Recording

<p>I've mentioned before that my son is in a metal band. And, even though I don't like that style of music, he is one of the best drummers I've heard. He's just plain awesome.</p><p>So, I want to record him and use him on some of my songs.........very toned down of course <img title="Surprised" src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-surprised.gif" border="0" alt="Surprised" />. And, I also want to record him and the band "Eclipse Of Destruction", create a Mixposure account for them, and post their music.</p><p>The problem though is that he plays so unbelievably loud that I'm not sure how to get a recording without it being nothing but complete clipping all the way through. And no, there's no chance of him backing off.....trust me. Also, we do not have a plexiglass drum wall for him either.</p><p>Here's the current setup. We have all of our music equipment in the music building, and practice, and record <a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/Full_Blood_Country/photo_5624.php">here</a>. When I record I run vocal mics through a 12 channel powered mixer (400 watts) and then set up a seperate mic between speakers (or sometimes pointed at a speaker if low gain) and run to a computer. Obviously I don't wire in any racks (power amps (Peavey CS1000's), crossover, eq, etc.) or any other boards, for this situation. The speakers set up in the building are two Peavey SP4's (two 15's and a horn in each) and two Peavey towers (five 12's in each). I have other speaker systems but these are good enough for this. Mics include Shure SM57, Shure SM58, and a few other lower end cardoids. The SM58 is really to hot of a mic to use this way so I usually use a Sampson cardoid or sometimes the SM57 (but it's fairly hot too). When I use the keyboard I run a hi-Z chord from it to the mixer and use a mic between speakers ran to the computer. Guitars I use an amp (either a Peavey duel 212, Peavey Heritage 212 VTX, or a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb chrome face) with a mic running to the computer. Bass is either keyboard bass or a bass player with their own rig, with a mic running to the computer.</p><p>So, with what I have here, what is the best way to record my son and/or his band with their ear-bleeding volume? Is there a way to shield the mic by building a box around it or something?</p>