Fibes wrote on Wed, 19 May 2004 13:09 |
if that doesn't work you got one of two things: Hats that are too loud or a basher.
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yes and yes (talking about my drummer here who I've done most of my work with lately).
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Guess which one has a solution? Both, but changing hats is usually cleaner than changing drummers. If ya got a basher, dare i say, use a gated channel in addition to an unprocessed clean snare channel. ....or use a highhat mic filtered to the offensive frequencies and set out of polarity.
That's a start, if all else fails call the drummer a dumbass and break his right arm with a 2x4.
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Except that he's about 6'6" so physical intimidation is right out. He's the nicest guy in the world but I can't get him to stop cymbal bashing and sometimes his snare hits are inconsistant - when cymbal bashing the snare gets quieter and then at least once a song there's a super loud one - WHACK!
He has the hat hanging over about 1/3 of the drum; to point towards the center and get the hat in the null I'm directly underneath it and in his way. I also get nervous when too close to the under cymbal. I've had some luck with side micing at an angle away from the hat, but even then I get lots of hat.
He has a family and a hard time coming up with dough for equipment, and I also know he likes those heavy cymbals anyway. Sounds good live I must admit; they never mic them at our shows but they always come through. And we practice in a warehouse so I don't have them bashing right in my ears in a small enclosed space.
But I'm in the process of buying a house and building a studio so after it's built I'd like my own set (his is tough to play on it's set up so high). But anyway I'll go with some lighter cymbals and a wood snare to contrast his metal one and maybe I can get him to switch out for recording.
So this technique is totally out of the question then? I get lots of snare from the overheads so a slightly deadened dedicated snare mic doesn't seem too out of line to me. I don't really want a 70s dry drums sound, I just want a snare track that I can work with.