Recording drums is one of the most challenging tasks an engineer can face. One of the requirements of my final project back at SAE (School of Audio Engineering) was that it had to have drums. The school wanted you to know how to record drums, or at least be familiar with every aspect of recording...
Recording drums in a living room environment poses some challenges. I recorded 6 tracks for an upcoming EP over the weekend and they came out pretty good if I say so myself. I wanted to keep you in the loop on some of these recordings, so that you can hear how they change over time....
Two weeks ago I talked about recording drums for a demo I was going to make. Well that recording session fell through since we were invited to play at the Tucson Folk Festival. Now, two weeks later we’re resuming our regularly scheduled recording session. I wanted to let you in on a few ways to...
The foundation of the drum-kit is the kick drum sound when you’re mixing drums. The kick drum makes your head bob in beat with the music. It’s the sound that you feel in your gut when you’re dancing to extremely loud music at the Jersey Shore. If the kick drum sounds bad then the whole...