time alignment
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:03 pm
Hello,
As part of the search for the ultimate drum sound I am forever 'fiddling with the alignment of all of the drum tracks in any given song. I have read various methods like using the transient peak to line up etc but I find that even if I can can find a really clean hit say on the snare that was picked up rather well by all mics in use at the time and if I line up the tracks from that point, it will be out a few hits later down the track, some but not all and some by quite a bit. I have never managed to successfully line up a track that is consistent from start to finish. Is this normal or am I doing it all wrong? I can hear an audible difference as I bring them all closer together ie tighter image etc but how close is close enough? (Hope this makes sence.) My natural assumption would have been, line up the first hit or two and the rest should fall into place naturally as the distance from the mics never change.
Thanks for your time,
Nigel.
As part of the search for the ultimate drum sound I am forever 'fiddling with the alignment of all of the drum tracks in any given song. I have read various methods like using the transient peak to line up etc but I find that even if I can can find a really clean hit say on the snare that was picked up rather well by all mics in use at the time and if I line up the tracks from that point, it will be out a few hits later down the track, some but not all and some by quite a bit. I have never managed to successfully line up a track that is consistent from start to finish. Is this normal or am I doing it all wrong? I can hear an audible difference as I bring them all closer together ie tighter image etc but how close is close enough? (Hope this makes sence.) My natural assumption would have been, line up the first hit or two and the rest should fall into place naturally as the distance from the mics never change.
Thanks for your time,
Nigel.