explained in a previous post (Planning the Drum Recording); however, here are photos of the set-up with the planned microphones and positions used! In the photos, you can see us measuring the overheads to be equidistant from the centre of the snare and, interestingly, how we, after listening to the snare and tom, decided to cover them with jackets to muffle them. This sounded less bright and fit the aesthetic I was aiming for much more appropriately. The recording came out really clean, with everything accentuated perfectly... almost. Here's where it gets fun! Reamping the drums! An interesting technique and, after discussing it with fellow music classmates, I got some strange looks, but it was so worth it because the outcome came out so perfectly! After learning how to use a reamp box (and connect it from the outboard to Pro Tools), it was smooth sailing from there. On the a...
