Recording in Basement

[fenderson0005]

Im getting a soundcard for my pc with stereo high impedence input jacks and I was gonna use it to record my bands demo... Any tips for recording in the basement? Im gonna use emulated line in on the Guitar and Bass and we have Drum mic. But what should we do for the symbols, will the drum mics pick it up? What should we do for the vocals?

Thanks
Rob
www.nefarious-web.com

[slash_bmxer09]

When I was at the studio I had my drums mic'd. If you have a 7 piece mic pack it should be 3 toms, 1 snare, 1 bass, and then 2 overhead. The overheads would pickup the cymbals I think. Also, the acoustic stuff on the walls(cant quite think of what its called right now) would help if theirs an echo. I may be wrong about this all, if I am then I apoligize.

[fenderson0005]

Well my drummer has a 4 peice starclassic and we were gonna mic Base, snare, tom1, floor tom, and put a mic on a boom and put it over the set..

[slash_bmxer09]

That would probably work, my set was a 5 piece so it was different. Just to let you know, I wouldnt put any pics on the cymbal or hi-hat stands because the guy who mic'd my set did that and you could hear the stand vibrating and he didnt check it. We had to do the same song 3 times over. Of course, in your own little home studio kind of thing time isnt an issue.

[fenderson0005]

thanks

[kevbud187]

Im getting a soundcard for my pc with stereo high impedence input jacks and I was gonna use it to record my bands demo... Any tips for recording in the basement? Im gonna use emulated line in on the Guitar and Bass and we have Drum mic. But what should we do for the symbols, will the drum mics pick it up? What should we do for the vocals?

Thanks
Rob
www.nefarious-web.com

I think the first thing you need to do is learn to spell symbols

[Hadji]

I think the first thing you need to do is learn to spell symbols
Symbol: A symbol, in its basic sense, is a representational token for a concept or quantity; i.e. an idea, object, concept, quality, etc. In more psychological and philosophical terms, all concepts are symbolic in nature and representations for these concepts are simply token artifacts that are allegorical to (but do not directly codify) a symbolic meaning.

Cymbal: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together


Looks like you've got a little learning of your own to do.

[fenderson0005]

lol how ironic that he spells it wrong telling me to spell it right
lol

[kevbud187]

Maybe I did that on purpose.

[thecabbagemassacre]

Maybe you should quit bothering people about spelling, you can still fully understand his post so it's not a big deal. Anyway, a pair of condensers will be needed to get a decent cymbal sound. I haven't ordered mine yet but on musiciansfriend.com there is a deal for Nady CM90's condensers which are specified for cymbals. These are $50 a piece and include a free mic stand. So if your on a budget, these could help alot. Hope I helped, haha.

[BlackNoiseAudio]

ok. here we go. When it comes to drums, all you really need is kick drum, snare drum, and one or two overhead mics. if you play with the position of the overheads, you can get killer cymbal tone, and tom tone. make sure you mic the snare closely and put the mic inside the kick drum, pull it away from the batter head, for more bottom end woof. for guitar, you could go direct, but believe me, use a mic on the cab and it will sound a hundred times better. bass can go direct. for vocals, it really depends on the style, and timbre of the voice. for most applications, get an sm58. for others, a decent large diaphragm condenser will get a nice rich vocal tone. only bother with that if you are doing vocal intense music (opera, top 40). If your basement is unfinished it's gonna sound crazy tho, (aka reverb hell), you might want to hang some blankets around the drums and guitar cab tho. and maybe sing towards one too. i have a bunch of old office dividers that i use, if you have access to those, they are totally killer. the studio i work for has them too.