Ian Schreier's SM57 Drum Mic seminar (AM highlights)

Earlier this month, Ian Schreier led a drum mic seminar at Manifold Recording.

Click Below for Table of Contents
2:11; Understanding the Room
4:09; Recording with one microphone
11:27; Ian adjusts Initial Mic Positions
12:47 Mic 4 A/B
13:50; Ian's Shows 4 Positions with One Mic
16:45; Whole Kit with some EQ

In the morning session, Ian laid out the acoustic principles he wish he'd understood at the beginning of his engineering career, including understanding frequency, phase, position, and what happens when you try to create an image of an instrument as complex as a drum kit with just a single SM57 microphone.

This video is not intended to be a complete transcription of that curriculum, but rather to show what it's like to attend an educational event at Manifold Recording. Nevertheless, still lots of great nuggets of audio engineering wisdom.

[DerekTingleTheReal]

8 years later, and this info just blew my mind. Thanks for this!!

[Idc.]

That sweet spot right above the bass drum is perfect

[mrake]

This was very intresting for recording drums, we just recorded that with my band, so i think this is very helpful for the future.

[Irapotato]

Best video about recording / engineering ever made. HOW DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 5000 VIEWS???

[ThalamusGhipopotamus]

To avoid interference at the frequencies of the kick drum, it is necessary that the distance from the kick drum to the microphone and from the kick drum to the floor and microphone is not equal to half. It is desirable that one of the sides be 1\3 or 1\5 or something between these values. Sorry for my English.

[yetanothermusicboi]

This video was extraordinarily helpful. And I've been recording for years. Lol. Just when you think you know some stuff.

[MeTuLHeD]

I absolutely LOVE the drum sound starting at 3:12! Big HUGE Bonham-ish sound. So that was the two Sanken mics? Can you recall where they were placed in the room?

[russwilson]

5:48 Butt mic. Glad they used 57s! An ldc would be painful.

[RiotHomeRecording]

A great room, well tuned kit, and good drummer goes a very long way. The snare could use some more bottom wires sound. Great video!

[halhagy]

I love the SM57 on my saxophone recordings.

[TinCanBassMan]

Fantastic! Great information presented in a practical manner. Subscribed.

[dbmdrums]

I really loved the snappy low end sound Reminds of a dnb style sounding drums!

[guitariste]

amazing differences, especially between 1st and second position!!

[uk]

Yikes. How far up do you have to insert the butt mic for proper recording? Seriously, thank you for sharing this information. Very cool!

[kevinmorrison]

It sounds very good. I think close micing is much better as it gives you flexibility to eq, compress, whatever to every piece separately. And these things are very affordable and not bulky these days.

[jackbrown]

HOLY FUCK THIS WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE!!! i want to cry!!!

[MrLeeziebee]

Ah yes the Horst Link SONOR....a mighty classic of german engineering.

[sharielentertainment]

aint no one gonna talk about how they got an inmate to play drums for this video?

[captainnearly]

What was the position used for the audio playing at the end with EQ?

[njcolvin]

Didnt know bobby Moynahan taught sound engineering classes too