Recording Drums by the Genre: 6 Mic Setups to Match Any Budget
Many engineers get their start the same way: They join a band and save up enough money to record in a professional studio. But the record doesn't sound the way it does in their head, so they decide to do it themselves.
Recording isn't exactly a cheap hobby. There's the computer, the interface, the microphones. Oh, the microphones…
Especially when it comes to drums, it's easy to rack up a few thousand dollars in recording gear when daydreaming about the perfect setup. But gear doesn't make good recordings—engineers make good recordings. And good engineers can make great recordings, even on a budget.
When recording drum kits, there are many go-to mic placements, from the traditional Glyn Johns method to close-mic'ing each individual drum. The cost of those many and varied microphones can add up quickly, especially alongside an interface with enough channels to handle them. Below, we'll walk through some of the most common mic placements and affordable ways to achieve them.
This is an excerpt from Recording Drums by the Genre: 6 Mic Setups to Match Any Budget, originally published by Reverb. Read the full version here.
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