What type of room is best for recording drums?

[drumsound]

I think that often drums sound if the room has some volume. There needs to be some air around the drums so the sound has somewhere to go.

Or super controlled like that tiny booth Tchad Blake likes at Sound factore

[digitaldrummer]

I'm going to build a Hobo Village just cause it sounds fun.

[weatherbox]

I'm going to build a Hobo Village just cause it sounds fun.

be sure to populate it. what with all the jackets and blankets they might make great bass traps.

[thieves]

thanks for all the responses, people!

i have access to a medium sized room that is pretty much what joel described. maybe i'll get in it soon and experiment with how it sounds different from my attic space.

[farview]

What I do is carry a snare and a drum stick around. Just hit the snare and listen. Move around the room to see where a good place to be is...

[turtlejon1]

I'm going to build a Hobo Village just cause it sounds fun.

ifeel like i live in a hobo village, just come over here....

[k Holmes]

What type of room is best for recording drums?

the kind with a good drummer playing a nice kit in them.

Personally, I like bright medium rooms. I like to be able to hear the attack of the kick in a pair of room mics...I've also noticed that if your room is tight enough, your toms are gonna rule. Remember to tune your drums for each room too, one tuning in one room is not gonna sound the same in a different room.

k

[drumsound]

What type of room is best for recording drums?

the kind with a good drummer playing a nice kit in them.

Personally, I like bright medium rooms. I like to be able to hear the attack of the kick in a pair of room mics...I've also noticed that if your room is tight enough, your toms are gonna rule. Remember to tune your drums for each room too, one tuning in one room is not gonna sound the same in a different room.

k

Tuning in the space you are tracking is VERY IMPORTANT. Good point K.

You'd love my room if you like brightish med rooms.

[evilaudio]

In "medium"-sized rooms, how high of a ceiling are we talking about, ideally? What is "too high"? Is there a "too high"? (heh heh, don't!)

[drumsound]

In "medium"-sized rooms, how high of a ceiling are we talking about, ideally? What is "too high"? Is there a "too high"? (heh heh, don't!)

My ceilings ar 12 feet at the lowest points and 14 at the highest. I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a ceiling that's too high for recording...

[MoreSpaceEcho]

...the drummer, on the other hand...

[SpencerBenjamin]

Bingo!

[evilaudio]

Hey! ...I said don't! ...and I'm a drummer! heh heh heh...

Thanx Tony!! I didn't think there was a "too high" for ceilings.

-EA

[MoreSpaceEcho]

hey i'm a drummer too. couldn't resist.

[thecheat]

Not to digress from the Drummer Bashing, and Hobo Village populating, BUT

I find the most effective rooms to record in, are those that will fit the drummer, and band comfortably. You can pretty much make the room work with the right mic placements, and some creative blankets, or mabye just running with the weird funky sounds you might find.. But really, close micing and lots and lots of EQ in a nice, comfortable room with the band will outweigh an acoustically perfect phone booth any day.

And yeah I've recorded alot of really big drumsets, in really small rooms. Like, 26x18 kick drum big.


Chris