Overheads and compression... whats your take?
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Overheads and compression... whats your take?
For the most part, I dont tend to compress my overheads. What about you folks?
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Depends on the intended purpose of the overheads for the application? For example, if I close miked everything or if I'm counting on overheads for more than just cymbals, and if I have a room mic. I will usually limit a mono "close" room mic, put that low in the mix, and if I just want overheads for cymbals I probably won't compress them much if at all and roll off a lot of lows/mids except for extreme lows to trim fat. If I want the overheads for body more than for cymbal attack then I will compress a bit more, but even then I don't go nuts. If I just want cymbals then I will do a spaced pair with SDCs, but if I want body then I will do a spaced pair of LDCs. Then all my drum tracks hit a buss compressor to some extent.
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I'm always searching for good cymbal swell on overheads, but inevitably there is a high-hat bashing away. It's hard to get the attack and release times right at higher ratios i've found. Slower tempo songs seem to be a little more forgiving if I trying a lot of compression on overheads.
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SOMEtimes, I will put up a 2500 and stick it through a dbx160x, both are modded to open up the bandwidth and drop the noise floor to give more room for compression, and then I slide the "more" fader till it sounds right, but he most important part is placement, overhead from behind the drummer's head and not in a booth.
I can fade it up very far, as loud as the close mics and it gets everything, no need for roll off usually. Adds some ambience, but, just enough (I think), litle meat to the snare and kick too.
I think it works out well.
I used that technique on this:
http://www.tunecore.com/music/bengoldstein
Take a listen, and You tell me how it worked.
I can fade it up very far, as loud as the close mics and it gets everything, no need for roll off usually. Adds some ambience, but, just enough (I think), litle meat to the snare and kick too.
I think it works out well.
I used that technique on this:
http://www.tunecore.com/music/bengoldstein
Take a listen, and You tell me how it worked.
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My rule of thumb is, if the drums are not pumping as much as the drums on "Go All The Way" by the Raspberries, then I am not doing it right.
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