so.. got a upcoming gig with a collective of DJ's and at least two live percussionists... Although I've DJ'd with drummers in the past I've never mic'd them up. I'm looking for you guys to shoot holes in my approach and/or suggest other / better options... here's the plan:
The venue is inside / outside.... DJ crew inside on stage, drummers at the threshold of a 12 foot wide roll-up garage door with the lead drummer about 20 feet away from and facing the DJ with a direct sight line for hand signalling. Drummers will have a floor monitor (mains) for accurate timing.
Lead drummer will be playing 1 djembe w/ one mic in the resonance chamber and one mic near the head. The second drummer will be playing two congas with one mic positioned centrally near the heads.
Mics go into the house mixing board and will get mixed down into one stereo pair to be sent to my Audio 8 Sound card though the live input of the third deck (goes through Traktor for FX)... I'm planning on routing the live input directly out of outputs 5/6 on the sound card and into our analog 4 channel DJ mixer.
There are two 'modes' for playing with the drummers as follows....Amplified and un-amplified. The exterior of the venue will not have any sound reinforcement, there will be spillage of sound from the sound system inside the venue and direct sound from the drummers since they are essentially outside. The drummers can / will play continuously throughout the night, however the DJ's may not always have them mixed into their sets. At appropriate moments DJs will hand signal the lead drummers with open and closed fists (open start, closed stop) to introduce and remove them from the mix.
Ok... fire away... and thanks! :eek:
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