But really I bet there are some phase cancellations going on, cuz it's a realityivly ambient sounding track, especially if no OHs or room mics are up. The spot snare mic is there in case of a need for more definiton. Especially for something like this, your kick and OHs are the sound. If you need a guideline on it I'll type one, but if you already know what your listening for, double check. But also, it sounds like you might not have the phase correct on the micing setup. I'm guessing your in an untreated room? Blankets on the walls can tame to highs.
You can probably get away w it due to the bleed in the overheads, but id try a bar or two first to make sure it doesn't sound chopped up.Īs far as your mics go, those nt5s are ver nice, but they are bright.
Mic placement is key, but if your stuck in the mix, you could try gating the snare direct mic, orl manually removing all but the snare hits, from the track. I think you guys could workup a fantastic arrangement, and your lady's voice would be perfect for it. It's hard to beat the standards though - and you guys are doing them justice.īut whatever you do - please record "Cause we've ended as Lovers" some day. I want the acoustic duo - I want the jazz combo - I want the island roots sounds - You guys could do whatever you liked. When I listen to your stuff I wanna start throwing up suggestions of stuff I want to hear you do. If I remember correctly that's you on the guitar too? If so I could see the two of you doing a Tuck and Patti kind of thing - the versatility of her voice would allow you guys such freedom to explore all kinds of roots and world music as well - blues - whatever you wanted to do. Guitar has been awesome on these and your lady's voice - just tops. Your mixes and arrangements have always reminded me of the band sound on Midnight at the Oasis - that sort of liquid smooth jazz with a touch of masala. You might find that using a stereo pair gets you the sound you seek. The drums on this track don't require a big "in your face " sound like rock does. Consider an XY pair, using nice condensers like 414's, Neumann KM 184's, or even Schoeps CM6's, if you can afford them. You could keep the kick miked direct for bottom end definition, but using overheads only for the rest of the drums might get you that nice, smooth, open sound. I think the bass is shy - I'd like to hear some lower end freq's added on that track, maybe a slight boost around 80 hz or so - to give it a bit more bottom-end foundation.Īs far as miking the snare and getting hi hat bleed, if you use a mic like a 57 or 58, and aim it at the snare so that the null point of the mic - which is at the back - is aimed at the hat, you'll minimize the bleed from the hat.Īlso, for this type /style of music, it might not be a bad idea to forget direct miking everything on the kit altogether, and simply use a nice coincidental pair over top of the drums. It sounds like you may need to sculpt a bit of a pocket ( -1 to -2 db) of between 200-300 hz or so, you've got a lot happening in that range, and I think it may be that parts are fighting each other a bit for definition because of it.
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