Micing drums

[Insanatic]

How do you mic a drum to make it have almost an echoe effect.
When I listen to music ( usually metal) The snare usually has almost an echoe effect. It rings out but not the bad kind, its pretty faint though. I don't know how to explain it. Does anyone know what I am talking about or even better how to do this?

[DJRunaway]

At 4/23/05 02:05 PM, insanatic wrote: How do you mic a drum to make it have almost an echoe effect.
When I listen to music ( usually metal) The snare usually has almost an echoe effect. It rings out but not the bad kind, its pretty faint though. I don't know how to explain it. Does anyone know what I am talking about or even better how to do this?

The wonders of reeverb and/or delay fx... I dunno what hard/software you use, but the reeverb effect AND the delay effect are pretty common on every kind of music mixing panel/program :) Also, a compressor comes in handy sometimes, or you could think about using the Parametic Equalizer :D If you need more help, don't hassitate to mail :D

[Dev]

My amp has a bunch of special effects, I can make my snare echo, if that's what you mean.

[Insanatic]

Not like an echoe where there is a second diferrence in them its really short, also I have samplitude.

[Erkie]

At 4/23/05 02:05 PM, insanatic wrote: Does anyone know what I am talking about or even better how to do this?

It depends, what's your sorroundings? Recording studio?

[FUNKbrs]

I suggest tuning the drum higher and micing the resonant head (the one you aren't hitting). That's the best acoustic drum focused way. Also, you could record in a room with a tile floor and walls, like a bathroom. Technically you could put lots of springs under tension around the mic... but that's impractical. Honestly, though, you're going to want an effects processor/eq/gate/compression. That's the only REAL way to get it right.