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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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How To Re-create Drum Sounds Of The 1970s
A step-by-step guide to getting that vintage, 1970s drum sound of funky disco bliss — covering everything from gear to recording tricks.
Gear
Audix i-5 Microphone: Affordable Versatility
Karen Stackpole reviews the Audix i-5 Microphone and concludes the beefy, open sound it provides is well worth the price.
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How To Mix Your Drum Kit Guerilla Style
So you’ve finally set up your home project studio and are ready to begin laying down tracks. But do you know how to mix drums? No? Well, here’s how.
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How To Record Electronic Drums
Electronic drums can solve many problems in the studio, but they also require knowledge of a unique skill set. Read on to get learn the basics.
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Roy Mayorga’s Studio Miking Techniques
Roy Mayorga discusses microphone choices and placement employed while recording Stone Sour’s last release Audio Secrecy.
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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.
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Butch Vig, Andy Kravitz, & Billy Martin On Remixing
Remixes are equal to sequels – a new version of some familiar form of entertainment. But you won’t find these follow-ups in theaters. Instead, these sonic remodels are all over the airwaves, record stores and the Internet, providing listeners with fresh ways to hear a song.
Features
Mike Costaney of River City Extension
Welcome to the new acoustic revolution. Formed in August of ’07 in Toms River, New Jersey, River City Extension has already shared the stage with Cake, The Avett Brothers, Robert Randolph, Nicole Atkins, and Glen Tilbrook (of Squeeze). The band’s unique instrumentation (which includes cello and trumpet, among other rarities) has enabled the members of River City Extension to fashion a sound that combines fiery country blues with the energy of classic punk rock. The band’s bold debut full-length album, The Unmistakable Man, immediately caught our attention at drummagazine.com headquarters, and is scheduled for release in May 2010.
