Continuing with the home studio project. The basement started with a bunch of junk all over the ceiling in the basement. More lights than I would think necessary, and the majority of those are he unpleasant florescent lights. The cobwebs and dust did not come through in the photos, but I spent a fair amount Read More …
Category: Drums
Me, like drums!
Drum Room Project :: Do some testing
Now it is time to do some testing. Here are various photos of how the drum room looks now. As this evolves I will add more photos to this page. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Found Stuff
This page is the collection of found stuff. This is usually from the alleys around my home. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Hang some foam
Various foam pictures. I packed this stuff everywhere. 2 Full walls of these, and another fair chunk on the ceiling after hanging curtains and some other rugs and blankets. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Cleaning the floor a bit
A quick post this time. Just a small post on the floor, so you can see how it started. There are some new rugs now, by the time this post comes out, so I will add those as I get them up. I have been busy working on other parts of the family basement. Non-music Read More …
Drum Room Project :: Make a new ceiling
I know the curtains post, came before this one. Things are all jumbled up right now. I need a better media organization system, than the current one. Anyway this post highlights the building the ceiling portion of this task. This was all basically from found lumber. The sheets of plywood came from a friend who no Read More …
Some Kick Drum EQ Tips
More notes to myself… (and the other bedroom producers out there.) These are some of the Kick Drum EQ Tips from some recent videos. I have yet to test these out, so YMMV. With the bass drum there could almost be a problem around 300 Hz to 600 Hz. Check the EQ. How do the Read More …
Drum Room Project :: Hang Some Curtains
Drums can be quite loud, especially when you have a spouse, children, and various animals in your house as well. The dog is not fond of the drum set at all. My thinking, as flawed as it may be, is that it will take many layers of objects and surfaces, along with types and angles in Read More …
Notes :: Tune the Drums
When you are tuning drums make sure that you do cross tension. Meaning that you start with the lug nut furthest across from you give it a 1/2 a turn, then go across from that do half a turn, across from that half a turn. It ends up being a star pattern on the drums.. Read More …
Snare Drum Tricks
Tip 1 Spend the majority of your time on the kick and snare. These are the heart and pulse of the song. They are the most changed by microphone position and EQ. Get as close as possible to the sound you want on the original recording. Tip 2 Try adding a chorus to your snare Read More …