(page 1) https://www.politusic.com/drums/ Left-leaning political and social articles to help you understand American politics, appreciate music, and laugh at being human. Sun, 26 Feb 2017 19:28:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.politusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pt-square-96x96.png (page 1) https://www.politusic.com/drums/ 32 32 How To Record Drums https://www.politusic.com/music/recording-tips/record-drums/ https://www.politusic.com/music/recording-tips/record-drums/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2013 22:06:49 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=11238 POLITUSIC

As an audio engineer, recording drums can be both the best and worst part of a recording session. If you get a great drum sound the entire album can sound …

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I first used this kick drum recording technique when we hired Eddie Kramer to teach a workshop for some of our students (which, honestly was a trip and a half …

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The second studio I ever opened was in New Jersey where I learned the term “NJHC” which basically means, “Don’t F*ck with those guys!” The New Jersey Hard Core metal …

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Tips to fix a bad snare drum sound in a music mix. Related Article: EQing a Snare Drum Sometimes you get stuck with a bad snare sound and are forced …

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Drum mixing tips. First, there are likely a thousand and seven different ways to mix drums. These are only suggestions how to mix drums in your music tracks. Live drums …

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Related Recording Tips: How to Record Drums Drum hi-hats can sizzle, crash, shwoosh, and clang… they can make a song mix sound great or like an audio disaster. Sometimes it …

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Related Article: Fix a bad snare drum sound The snare drum can sit nicely in your mix, or it can be a total nightmare. Mixing drums isn’t easy. EQing and compressing a …

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These are quick starting points you can try to get you started for a tom drum sound. Rule one when mixing your music is that there really is no magic …

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Related Article: Mixing Drums (take two) Some mixing concepts are straight forward, others will take a little time to set up with your signal routing on the console or mix …

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