From the course: Advanced Drum Recording Session with Josh Freese

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Recording the first take and making adjustments

Recording the first take and making adjustments

From the course: Advanced Drum Recording Session with Josh Freese

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Recording the first take and making adjustments

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- The song was cut to a click track so we're gonna give Josh a click track and he'll be able to count in and knock this out. All right, so you want four or eight before you come in? - Four is fine. - So it would be four for nothing? - Yeah. - Let's just see how well your mix goes. - Sure. ♫(drums)♫ - On the first take, I'm listening mainly for technical things. Making sure our sounds are working with the track and that our levels are good, that the mix is good, that Josh is hearing what he needs to in his headphones, so he can get the best performance. But at the same time we need to be prepared enough, so that if the first take is killer we can keep it. ♫(drums)♫ Oh, there's our first problem. (drums) ♫(drums)♫ (drums) At the same time that I'm having an ear out for technical issues, I also have to pay attention to his playing, his parts, and the overall balance of the song to make sure that we're getting what we need, and we can get it done as quickly and efficiently as possible…

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