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Enhance Your Studio Sound Using Ambience
Learn how your sound can be made bigger than life by using a simple miking approach that captures both the kit and the ambience of the tracking room.
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Top Producers Discuss Drums In The Studio
We ask four first-call recording masters to shed some light, share some stories, and reflect on the drummer’s role in the studio, from their perspective.
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Recording Drums: The Devil Is In The Details
There are a number of factors involved in getting a particular drum sound for a recording. These parameters include head selection and tuning as well as shell dimensions, material, and construction. Microphone selection and placement further influences that tonality, as will fine-tuning with equalization. Let’s take a look at these variables and see how they influence the sound of the drums.
