Hello everyone, my name is Noah and I am new to this forum! I have been doing music for over a decade now and have just started my home recording studio. I am currently running Logic Pro 9 using reason in rewire for certain synth sounds and sometimes using redrum vs hyper editing in logic.

Not sure if this is the right forum, but i'll start here.

What do you do for drum tuning, muffling, dampening for the best sound prior to recording?

• MoonGels
• Rings
• Duck tape
• Pillow

How do you listen to drums before micing. What do you listen for?

This is a great Article by Shure it covers so many things.

Its called live sound techniques but a lot of this could also be a great help in the recording studio.

It covers things like Pick up patterns, Placement and even things like NAG Equations.

Has anyone ever tried putting a heavy weight inside a kick drum (on a pillow) before? I was assisting on a session where a very reputable engineer/producer did this. He said the weight lowers the resonance of the drum and essentially makes the kick sound more tight. The weight also acted as a flat surface to place a Beta 91 inside of the kick.

I recently bought a mid seventies Ampex 1" eight track. I'm growing weary of endless options, and I want to take a step back from digital world, and make and commit to decisions during the tracking process.

I wanted to create a topic where we can share drum recording techniques. I'll give an overview of some of the stuff I do at my studio but would love to hear what othert techniques people are using.

Hello,
I've been listening to different recordings to listen for guitar sounds, and I am really in love with the guitar sounds on Senses Fail's Still Searching. Does anyone know what type of mics, a/d, daw, or anything used in the recording of these guitars?
Thank you.

Greetings All,

I just bought a DVD teaching SONAR by ASK Video and it was just terrific. It was a hands-on encyclopedia of almost every window and application shown on screen for that software program, which made it clearer than any book could ever be.