In this premium video tutorial we show you how to get great sounding multi-track drum recordings in small rooms at source using less than 8 microphones. Included in the tutorial is a free download of the audio stems recorded in the example segment that you can import into your DAW to enable you to hear the sound of each of the microphones in more detail
It's been nearly four years since I've tracked multi-track drums. My last recording studio simply was not large enough for a drum kit to be set up in, nor was it soundproofed. Now that I've got my new larger recording studio which is pretty well isolated from the outside world I can now record multi-track drums without upsetting my neighbours.
What Topics Are Covered In This Tutorial?
An introduction to the kit we're using in this tutorial/
Why second rack toms should be the first kit piece to remove from the kit if you have minimal inputs on your interface to record with.
Drum shell dampening solutions to help you reduce ringing overtones.
Kick drum damping to get snappy tight sounding kicks.
An introduction to drum tuning using a very cool little device called the Tunebot.
Microphone placement techniques on drum shells using Audix dynamic drum microphones.
Spaced pair overhead placement using both AKC C414 large diaphragm condensers and SE Ribbon Microphones (with FetHeads)
Getting the tone right at the microphone pre.
This tutorial includes four audio examples that will give you an idea of how each overhead microphone combination sound. We compare the AKG C414s against the SE X1 Ribbon microphones both straight through a valve microphone pre with high and low filtering and without.
Free Multi-Drum Stems
You can download the multi-track drum stems featured in this video so that you can hear each microphone in isolation or with a different fader balance to what we set to present our examples - Download Free Multi-track Drum Stems
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