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Monday, December 26, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 12/26/11 02:48 PM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. If you’re doing a session in Los Angeles and you want your drums to instantly sound great, then your first call is to the Drum Doctors to either rent a fantastic sounding kit, or have your kit tuned. Ross Garfield is the “Drum Doctor” and you’ve heard his drum sounds on platinum recordings from Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Metallica, Dwight Yokum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitiz, Michael Jackson and… View this story
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
PSW Staff 10/05/10 10:36 AM, 0 CommentsBartlett Microphones has announced the introduction of the Bartlett Drum Mic. The Bartlett Drum Mic is a professional quality, miniature condenser mic for recording and sound reinforcement of a drum kit. Because it is omnidirectional at all frequencies, the microphone is designed to capture a small drum kit with one mic. The included mic clip can be used to position the Drum Mic in the center of the kit at the height of the snare-drum rim, over the drummer’s knee.… View this story
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Ward Lionel Kremer 09/03/10 04:31 PM, 0 CommentsHere’s a simple, common-sense method to record a great-sounding drum kit on only four tracks. I’ve always been a follower of the less-is-more philosophy, and this kit technique goes all the way back to my analog 4-/8-/12-track days when track economy was a must. There have, of course, been volumes dedicated to recording “trap kits”, from only two microphones to two mics on each drum! I think the concept of a drum kit as a group of separate instruments is… View this story
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
PSW Staff 07/29/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m fairly new to creating music of any sort. I don’t really play an instrument, so I generally use loops and samples to build my compositions. But, I’ve run up against a few roadblocks and thought you might be able to help me. I’ve found some wonderful old kicks and snares with a lot of personality on some old 1970s LPs. My problem is that there is some amount of cymbal or hi-hat over most… View this story
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Dave Dermont 07/26/10 06:34 PM, 2 CommentsThere are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite its simple interface and lack of things to tweak, how great the reverb of a Lexicon PCM-60 sounded. Another advantage to getting older is that the gear you lusted after as a youngster becomes affordable. The downside of this can… View this story
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010PSW Staff 07/14/10 10:15 AM, 1 CommentProvided by Sweetwater. Q: How can I use compression on my final stereo mix that will affect the vocals and not the drums? A: Compression on your final mix is an art that many mastering engineers have been able to hang their hat on. In other words, it’s not the easiest thing to master (pun intended). There’s really no way to do anything to the stereo mix without it having some effect on all the elements. With that said,… View this story
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Friday, July 09, 2010
Bobby Owsinski 07/09/10 03:29 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is the second in a series on drums, excerpted from Bobby Owsinski’s “The Drum Recording Handbook”. Other articles in the series are available here. Once you’ve miked your individual drums in a way you like, it’s time to listen to the kit as a whole. First, stand about five to ten feet (2–4 m) before the kit and listen acoustically while the drummer plays. Listen to the balance of the kit. Next, go back in front of your… View this story
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Friday, July 02, 2010PSW Staff 07/02/10 11:10 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: So, I should probably preface this by saying that in no way am I a drummer. However, in my small studio, I have a drum kit that is available for use to my studio customers during sessions. I’ve noticed that the heads are starting to look rather worn, but I don’t really know what “worn” means to a drum head. I mean, my SM57’s don’t get replaced just because they have a little wer and… View this story
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Bobby Owsinski 06/28/10 01:49 PM, 1 CommentThis article is the first in a series on drums, excerpted from Bobby Owsinki’s “The Drum Recording Handbook”. Other articles in the series are available here. One of the most important and overlooked aspects of drum miking is making sure that the mics are all in-phase. This is really important because with only one out-of-phase mic, the whole kit will never sound right, and if not corrected before all the drums are mixed together, it can never be fixed. So… View this story
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
PSW Staff 05/11/10 03:43 PM,A discussion that began in the Harvey Gerst REP Recording Forum here on ProSoundWeb that’s packed with relevant/useful points and references. Topic posted by pavement I have recorded a demo of my band, and we used pretty awful microphones, but after purchasing and loaning some mics, I have the following: Studio Projects C1, Shure SM57/58, and two AKG C3000’s. This was what I was thinking: the C1 on kick drum (I know it sounds odd, but I got the best… View this story
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