The Art of Recording Drums Vol. 1
This is a step by step guide to recording great sounding drums.
Packed full of useful tips and setups that will work in any size studio, regardless of how many microphones you have!
Detailed descriptions of 16 setups including video demonstrations!
Charlie Waymire, Chad Smith, & Kevin Chown
Some drummers that Charlie has recorded at Ultimate Studios, Inc. include:
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ray Luzier (Korn), Josh Freese (Perfect Circle), Benny Rogers II (Mariah Carey), J.R. Robinson (Michael Jackson), Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper), Mike Avenaim (Scott Weiland), Jeff Bowders (Paul Gilbert), Greg Garman (Selena Gomez), and Nick Adams (David Cook), among several others.
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Just missed your guy’s previous workshop. When’s the next one?
Hey Daniel! The next workshop is April 28th. Would love to see you there.
Charlie
Hello I’m Roberto, you’re great!!! I woul’d like to know something about Drum Recording Nija Workshop. Do you will speack about overhead in a room that hasn’t treatment, or bad treatment. Are the heil sound PR 30 B good in this case?
Thank you very much.
Roberto
Hey Roberto!
Thank you for the compliment. Yes we speak a LOT about overheads. We talk about a lot of options no matter what type of room you have.
Although I’m a huge fan of the Heil PR30 (I use them all the time!) they aren’t my first choice for overheads. At least not as my go to overheads. They can create a really cool, and unique, overhead sound but may not be the most versatile microphones for that application. However it really depends on your music and what emotion you want to capture.
I hope that helps and I look forward to seeing you at one of the workshops!
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I’m new to recording and can’t seem to get a nice “live” drum sound which seems to be a very contemporary sound. I grew up in the 80s so it’s tough to shed the cannon snares and cavernous toms. I’ve begun to use your technique and am blown away by the sounds. I was getting source sounds first then blending in OHs. Now I do the reverse and things are sounding great. Had a tough time letting go of the HH mic but now I don’t even think about it.
Also the way you simplified getting mics in phase really hit home.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Hey Randy!
I’m very happy to hear that the videos have helped you!! Thanks for watching and being a part of the community! Keep me posted on your recording progress!
All the best,
Charlie
Help!!!!
Hi Charlie,
I’ve enjoyed you videos and this is the reason I’m asking a specific question. I’ve recently commissioned the Trident 88 24 in home studio! Love it.
I’m hooking everything to a patch bay and I’m struggling with EFX.
Just for reference, I hooked a stereo in/out efx to the bay. The Aux 7/8 is receiving the inputs of the efx and this where I gotten stumped. The real master panel, I’m using the Stereo EFx Returns where my outputs are coming in from the efx unit. I understand this is a left/ right input. No reverb, could you untangle what I’m doing please.
I would be ever so great full for this thank you! So far everything on the bay is performing nicely.
Sincerely
Jack
Who plays the song Veronica ( artist ) on the video … Micing a kick drum with one microphone ? Please tell me … thanks .
Hey Bernie! The band is called King Crazy and the song is called “What’s In A Name”.