and so these drums are generally tuned to different tones. Percussion instruments do not have the clarity of pitch found in the wind and stringed instruments, but the more drums there are, the more important tu
Before you set up microphones, have someone play the drums while you walk around the kit and make sure the hardware is tight and noise free—the kick pedal is often a “squeak culprit”—and that the toms, kick and snare are well tuned and do not produce snare rattles and hums, or di...
There is no universal law for EQ-ing drums, and balancing the frequencies will depend on the specific sound of your recording. However, we will give you a drum EQ cheat sheet for all drum parts, which you can use as a referencewhen you start mixing. This knowledge will allow you to mi...
The short answer is that “sound” is how we, through our ears and the rest of our bodies, experience vibration. We feel these patterns, waves, of high and low pressure that cause our ear drums to move in and out repeatedly. When we think of musical notes what we’re describing are ...
The genre’s house and techno influences bring huge drums into the mix, especially in drift phonk. Producers will often juxtapose heavy four-on-the-floor house kicks, claps and hats with low-key hip-hopdrum programming. So if you want to produce interesting phonk music, learn how to program...
In the last section, we saw that traditional speakers produce sound by pushing and pulling an electromagnet attached to a flexible cone. Although drivers are all based on the same concept, there is a wide range in driver size and power. The basic driver types are: Woofers Tweeters Midrange ...
Getting to know your equipment is one of the most important things you need to do as a drummer. The main parts of drums are the head, shell, and hardware that hold the parts together and enable tuning of the drums, such as rim, tuning screws, and lugs. Each of these parts is usuall...
The stethoscope picks up sound much as our eardrums do. The big difference is in how the sound arrives there. Variations Some modern twists on the traditional acoustic stethoscope include the tunable diaphragm, which combines the bell and the diaphragm on one side of the chestpiece; noise-...
Some genres of electronic music demand that drums emulate live musicians. Others seem to benefit from beats with machine-like accuracy. Get tips on how to produce humanized drums and dehumanized drums.
Sound swells travel through the air, water, and solid objects as climate. When they reach our cognizance, these swells make the delicate skin of the eardrums joggle. The air motes joggle as the sound moves through the air. In our voice box, oral cords joggle to produce the sound and ...