Drum mic thresholds

I don't understand - real drums or midi?

But the first thing is mic type and placement.  You can cut down the bleed doing that.  But the mics are going to pick up the other drums - that is what they do.  The next step is to gate and eq.  Eq to get as much of the other drums out of the gate signal, then use the gate to open only when the cymbals play.  It ain't perfect, and there will steill be drums sounding when the gate is open, but hopefully mostly masked by the cymbals.

If that is still too much bleed-through for your taste (or your client's), then you may have to play the cymbals separately.

But bleed through is going to happen, and part of the sound of live drums.  It adds air to the drum sound, esp. if they are midi replacement drums.  But that opens up another can of worms if you move the midi at all.

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My two cents for free. Bleeding is what makes drums sound REAL. I and many other of my musician friends, especially DRUMMERS, hated drum machine sounds for years because they did not sound authentic whatever you did to edit them. When you start gating and eqing a full kit so much, it begins to sound like a drum machine even if it is a real kit. Now with programs like Toontrack and FXpansion, etc. The first thing you notice is the ability to get some of that crosstalk that earlier programs or machines didn't have. My take is that if you are going to have to gate and eq the devil out of a real kit, you may be better off using drum replacement programs or just use a machine. It's going to sound fake anyway. As long as you have a decent sounding room and good mic positioning you should be able to get a good to great drum sound recorded. Don't worry so much about eliminating every trace of one drum from anothers track! Many great recodings were done with one mic in the middle of the room! Most all of the great drum sound you hear from the 60's right on up to today are done with the 4 mic setup. Kick, Snare, and close overhead left and close overhead right. That configuration is still popular today. As long as the kit sounds good and the performance is solid just hit RECORD! Maybe try getting with some different drummers and experiment before you do any serious recording just to get the idea of what goes into a good drum session. Just my opinion. Above all, have fun with this. Learn what works for you and stick with it.

OOPS! Webinar not seminar! Sorry! LOL

PS: 6kHz may sound a bit unnatural (unless that is what you are going for).

I prefer 2kHz.

hi pass all cymbal mics below 500Hz