Per the room you're in, you need to move the one mic setup further away because of the reflections and it will sound the same, and/or better than the 5. If not, it's much easier to EQ one mono mic track to force things back than to do so with 5 mono tracks that must be mixed properly. My personal preference is 2 condenser mics for a drum set. Maybe a 3rd dynamic mic near the snare in some situations. The modern day gospel of trying to mic every drum is garbage.
With one all you can hear the most is the hihat and kick is also lacking punch and low end, but with 5 you have them all separate so you could eq and adjust each piece and get it sounding crispy! All of them are a lot cleaner especially Tom’s and kick for sure
@@Tateisadrummachine it would be really cool for a lofi synth project I bet. I'm not super familiar with synth stuff but I imagine you could somehow run different synth instruments to various amplifiers and adjust the mic around the room. The amps could also impart some grit to the sound as well, there's a guy here on RUclips by the name of Johan Segeborn who ran a keyboard into a Marshall full stack and it was immense.
I often will only use 2 or 3 well placed condensers and one dynamic for the kick. To me, dynamics on the individual drums are really just to pepper in lightly for flavor
I'm a fan of 2 overheads for the kit/cymbals, a snare, and dual kick(in&out). There is Most definitely a difference between 1 and any other amount, at least in the drummers ear, cuz you go from mono to STEREO!
I setup my C214 in a similar position but hanging over my end of the kick and angled downward. A good large diaphragm mic and good use of eq and plug ins can make that one mic setup fit into virtually any context/song.
I had my studio at the wrong timeframe. If we would have had YT shorts when i had my studio / drums mics i could make simple videos like this all day and get tons of views. Glad to see someone doing it now tho.
Anyone who can’t hear the difference has to be tone deaf, side note, since he didn’t actually use two like the title you can use what’s called a blumlein pair a few feet from the drums to get a pretty good sound with 2 mics and considering that are coincident instead of spaced you can get a pretty wide stereo spread aswell as the sound of the room (if your miking a full kit with about 10-12 mics a blumlein pair for room mics with some overheads can have some really interesting results when it comes to the mixing stage)
Both sound mono. 1 mic sounds more distorted and has a boomier low end. 5 mics (still sounding mono) have a tighter sound and less bottom end on the shells. Might be due to slight phasing differences due to multiple mics. Once the symbols come in at the end the heavier distortion is back. Tell me I'm wrong...
Yep - on the phone it is hard to hear the nuance especially in terms of "tightness" in the kick, snare and toms. but the hi hat def sounds less "tinny" in the 5 mic setup.
There a small difference but the room itself is taking away some low end, should eq that
it’s hard to eq out the sound of a room.
this is not small :D
Title says 2 mics. Not 5. 🥲
Per the room you're in, you need to move the one mic setup further away because of the reflections and it will sound the same, and/or better than the 5. If not, it's much easier to EQ one mono mic track to force things back than to do so with 5 mono tracks that must be mixed properly.
My personal preference is 2 condenser mics for a drum set. Maybe a 3rd dynamic mic near the snare in some situations. The modern day gospel of trying to mic every drum is garbage.
With one all you can hear the most is the hihat and kick is also lacking punch and low end, but with 5 you have them all separate so you could eq and adjust each piece and get it sounding crispy! All of them are a lot cleaner especially Tom’s and kick for sure
Five mics sounds much cleaner with more clarity but the single mic has some lofi stank that I love
I love a single mic, especially for garage rock or punk
Sounds amazing for making beats too, or any genre that doesn’t require a microscopically textured sound.
@@Tateisadrummachine it would be really cool for a lofi synth project I bet. I'm not super familiar with synth stuff but I imagine you could somehow run different synth instruments to various amplifiers and adjust the mic around the room. The amps could also impart some grit to the sound as well, there's a guy here on RUclips by the name of Johan Segeborn who ran a keyboard into a Marshall full stack and it was immense.
I think you can use bananas too instead of mics..
You could get away with other types of music too with some acoustic treatment.
Now show us how drums sound with a competent engineer.
Lmfaaoo amen 💀💀🤣🤣
You can make a crappy kit with okay heads sound good if you know how to properly mic and mix.
😂😂
i hear much more definition in the snare, it sounds less 'boomy' for a lack of a better word but i don't know if it's my ear playing tricks
“Fine fine alright Nathan, damn! You can use the band credit card to buy 4 more mics 🙄”
-his bandmates probably
That snare sounds so good though 🤩
I often will only use 2 or 3 well placed condensers and one dynamic for the kick. To me, dynamics on the individual drums are really just to pepper in lightly for flavor
Definitely a difference. Both can work. Wanted to backspin that 1st beat - laaawd
Something makes me feel phase coherence is better than tonal control when tracking
I so miss my mapex studioease kit. I love the sound of mapex
I'm a fan of 2 overheads for the kit/cymbals, a snare, and dual kick(in&out).
There is Most definitely a difference between 1 and any other amount, at least in the drummers ear, cuz you go from mono to STEREO!
Man, you've gotta tune those drums better my friend. They're going to waste the way you have them sounding. Just a tip!
I setup my C214 in a similar position but hanging over my end of the kick and angled downward. A good large diaphragm mic and good use of eq and plug ins can make that one mic setup fit into virtually any context/song.
I’ll take 1 mic please! Nice
Damn you need 5 mics for your kit on top of everything else? Glad I chose guitar.
If the drums were tuned and had dampeners on them it’d be even better.
Less mic is better for so you sound natural.. it blends with the musicwell
No its not
When you crack the code on how 21 pilots records drums
One mic sounds live. multi mic sounds like a sampled kit. On phone speakers.
1 mix sound like the song “don’t bring me down”!
Yess, i could! I am anyways a Drummer 😃 + Sound engineer and Music producer!! So i was getting it!!
1 mic sounds more lofi. Kinda like it
Multiple parts, multiple mics. Works for me.
I had my studio at the wrong timeframe. If we would have had YT shorts when i had my studio / drums mics i could make simple videos like this all day and get tons of views. Glad to see someone doing it now tho.
I hear it specifically on the snare
Try an Omni mic, or watch reverbs video on single mic’d drums
I’m just stuck wondering if your kick drum is backwards or not
I don’t think this guy has a clue so wouldn’t be surprised ngl
Anyone who can’t hear the difference has to be tone deaf, side note, since he didn’t actually use two like the title you can use what’s called a blumlein pair a few feet from the drums to get a pretty good sound with 2 mics and considering that are coincident instead of spaced you can get a pretty wide stereo spread aswell as the sound of the room (if your miking a full kit with about 10-12 mics a blumlein pair for room mics with some overheads can have some really interesting results when it comes to the mixing stage)
Sounds very jazzy. Not a whole lot of low end.
1 mic vs 2 mics?
Please please please tune up the SNARE AND FILL IN THE BASS WITH PADDING IT SOUNDS EMPTY AF! BUT THANK YOU FOR THE MIC SOUND DIFFERENCE
You have the same drum kit as me with the same paint finish
If you just compressed or added a little noise reduction, you still have the money did not spend on 4 of those, superfluous mics......
Do you need a tuner?
Massive
Why is the bass drum backwards?
toms sound huge with one mic...
can't you just use compressor and amp to add more texture to the sound
the rooms just bad man
I would rather have a good drummer than any amount of microphones
what is that one microphone?
DUDE loosen on the hats. They ain’t going nowhere
Tune up that snare play, it sound like a soap can!
FAT snare 😍
Mapex armory drum set
But on the first time you where hitting the snare very different
Description says 2 mics.
Both sound mono. 1 mic sounds more distorted and has a boomier low end. 5 mics (still sounding mono) have a tighter sound and less bottom end on the shells. Might be due to slight phasing differences due to multiple mics. Once the symbols come in at the end the heavier distortion is back. Tell me I'm wrong...
Not any different on iPhone and all drums videos sound better than this on my iPhone.
I’m suprised it’s only marginal on my phone like 20% better with 5
That snare tone 😮😮😮
no- wet slop… M
Hard but Yes! THX!
hi hat is much quieter
Actually no I cannot tell a difference
Sounds exactly the same. 😂😂😂
really doesn't
This dude's making acoustic drums sound bad...
put 10 mics on it - a bad drummer still sounds bad!
Stop playing bro, you changed the snare tuning and muting and same with kick
um... nope. Nothing was different. Nice try.
no
A drummer that can’t count? 5 is not 2 😅
No
No different
Punchier and less reverb... less midrange volume I think. Hard to describe.
Hi- hat is the only real difference I can hear from my phone anyway lol
Yep - on the phone it is hard to hear the nuance especially in terms of "tightness" in the kick, snare and toms. but the hi hat def sounds less "tinny" in the 5 mic setup.
What mic is that??? @NathenjamesLarson
To use 1 mic you had it way too close