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Hi Hat Miking – Find a Sound You'll Actually Use in the Mix

RecordingFebruary 15, 2013

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Hi Hat Miking – Find a Sound You’ll Actually Use in the Mix

For most people, miking the hi hat is often, at best, an afterthought and, at worst, completely ignored. While it is true that a hi hat mic may be unnecessary, what with modern overhead miking combined with drummers that bash their hats, a crisp discrete channel of just hi hats…

Tom Miking - Chris Brush Drums

RecordingFebruary 7, 2013

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Tom Miking – Catching The Slap, Tone, and Sustain

The last couple of weeks, we’ve taken a look at the sounds of different mics on parts of the kit (snare and kick, respectively) with the goal of learning how certain mics highlight or detract from the sonic qualities of various drums. Now it’s time to do the same with…

Bass Drum Miking - Chris Brush Drums

RecordingJanuary 31, 2013

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Bass Drum Miking – Capturing the Kick

This week I figured I would take a similar look at bass drum miking. Used creatively, the right mic can really tailor a drum to the song at hand. Like last week, the point is not to show which microphone I think best for recording a bass drum. All the…

Snare Drum Miking - Chris Brush Drums

Recording, TechniqueJanuary 25, 2013

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Snare Drum Miking – A Comparison of Sounds

This entry is titled “Snare Drum Miking” but is not about how to mic a snare. That’s easy enough to do. Also, this entry isn’t about shooting out between mics to find out which is “best” for a snare drum. All mics both add something to and subtract something from…

Drum Fills for the Session Drummer

Humorous, Recording, TechniqueJanuary 19, 2013

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Drum Fills for the Session Drummer

The last few weeks have seen me take a rather academic approach to various drum-related topics. This week is a complete departure. I offer my guide to Drum Fills for the Session Drummer - a (hopefully) humorous look at different drum fills in the context of a typical recording session.…

Kick Drum Tuning - Chris Brush Drums

Recording, TechniqueJanuary 10, 2013

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Bass Drum Tuning

So often the kick drum gets overlooked when it comes to tuning. The heads usually aren’t replaced as often as they are for other drums. In the pursuit of a really low sound, I would wager that most people tune the kick drum heads as low as they can get…

Snare Drum Tuning - Chris Brush Drums

Recording, TechniqueJanuary 2, 2013

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Snare Drum Tuning

The snare is the drum you hit probably 80-90% of the time. It needs to sound good for the context of the song you’re playing. This is especially true in the studio. In a day when drums can so easily be enhanced with samples or straight out replaced, it is…

Chris Brush Drums - On Drum Tuning

Recording, TechniqueDecember 27, 2012

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Drum Tuning

There is not a right way. Any drum with two heads presents a quite a combination of tuning possibilities; the best sound being subject to personal preference. If it sounds good to the microphone, it’s right (if it sounds good to your ear but NOT the microphone – use a…