Drum practise
And this is on my electric drums, recorded into the line-in of my Zoom Q3 (before I'd bought the Q8).
Time Rift Fusion
Hope you enjoy.

London, England?! That is a bit of a commute to NJ! Maybe we can collab online sometime. I would welcome a drum track from a talent like you.Merlin5 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:13 pmI'd love to come and join you on your practise jam session except that it's a long way from London to New Jersey!
Do you mean my playing felt rushed on 'So What' or just that the tempo of the song felt too fast? This is the backing track I played to. It's certainly faster than the original.
Nice to hear the result of our discussion on multichannel recording with Q8, glad everything worked. Cool playing by the way! What spot mics are you using, do you find they improve the mix a lot compared to the built in mics?Merlin5 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:13 pmHi guys. I've not posted in the home recording forum before. This is me practising drums at home with my recently acquired Zoom Q8. I'm using the built in XY mics. But also two extra mics for the snare and ride cymbal, plus backing tracks, are going into my small Behringer mixer. From the mixer, I've taken two leads out and into the two XLRs of the Q8. I didn't get around to setting up my bass drum, it was just spontaneous playing with a minimalist drum kit.
Drum practise
Hey green! Thanks and indeed it was great talking to you on the other forum and you really helped me a lot.
Sounds good, cool playing in your last video. I came across these very cheap drum mics in Maplin and bought a couple viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15653&start=68#p204501 , they came useful recording a band with a percussionist and one has become the go-to live banjo mic for a friend! Not ideal but you make do with what you haveMerlin5 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:52 pmHey green! Thanks and indeed it was great talking to you on the other forum and you really helped me a lot.
Yep, with the external mics it's a lot better. They produce the punchiness and low end from the snare and bass drum that the built in mics can't capture. The mics you see on the first video are an SM57 on the snare drum and there's an old Shure Unidyne 3 (early SM57) visible over the ride cymbal. The built in mics of the Q8 are also in use on a very low setting acting in much the same way as room mics or overheads, capturing the overall sound of the drums and cymbals.
But I've decided I'm going to probably get rid of the Q8 as I don't like the wide angle fisheye lens, it makes everything look a bit odd. And I'm so limited on mixing. I'm going to buy a Presonus audio interface, a set of tom mics, a pair of condenser mic overheads, and run it all into a PC. I'll go back to using the Zoom Q3 for the video and then sync it all up. I might also use the built in mics of the Q3 just as an ambient room mic in conjunction with the overheads to add sparkle and stereo width to the overall sound. It's all pretty much what you suggested in the first place!![]()
I recently bought a bass drum mic which is quite decent. It's an inexpensive copy of a Beta 52. Here's a new video I just made with the Q8, using the new bass drum mic, snare mic and built in mics. The overall drum sound will be way better once I get all that extra stuff. But this video demonstrates the punchiness that close micing gives. Though the built in Q8 mics are high quality, almost as good as dedicated stereo overheads, it's too difficult to position the camera where I want it and have the built in mics in the right position to pick up the whole kit evenly.
New bass drum mic
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