I have a booking to record a band on Tuesday night,  YAAYYY
 
I'll be recording mobile in their rehersal room...   Kewl.
 
 
Chatting to one of the band member last night,  their rehersal room is a large, empty warehouse...   AAARRRRGHHHH!!!!
 
 
I just ordered 2 reflexion filters for the guitar mics, I can DI the bass, I'll use the refexion filters again on the vocal mics.
 
Is there anything I can do to tame what will be terrible room reverb on the drums?

I'm guessing that, "record them in a smaller room" is not the answer you're looking for...

The floor may also be something to consider.  If the warehouse has a concrete floor, you'll get a lot of early reflections off of it.  Carpeting will help.  If they can set up the drums as far from a wall as possible, you can minimize some of the damage.  Plexiglass drum shields help to cut high frequencies, but won't help you much with the room sound.  Close micing with unidirectional mics, noise gating, and careful EQing may be your better options

Another concern is having the giant drum sound bleed into vocal and guitar mics.  Unidirectionals will help minimize it.  Placing the drums farther away from the rest of the band may help you get better separation, but may negatively impact the band's performance (or the drummer's performance).

Just my opinions, though.  Others may have better ideas.

Bubba, I'll be close micing as much as possible, using clip-ons for the toms.  It's the overheads and HH mic that are worrying me the most.

moving blankets on the floor and hung up on the walls near them.  you could build some cheap quick frames for moving blankets to place around them.  just 2x4s or 2x6's in a rectangle to stand up near them with moving blankets draped over them (and on the floor under them)

I don't have moving blankets,  or stationary blankets.

I'll take a couple of duvets if I remember.

let it ride.

let the room rule.

when they hear it, and they hate it, they'll rent a real room next time.


otherwise, i would suggest palmer pdi-09's on the guitars (that's what i use)

direct for bass

drum replacement software for all the drums.

and all the blankets in the world.

Karyn


I don't have moving blankets,  or stationary blankets.

I'll take a couple of duvets if I remember.

aren't those the things that the horses kick up on the track?

Beagle

Karyn


I don't have moving blankets,  or stationary blankets.

I'll take a couple of duvets if I remember.

aren't those the things that the horses kick up on the track?

That would be divets...  should I try that as well?

batsbrew


let it ride.

let the room rule.

when they hear it, and they hate it, they'll rent a real room next time.

I can go with this 

Got any figure of 8 mics? you could always use them for OH, pointing the nulls towards the ceiling