Pending NCD (new cymbal day)

[SweetDan]

In all my clips in this thread up to this point I was recording while playing and *not* wearing earplugs. Last night I tried it *with* earplugs, and while the whole fam said "Too loud, Dad!", it felt better to play.

So tonight, while the fam was away at a school event, I whipped out the mics, and plugged in the ear plugs, and whaled away. I hear some difference, not sure if it's enough of a difference to sound much better. Your thoughts? (compare to newCrash_foreOverhead.mp3 above, although I didn't have the OH mic quite that low tonight...)

[Greg_L]

In all my clips in this thread up to this point I was recording while playing and *not* wearing earplugs. Last night I tried it *with* earplugs, and while the whole fam said "Too loud, Dad!", it felt better to play.

So tonight, while the fam was away at a school event, I whipped out the mics, and plugged in the ear plugs, and whaled away. I hear some difference, not sure if it's enough of a difference to sound much better. Your thoughts? (compare to newCrash_foreOverhead.mp3 above, although I didn't have the OH mic quite that low tonight...)

The whole kit sounds better and the crash sounds like a crash now. Playing with some power just sounds better.

[liv_rong]

Sounds better, still sounds a bit light on the crash IMO. Maybe what you need is a lighter cymbal?

This is a segment from something I did last month, just the drum tracks. Im not playing hard on any of it. The second section I am laying into the ride a bit with the tip of the stick getting a little wash and the 3rd part is on the same ride but I backed off initially and slowly build the ride dynamics up. And all the crash hits are relatively the same, hit with some assertive force but not smashed.

[WhiskeyJack]

Good thread. I am going to go play with Ezdrummer for a while. Bye.