Snare Drum Micing and Compression.

[thesilentdrummer]

Originally Posted by charliemantica

if im not mistaken, you can do that on the mic itself too right??

Most often, no. Some mics do that. Some mixers do that. The easiest way, though, is in the DAW. You can just click undo if you end up being wrong and don't like the new sound.

[brandondrury]

I'm STILL working on the phase chapter in my book. Phasing and comb filtering is something I'm having a problem talking about so I may need to make a big deal about it on the DVD.

Brandon

[Prodigyguru]

This was cool of you to post, just last night I micd my snare with a 57 to attempt to learn, kinda like you did, but with no compression or bottom mic. I just hit it a couple of times, i've heard of bottom mics but was just too lazy to try it, yet... I don't own any symbals or kick drum pedal, I don't even play drums, but i recorded it that way, and the toms as well, and put the snare through kontakt and played it like midi, it was pretty fun!

[TheTool]

Really its just about eq and compression to get it to pop how you want, then some overhead (which you cant change because you would be messing with the cymbals) and a plate usually.

You would be surprized at how much compression is usually put on snares.

If you want to hear my snare.. Tear it Apart!