I posted a thread a while back about upgrading my interface in order to record drums and stereo guitar amps- I picked up a PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL and I'm loving it so far.
I've been micing the kick drum and placing an overhead mic pointed towards the snare/hihats area to track a really simple drum beat for an ambient song. With some light reverb, EQ, and compression in Ableton Live, I've been getting some surprisingly good drum tones for my rig.
Unfortunately, I can visually see that most of my hits come slightly before the beat of the click track. I am using noise canceling headphones with a 90 bpm click- while my playing sounds good with a scratch track guitar, I'm a perfectionist with my music so I'm trying to make everything line up the way it should in theory.
Is is ok to be slightly off the beat with live drums? I think my stuff sounds ok, but I can tell that I played it because I'm a relatively new drummer. I used to program drums, but some people say that's too perfect and I'm inclined to agree with them.
It took me a while to play guitar to a click so maybe I just have to adjust for drums. Maybe try a different tempo? Studio magic? Whatever suggestions you have- I'm open to them.
I've been micing the kick drum and placing an overhead mic pointed towards the snare/hihats area to track a really simple drum beat for an ambient song. With some light reverb, EQ, and compression in Ableton Live, I've been getting some surprisingly good drum tones for my rig.
Unfortunately, I can visually see that most of my hits come slightly before the beat of the click track. I am using noise canceling headphones with a 90 bpm click- while my playing sounds good with a scratch track guitar, I'm a perfectionist with my music so I'm trying to make everything line up the way it should in theory.
Is is ok to be slightly off the beat with live drums? I think my stuff sounds ok, but I can tell that I played it because I'm a relatively new drummer. I used to program drums, but some people say that's too perfect and I'm inclined to agree with them.
It took me a while to play guitar to a click so maybe I just have to adjust for drums. Maybe try a different tempo? Studio magic? Whatever suggestions you have- I'm open to them.