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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

I miced up a drummer for home recording using cheap Fender conference mics that came with the fender PA. It’s all she had. It technically worked but I ended up having to overlay the kick and snare with samples in the DAW to make it sound decent. I’m the sound and recording guy for a few local bands as I’m their only free option (I’m in them). One of these days I swear we are going to have something worth “real” recording and use a studio. Until then, I improve slightly every time I work through these things.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Absolutely nothing wrong with supplementing or replacing drums with samples! I have a friend who's a very accomplished engineer and musician, and they do it for pretty much every project.

    Weird microphone tricks (e.g. a 57 on a kick drum) are just stopgap solutions when there are no other options, kinda like replacing a bad kick drum sound


    the most important part is to trust your ears and have fun!

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