Donal Bowens

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@Zelancer Күн бұрын

Very Well Job!!

@cpdrago Күн бұрын

Really great video, sounds so good. What mics were you using on mock and snare? Looks like an sm57 on snare? Also is that a sensitone snare? Great stuff

@cassio_zambotto 4 күн бұрын

Those sE8's will soon be the new standard for sdc's, they sound so KM84-ish for a small fraction of the price, what an amazing mic! Said that, c-2's must be an industrial mistake, it's the price of a good burger, there's some gear that are just too good for its price, like c-2's or superlux hd681.

@DonalBowens 4 күн бұрын

100% agree

@cassio_zambotto 4 күн бұрын

the lesson here kids: be a great musician with a well selected/adjusted instrument in a decent room, stop caring about recording gear so much.

@DonalBowens 4 күн бұрын

Woah, thank you so much 🙏

@daxdarcen1719 10 күн бұрын

Killer sounds! What drums and drum heads do u use sir?

@DonalBowens 7 күн бұрын

Thanks man, Tama Superstar Hyperdrive 10x6.5, 12x7, 16x14, 22x20 Pearl Sensitone Phosphor Bronze 14x6.5 I use remo drum heads. I’m using coated emperors and p77 on snare. Think I’ve a p3 on kick here.

@nickelpenny1 16 күн бұрын

Great vid mate

@DZNTZ 17 күн бұрын

You’re almost too good. It’s not right.

@DonalBowens 17 күн бұрын

Too kind 🙏 thank you 😁

@DZNTZ 17 күн бұрын

You really are, man. Idk what your aspirations are, but it seems you can play just about anything, and at the highest levels. If you’re aiming for arenas/world tours, you’ve got the goods. If you’re happy being a local legend, that’s cool too! I’ll just keep watching and learning.

@Vittkid 19 күн бұрын

good stuff!

@BeatMikTV 19 күн бұрын

Absolutely killer feel and sound. I'm a fan!

@DonalBowens 17 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@deanfitzpatrick2751 19 күн бұрын

💥

@curiouschris7811 22 күн бұрын

That room sounds amazing! I couldn’t see any panels or anything from the video. How did you manage to get the drums so dry?

@tjtheedge29 24 күн бұрын

Came to hear the Behringers, stayed for the ROSANNA SHUFFLE!!! Great review mate

@DonalBowens 23 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@davidstutz6204 Ай бұрын

yeah, thats the thing - for me there is a lot of snare sound, i would like to to turn it lower but i cant, cause there only 1 mic :D But great video! Im experimenting myself too, but cause of lack of microfphones :D

@JodyBrioschi Ай бұрын

This helped me a lot! Thanks mate! And awesome cover btw!

@4HIMandHIMonly Ай бұрын

Hey bro is that the Tama birch snare 14 x 5,5 ? Thanks

@DonalBowens Ай бұрын

13x6 man

@user-yq5od9uj3f Ай бұрын

To muffled. Lack musicality. I can see them for some recording but not so much for playing out. Great playing by the way Donal.

@DonalBowens Ай бұрын

Exactly, great for fat tones but not great for dynamic playing. Thanks 🙏

@4HIMandHIMonly Ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful sounding

@DonalBowens Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@NEALBABBITT Ай бұрын

Who doesn't tighten down their spurs before playing?...that guy! 😅

@nicoladamicodrummer Ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Very interesting

@a.s.america Ай бұрын

such a talent maaan. thats astonishing

@DonalBowens Ай бұрын

Thanks so much 🙏

@salchernyy Ай бұрын

Hello I've waited here for you Everlong Tonight, I throw myself into And out of the red Out of her head, she sang Come down and waste away with me Down with me Slow, how you wanted it to be I'm over my head Out of her head, she sang And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever be this real forever If anything could ever be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you You've got to promise not to stop when I say when She sang Breathe out So I can breathe you in Hold you in And now I know you've always been Out of your head Out of my head, I sang And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you You've got to promise not to stop when I say when She sang And I wonder If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

@Pantrukiller Ай бұрын

ola

@jamescassidy4045 Ай бұрын

C214's are hella underrated OH mics IMO. Obv it always just depends on the song, drums/cymbals, player etc, but they've worked super well for me in the past. I've used them in a few different configurations, but I've found (as long as you want a wide sound) set them up as a spaced pair, but the trick for me is angling them inwards on about a 19 to 33 degree angle. It helps them sound a bit smoother, and fills in the center image, and gives a nice crosstalk between the mics. If you try it let me know. Also, I have two pairs of older 414's, and the 214's are a lot more hyped in the high end basically. They also sound a little bit more scoopy, making the low end seem a bit more beefy.

@DonalBowens Ай бұрын

Thanks for all the insight 🙏 I’m really impressed by the C214’s

@jamescassidy4045 Ай бұрын

@@DonalBowens Hey! NP. Yeah the Angled Spaced Pair thing is just a suggestion, and they will still sound great in other positions, but I just found out one day when I was working on a Punk Record that having them as a typical spaced pair, but angled in instead of straight down worked really well. So just think of it like the hat side mic will be slightly facing across towards the ride side, and vice versa. It helps with giving you that wide cymbal spread still, and keeps the Cymbals, and Toms isolated to to the L/R Speakers, but it helps the Snare, and Kick sit a lot more solid/even in the center if you know what I mean. You can also play with the angles, but I personally don't like to go to crazy. So like if 45 degrees is right in between straight up, and straight down, realistically Id say about 24-30 degrees is a nice sweet spot, because too much, and the L/R mics will almost be picking up the opposite sides more hah. Also, another thing I've found with this technique is that usually when I have just a spaced pair facing straight down, Im usually more straight over the Cymbals, with this technique I kind of come in from the sides a bit more to where Im actually out farther with the mics. I still have them lined up almost the same, but probably a bit more towards the center. basically in line with the edges of the crashes rather than right on top, or like just in between the crash, and rack tom, and crash, and ride on the other side. Also forgot to say, I also physically move the the mics farther out on each side to make up for the fact that they are angled, and looking across the kit, because say I had a spaced pair looking down straight above each crash cymbal (assuming you had a typical 2 crash setup) If I started to then angle them from there, pretty quickly they would each almost be looking at opposite sides without picking up whats on there own side. Sorry if I sound like a crazy person rambling hah. So basically I just go pretty wide, maybe something like about a foot or two outwards from the crash's on each side. Put it this way. So the rack tom side mic will be sort of right in between the Crash, and the Rack tom, but a couple feet out so it's sort of looking across them, and the Floor tom side will be placed basically in line with the other side. but sort of in between the Crash, and the ride. Hope that all makes sense hah. I might have a Pic of my last setup if you wanna send me your Email Address. Also if you wanna hear the last time I used it just go to Spotify, and search Awkward AC-House Arrest is the Album name, or on KZbin music search Awkward AC-House Arrest, and then you'll see a video called Code Yellow, click on the band name(under the video), and it will lead you to the House Arrest album. For some reason on KZbin Music the Album doesnt just show up when you search the band, or album, it's weird. I remember the session still, and after we were playing back drums, I pulled up just the OH's, and the band was like that's such a dope drum sound, and I was like guys, that's literally just the OH mics, and they were like holy shit, really hah. That's what I loved about it though, because they were still super articulate, cutting, and wide cymbals, but it just captures more of the kit as a whole, so it's like you can kind of use that as your starting point, and then use the close mics to fill it in. Otherwise I usually just think of my overheads as mostly cymbal mics, and have to rely more on the close mics for the main sound.

@quizzydrums1647 Ай бұрын

Just the right video

@commonbirdsband Ай бұрын

How far away, in feet, is the low position? That's useful for live sound.

@MollyNebraska 2 ай бұрын

Nice!!

@drumtravelfun 2 ай бұрын

Cool, you're rocking cans onstage! I do sometimes, too. How do you like using headphones live? Any reason why you use them over IEM or wedges?

@DonalBowens 2 ай бұрын

I use IEM's sometimes. Have always favoured my Vic Firth headphones though. I must try some different in-ears or get moulds.

@rockymaldonado7758 2 ай бұрын

Sounds so good.

@sbskking 2 ай бұрын

Solid!

@andrescen7577 2 ай бұрын

I like the Wurst position

@kaelboyeau4719 2 ай бұрын

YES 🤖

@BobSchoepenjr 2 ай бұрын

Wurst is German for sausage, just sayin’. Great video 😊

@rudedoc 2 ай бұрын

nice!

@DonalBowens 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark 🙏

@AlanM11Drums 2 ай бұрын

Unreal Donal! When did ya get the gig with LYRA? 👏

@DonalBowens 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Al 🙏 Was filling in for Colin Lyons man 😁

@NIICO540 3 ай бұрын

put some guitar distortion on these and they sound awsome

@immo1129 3 ай бұрын

That's sick well done :)

@DonalBowens 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏😁

@tate7908 3 ай бұрын

where did you place the mic?

@mrsafa2138 3 ай бұрын

Nice broo 👍👍👍☕☕👏👏👏...perfect tempo and improv skill

@The6rezax 3 ай бұрын

Solid play! May i know the metronome tempo on this song please?

@megafunkyfingers3314 3 ай бұрын

Coming from a studio point of view, we use 2 very good kits, and can deffo say this, the bit yall are missing here is this, The behringers if mic'ing a whole kit up, dare i say it are better, much better ! when you mic the rest of the kit up you will get that warmth and frequency from the other mics that you say the SEs have, but when you want to add in a nice toppy glassyness from the over heads the behringer's are perfect, the Se8s in the mix with the rest of the kit mic's will sound more muddy compared to the behringer's. its the extended HI's we are after here not the bottom end, and the behringer's give exactly that. perfect, So remember this..... you can take off some treble and hi end from your cymbals and snare in the mix with the behringer's if needed, but you cant add the hi end in the mix using the SE's because it wont be there ! ! ! there are more than a few things behringer have got right, and these are somewhere near the top, non of this undervaluing them with " they are good for the price" crap, its not because they are cheap ! but its because they are very good at doing the job they were designed to do, nothing to do with the price, the fact they are cheap is a bonus. now on saying that, if you want to use just them for the whole kit with no other mics on the kit then ok the SEs will be better for obvious reasons.