sampling acoustic sounds

Just Curious .Anyone sampling real drum kits ,upright piano horns ect in the mpc have any suggestions, tips tricks different from the vinyl input method .
dont have a drum set (yet) but i did a piano a bunch of different ways and liked how it sounded raw and full of expression different from all the "perfect" sampled libraries .From what i read miking a kit is expensive and hard or are they just trying to get me to buy some samples .l i gotta 2000 . Newbie K be nice .

Well, when I was in school, my teacher was setting up mics for this drum kit to record for the school album (A complilation of student's playing covers). He got called down to the office so I was left alone behind the boards. So I told the drummer to warm up until the teacher gets back. He was playing these dope patterns that I immediately stuck a blank disk into the cd recorder and recorded it. I recorded like 20 minutes of his drums until the teacher got back and stuffed it into my backpack. No one knew shit.

Ill-Green wrote:Well, when I was in school, my teacher was setting up mics for this drum kit to record for the school album (A complilation of student's playing covers). He got called down to the office so I was left alone behind the boards. So I told the drummer to warm up until the teacher gets back. He was playing these dope patterns that I immediately stuck a blank disk into the cd recorder and recorded it. I recorded like 20 minutes of his drums until the teacher got back and stuffed it into my backpack. No one knew shit.

plus, that aint copyright infringement hahaha...

i record percussion and various other items of percussive nature.

i dont record into my mpc though, i would if i had a dynamic mic.

i record into my DAW, using a condensor mic. after i have recorded i will take the best bits and bounce it, whether its one shots or a loop to work with.

Drums are not expensive to mic up if you have mics and a treated room. also, an acoustic kit is the same. unless you have diff mics and outboard hardware, or know several mic'ing techniques for the kit, your going to get the same sounds each time you play it (yeh i know, there are different sticks but only takes you so far) without having to buy several diff snare skins or kick skins, or re0tuning your entire kit.

If i was you, id get a dynamic mic and slap a bunch of containers and pots and pans with a drum stick, record straight into mpc, or from a sub-group out of your mixer.

Peepin'

illgreen. how nice you feelin bruv!

could use some raw shots

right peepin i was thinking it would be easy on the computer too, just thought i could get a dif effect recording straight hot signal.
Pots and pans ! best not wash them if i want that 'dirty' sound

peeping tom wrote:i record percussion and various other items of percussive nature.

i dont record into my mpc though, i would if i had a dynamic mic.

i record into my DAW, using a condensor mic. after i have recorded i will take the best bits and bounce it, whether its one shots or a loop to work with.

Drums are not expensive to mic up if you have mics and a treated room. also, an acoustic kit is the same. unless you have diff mics and outboard hardware, or know several mic'ing techniques for the kit, your going to get the same sounds each time you play it (yeh i know, there are different sticks but only takes you so far) without having to buy several diff snare skins or kick skins, or re0tuning your entire kit.

If i was you, id get a dynamic mic and slap a bunch of containers and pots and pans with a drum stick, record straight into mpc, or from a sub-group out of your mixer.

Peepin'

Bongo's, shakers, claps. Record all those things with a Se2000A straight into Cubase. Bounce, chop and play.
Don't have the room for a complete drumkit but I am considering to buy a hi-hat.

i boguth this shure instrument mic..and i record random sounds..like droppin boots on my carpet for kick sounds..obviously hand claps..just any sound..i run it thru my mic tube pre amp..and than just fux with it in the mpc for eqs and what not..also record the sounds thru my kp3 for other effects.

iNdaVizual wrote:i boguth this shure instrument mic..and i record random sounds..like droppin boots on my carpet for kick sounds..obviously hand claps..just any sound..i run it thru my mic tube pre amp..and than just fux with it in the mpc for eqs and what not..also record the sounds thru my kp3 for other effects.

Shure SM57. bullet proof studio / stage / instrument mic.

I have also considered a hihat for playing loose patterns!!

you want the zoom H2: http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/ end of story. seriously though this thing is like always having a pair of condenser mics properly set up and recording high quality. you can get better recording but this takes no time to set up.

Harmoncj wrote:you want the zoom H2: http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/ end of story. seriously though this thing is like always having a pair of condenser mics properly set up and recording high quality. you can get better recording but this takes no time to set up.

have you seen the new h2n? five mics built in .. you can change the spread.. I have like 3 or 4 different zoom models and I can still see a reason to grab that one too.

mr_debauch wrote:have you seen the new h2n? five mics built in .. you can change the spread.. I have like 3 or 4 different zoom models and I can still see a reason to grab that one too.

hell yeah, I so want that one, the H2standards about $100 cheaper, but the H2n is still an amazing value.