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it’s the drummer it’s the drums (including the tuning / dampening) it’s the room That order is correct. I'd add that the tuning/dampening/head choice is more important than the actual drums themselves. IME if the drummer and the drums are happening, the mics don't matter too much, any decent mics, ...

Hey I just got an Afterneath too! Traded in a couple guitars for some pedals. Besides the Afterneath, which I honestly have only used for a second so far, I got a Keeley Compressor+, an Earthquaker Plumes (their tube screamer) and a Walrus Audio Lore, which is instant shoegaze goodness. Also sprung ...

I played that Mascis Jazzmaster at GC and was really impressed with the quality. And ProAudioStar really have some deals sometimes, earlier this year I picked up a couple Charvels they listed as 'used' but they were brand new, still had tags on them. Normally 1k, they had them for $699. I figured fu...

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Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:03 pm

But I guess there is no such way around if I want to find out for real... !

Just buy another head with a port in it.

Keep that head as is and just get another one with a hole in it. Then you have options.

For recording either way can be great, just depends on what sound you're after. For live, go with the hole, your soundpeople will appreciate it.

I'm gonna guess that's The Bunker.

https://www.thebunkerstudio.com/

the older I get, the more sensitive my ears get. Same here. I'm not complaining, but sometimes it makes being out in the world a bit challenging, everything seems too loud, the beeps from supermarket scanners for instance. Back when we lived in the city, screeching bus brakes would have me diving f...

Before you go nuts with blankets and all that, I'd suggest setting up some mics, do some recording and see how it's sounding. If it's too bright/splashy you'll know, and then you can try some blankets. Actually you could probably tell if it's going to be too splashy just by talking in there.

All great advice so far. If you can get *something* on the ceiling right over the kit, try and do that, reflections off a low ceiling are a killer. Can make for terrible cymbal sounds that are basically impossible to fix. Can't remember if I mentioned this in your other thread, but my default spot f...

I haven't but I bet it sounds lovely!

If there's too much snare in the OH can you not simply squash it down with a nice fast compressor? That's what I do as a matter of course anyway...

This is a good idea, the only thing is snare sounds SO good thru an m160 overhead it seems a shame to position the mic(s) to minimize it. I'm just sayin'....

Yeah, we're in Rhode Island, my tapes are up in a closet in the guest bedroom, before that they spent 16 years in a huge old loft in South Boston (now history thanks to gentrification). All sorts of heat/humidity swings. They've just lived in their cases, out of the sun, no problem.

Yeah. I am ancient!

I transferred all my old cassette stuff a couple years ago, everything played fine, no issues at all, and all of it was at least 25 years old, closer to 30.

Shure SM7, Beyer M160, AT4050