recording drums

[28g w/o the bag]

what microphone would you folks suggest for capturing live drums?

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[Miguel Foreals]

Shure sm57

 

[infinity]

to do it best, youd have a mic for just about every piece

something like this

 

[GHP]

Shure sm57

overall i couldnt agree more probably the best mic to record a snare drum IMO

a couple those and a D-12 for a kick drum and you'll be pretty solid RE20 for the toms

 

[MALKI]

sm57 fa sho or 58 too

 

[28g w/o the bag]

to do it best, youd have a mic for just about every piece

something like this

would a person be recording on multiple tracks at once?

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[MALKI]

^yeah you would record each mic to a seperate track and mic each drum then get a couple mics picking up the sound of the whole room then you mix the sounds together to get a more natural sound becasue after all who listens to drums with their ear to the drum. the mic placement and the room make a difference as well as the editing and mixing after the drums have been recorded. i go to school for that shit we was recording drums i got a kit we recorded to sound pretty good but its not easy.