Snare drum production techniques Tag

Mixing Conga & Sitar– EQ, Panning, Compression and Reverb

Conga is a wonderful piece of percussion instrument with its unique tribal sound. In this tutorial you will learn the methods on how to mix conga and apply EQ, panning, compression and reverb. Analyzing the frequencies of Conga Before formulating the c …

Micing and Recording a Cajon or Acoustic Percussion Drum Box Tips

This post illustrates a method on how you can record a cajon or acoustic drum box. To further illustrate the complexity; consider an acoustic live band scenario where the cajon is recorded together with other musical instruments such as a bass guitar. …

Drum Frequencies of Kick Bass Drum, Hi Hats, Snare and Crash Cymbals

Hi, I’ve subscribed to your website and it has really been helpful. I am based in Africa and in my country there isn’t any legitimate sound engineering school. I’ve been making beats for about 8 years now. I would like to know the basic standard freque …

How to Record Drums with 4 mics-Drum Tracking Tutorial |Adobe Audition

A question from a reader on this blog: “I have recorded live drum using a 4 channel mixer and 4 mics via adobe audition 3.. but the sound is not clear enough… im new to this so plz help me out…..” Recording Steps OK, since it looks like you have the co …

Snare Drum EQ, Compression and Panning Mixing Tips

One of the most powerful elements in the rock drum mixing session are the snare drums. In fact, great rock songs are often associated with unique snare drum sound which we often remember throughout the years. Snare drum mixing of the music by Led Zeppe …