Drum Recording Room Size

Outfitting each drum with good microphones is incredibly expensive.

Drum recording room size.

Building a drum room and came across this post. My booth was never intended for recording drums but it s definitely big enough to squeeze in a drum kit says colliva. Within that room i m trying to fit a live room to track drums and other instruments as well as a control room and maybe even a tiny vocal booth. But i ve recorded decent drum tracks in a room that was no bigger than 11 x10 with 8 ceilings.

I ve recorded drums before in a similar room that came out great. Height 11ft width 23ft length 38ft that s before room within a room construction and acoustic treatments etc. Been spending a lot of time lately on your youtube videos as well. My room is 12x11x7.

So it s a cert the space will be smaller. Acoustic drums are great for playing live or practicing. This is not only true for mic placements but also getting the proper drum sound in a small room can be difficult as it requires you to move your kit around to get an ideal. Traditionally the most difficult part of home recording has been the drum kit.

I will solely record acoustic drums. I ve drafted a plan in sketchup and the current control room dimensions are 8 8 width 12 length and 12 high at the highest point in the room. Comprising a mixing room and an adjoining recording booth he uses it to mix records record overdubs develop artists and albums and experiment with sounds. Even with good mics you will need a good sounding room to record in.

Yeah i definitely ideally prefer a high and angled ceiling. The mics might cost more than your drums. However if you are recording they have some downsides. That room was even untreated.

Sound city operates in an acoustically treated live room and a control room built for high quality music recording and production. I m looking for a medium live sound with some flexibility. The basic outer shell of the shed is. I find that when your room is too big it actually sound smaller.

With its 35 square metres of space our live room allows almost any recording task to be completed. Many home recorders have achieved studio quality guitar bass and keyboard recordings yet strike out on the drums. It was sheetrock walls and ceiling with carpet floor. I just finish tracking drums for an r b record and we end up tracking drums in a 10x17 with an 8 ceiling room.

A tama drum kit marshall vintage amps the right cab and a variety of microphones to achieve your wanted sound. At this point i can t change the physical size of the space but more focused on room treatment to maximize the rooms potential. We prefer the tone of the drums and the ambiance we were getting compare to when the drums were in the bigger tracking room 4 x its size with an 18 foot ceiling.