RE: Drum machine PRE AMP???

["William Edmondson" <edmondson5@comcast.net>]

Nice job!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Baldwin [mailto:coyotelk@optonline.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:22 AM
> To: Rick Walker; Adam Hart; LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)
> Subject: Re: Drum machine PRE AMP???
> 
> Adam Hart wrote:
> > Any thoughts or advice as to how to process
> > the [drum machine] sound before it hits my PA?""
> 
> ...to which Rick Walker replied with some of the best advice you'll find
> anywhere.
> I would humbly add the following:
> 
> 1) Rick wrote: > remember that drummers tend to have one hand stronger
> than
> another hand.
> When I program prominent fills on snare or toms, I often take the time to
> set up two different pads for each drum - a "left hand" pad and a "right
> hand" pad. The left will be marginally softer and tuned marginally
> differently. I will also offset the left hand so it's just a bit slower
> (2%-5%) than a perfect subdivision of the beat. Sounds human to me!
> 
> 2) Another "humanizing" trick is to record the bass and ride (cymbal/hi-
> hat)
> WITH quantization, and the snare WITHOUT.
> 
> 3) Pull out some CDs with great drum tracks and A/B your patterns. Tune,
> tune, tune those drums to match what you hear. Balance, balance, balance
> too.
> 
> 4) Overlay multiple drums with very slight offsets to get more reality. 
>My
> favorite "sandwich" is a piccolo snare tuned down a bit for snap, a
> timbale
> for ring, and a way down-tuned deep snare, mixed very softly, for snare
> rattle.
> 
> 5) Don't pan too hard left or right.
> 
> I only have two tunes on my web site, but they both have drum machine
> tracks.
> Here are links:
> 
>http://www.thecoyote.org/index.cfm?go=1&component=music-download&id=173686
> 
>http://www.thecoyote.org/index.cfm?go=1&component=music-download&id=105737
> No, they're not looping tracks, so sue me for off-topic content ;-)
> 
> Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
> www.thecoyote.org
> coyotelk@optonline.net
> 
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