The Drum Recording Handbook

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Recording acoustic drums is one of the toughest challenges faced by every audio engineer.

In The Drum Recording Handbook, mega-selling pro audio author Bobby Owsinski and in-demand recording engineer Dennis Moody reveal amazing secrets to getting outstanding drum track recordings every time, from every session.

Interviews include Bernie Dresel, Ricky Lawson, Brian MacLeod, and Dave Weckl. You'll learn:

- How to tune drums for the studio the right way, every time
- Mic techniques for every kind of recording session, large or small
- The right way to mix your drum tracks for all kinds of music genres

A 90-minute companion features Steely Dan and Earth, Wind, and Fire drummer Michael White, and shows you the processes used to achieve amazing drum recordings every time, no matter what kind of studio you have, professional or home-based!

CONTENIDO:

Preface
Introduction

1. The Drum Kit
- Drum Kit Checklist
- What makes a kit sound great?
- Drum construction
- The snare
- Tuning the drums
- Tips to reduce snare buzzing
- Tunning tips from the famous "Drum Doctor"

2. The recording environment
- Room resonant frequencies
- Cheap yet effective room treatment
- The course of low ceilings
- Optimizing your room
- Placing the kit

3. The drummer's headphone mix
- Headphone checklist
- What's in the mix?
- To click or not to click

4. Phase cancellation - The drum sound destroyer
- Acoustic phase cancellation
- Electronic phase cancellation
- Checking phase the easy way
- Checking phase the slightly more difficult way
- Times when you might want the phase reversed

5. Miking the bass drum
- Bass drum checklist
- Step 1: Choosing the mic
- Step 2: Bass drum head configuration
- Step 3: Bass drum mic positioning
- Step 4: Bass drum sound check
- Step 5: Bass drum compressor or limiter
- The subkick

6. Miking the snare drum
- Snare drum equipment checklist
- Step 1: Snare mic position
- Step 2: Snare mic sound check
- Step 3: Snare drum bottom head miking
- Step 4: Snare mic compressor or limiter

7. Miking the Hi-Hat
- Hi-Hat equipment checklist
- Step 1: Hi-Hat mic positioning
- Step 2: Hi-hat mic sound check

8. Miking the Tom-Toms
- Tom-Tom checklist
- Step 1: Rack Tom mic positioning
- Step 2: Floor Tom mic positioning
- Step 3: Tom-Tom sound check
- Step 4: Gating the Tom mics

9. Overhead mics
- Overhead mic checklist
- Step 1: Overhead mic position #1
- Step 2: Overhead sound check

10. Room mics
- Room mic checklist
- Step 1: Room mic postion #1
- Step 2: Room mic sound check

11. Alternative miking techniques
- Alternative miking checklist
- Single-mic technique
- Two-mic technique
- Three-mic technique
- Four-mic technique

12. Getting the drum mix together
- Step 1: Drum kit balance technique 1
- Step 2: Drum mix panning
- Step 3: Minor mix adjustments

13. Final drum sound checklist

Appendix A. The interviews
- Bernie Dresel
- Johnny "Vatos" Hernández
- Ricky Lawson
- Brian MacLeod
- Dave Weckl

Appendix B. Glossary
- Index
- About the authors