Drum Booth

[Gummy]

I am getting ready to move and will be building my 2nd home studio. I have been looking at a lot of designs on line and have noticed how many small rooms are labeled as drum booths while the live room is larger. Is a small drum room a good idea? Do they sound good if done right? Is it actually a positive, at times, to put the drums in a small room? I am thinking about a one room studio, because I have always thought the bigger the room the better, as long as it is done correctly. I know this question is way too general, but I hope you get the idea. Thanks

[fossiltooth]

I like big drum rooms...

That said, I also routinely record drums in a booth that's easily less than 150 square feet with stellar results. I like that sound a lot as well.

I can go either way. I love lots of bleed, and room mics 20 feet from the kit... I also like fairly discreet and focused sounds. Ideally, you get to choose what kind of sound to go for based on what you think is best for the record. Other times you just make the most of what you have to work with.

[rwc]

I've used "drum booths" that when you rolled the baffles along, it was so constricted you could barely fit mic stands in there.

nothx!

the best drums I ever got to record was on someone with "too-little-brain-too-much-money" syndrome's remote recording rig in a soon-to-be abandoned warehouse with 50' ceilings. most fun I ever had.

[A.David.MacKinnon]

Tchad Blake often record drums in a small (very small) booth. Los Lobos Colossal Head and Soul Coughing's Ruby Vroom are two examples. Both sound awesome.

[Gummy]

Thanks. I think I figured out a way to get both a live room and a drum booth/lounge. I have never been able to get that cool "small/tight" drum sound so a small space would be cool to have.