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Tips for drummers to use before recording
From the course: Audio Recording Techniques
Tips for drummers to use before recording
Many drummers who don't have a lot of studio experience aren't sure of exactly what they should bring to a session and what they should do when they get there, here's a little guidance you can offer them in order to make your job of recording them easier. Change your heads. Nothing will help the sound of your drums like new heads. Get a set of new heads--or at least the top ones--and either change them before you get to the studio, or make sure that you have enough time to do so before recording. Make sure your drums are in tune. Tune your drums as previously described or hire someone that really knows how to do it. Not only will you learn something, but you'll get a much better sounding recording as a result. Bring all your snares to the session. You never know if and when a particular snare is right for the song until you try it. Sometimes you can be surprised about how good or how bad a drum sounds in the context of recording, so to be safe, bring as many snares as you can to the…
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- Ch_02_Microphones_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_02_Microphones_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_03_Preamps_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_03_Preamps_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_04_Microphone_Placement_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_04_Microphone_Placement_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_05_Drums_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_05_Drums_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_06_Guitar_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_06_Guitar_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_07_Bass_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_07_Bass_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_08_Vocals_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_08_Vocals_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_09_Piano_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_09_Piano_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_10_Horns_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_10_Horns_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_11_Strings_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_11_Strings_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_12_Percussion_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_12_Percussion_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_14_Stereo_Techniques_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_14_Stereo_Techniques_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_15_Recording_The_Session_PT_Sessions.zip
- Ch_15_Recording_The_Session_Raw_WAVs.zip
- Ch_16_Simply_Falling_PT_Mix_Session.zip
- Ch_16_Simply_Falling_Raw_WAVs.zip
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Finding the right placement in the room for the drums1m 48s
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The keys to a great drum sound2m 2s
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Tuning the drums2m 19s
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Tuning tips and tricks2m 26s
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Miking the bass drum without a front head2m 15s
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Miking the bass drum with front head port1m 5s
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Miking the bass drum with a front head1m 12s
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Using a subkick microphone1m 31s
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Miking the snare drum: Technique one3m 2s
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Miking the snare drum: Technique two57s
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Adding a bottom snare mic1m 45s
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Miking the hi-hat2m 14s
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Miking the toms2m 24s
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Miking the cymbals3m 14s
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Miking the overall kit1m 25s
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Using room mics2m 2s
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Getting the drum sound2m 47s
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Getting the correct drum mix balance2m 50s
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Checking the drum phase2m 18s
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Panning the drums2m 25s
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Tweaking the drum sound with EQ3m 10s
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Using the one-mic drum recording technique2m 37s
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Using the two-mic drum recording technique1m 5s
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Using the three-mic drum recording technique1m 45s
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Using the four-mic drum recording technique1m 26s
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Tips for drummers to use before recording1m 15s
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Tracking a solo drum part1m 10s
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