Drums
Basic Overheads
Learn the basics to achieving great sounding drum overheads.
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Snare Drum with Andrew Stone
Crafting your snare drum sound can be a sophisticated process. Andrew Stone showcases his approach, which encompasses a detailed exploration using EQ, compression, and gating to achieve a distinctive snare sound. He uses effects to make the snare stand out in a mix. Andrew teaches how to manipulate the character of your snare drum through precise processing techniques.
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Side Chaining Kick In and Out
Explore a technique for gating multiple microphones on a kick drum setup. This approach ensures consistent and synchronized gating. In this discussion, discover how to utilize side-chain gating. This process involves using one microphone’s signal to trigger another microphone’s gating. You can streamline the gating process by linking the gating parameters between the two mics. This eliminates the need to manually adjust settings for each microphone.
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Hi-Hat with Andrew Stone
Andrew Stone walks through the intricate process of hi-hat processing to enhance your drum sound. He focuses on achieving the perfect blend of clarity and texture. He doesn’t rely on compression or gating. He delves into the art of subtle EQ adjustments, and also covers high-pass filtering to craft a hi-hat sound that complements the full drum mix.
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Kick Drum with Andrew Stone
Explore Andrew Stone’s innovative journey of crafting the kick drum sound. He highlights the transformation of a kick drum sound through blending old-school influences with contemporary sound engineering. The goal is to create a drum sound that stands out.
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Drum Blending with Jeff Sandstrom
Dive into Jeff Sandstrom’s advanced drum mixing technique that utilizes multiple microphones to shape the tone of each drum and cymbal. This approach focuses on the use of fader levels to blend the various elements of the drum kit, creating a cohesive sound. Jeff demonstrates building a drum mix from scratch, starting with the overheads to create an overall picture of the kit, and then selectively adding in other components for a balanced mix.