Recent content by Nolly

I'm chasing up the cab micing audio issue again now, apologies, I definitely expected it to be resolved now since we captured the audio correctly.

Seems like a great concept for a gigging drummer that needs to quickly change vibes, and even under the microphone it doesn't seem to present the problems I assumed it would... but I'll stick to conventional tuning methods.

These days I generally like to compress post-distortion so the level of saturation is dynamic dependent on how you play, and also means you can use more gain without it getting too mushy - distorting the already-compressed signal has a different sound and tends to be dirtier. I have just...

Has anyone had a go at mixing the jam passages that were included with the sample files by any chance?

I'm not sure what is up with the audio on the bonus video but I have messaged the show producer and hopefully they will rectify that ASAP. The samples/jam clips are up now, I'd love to hear what you guys do with them!

Yes, home is in the UK for me still

Yeah they go through and trim out unnecessary gaps, as well as neatening any awkward audio transitions as best as possible (it's hard to remember to wait between finishing talking and hitting a drum, or not to talk over the playback etc - the lav mic sounds terrible for that stuff and a guy is...

Thanks for your support! Only you can decide if it's worth it for you, but I will say having witnessed the operation from the inside, all of their on-location workshops are major endeavours for CreativeLive: expenses alone include flying Matt and I in (internationally in my case), renting all...

Thanks! 1 - I tend to prefer VTM on individual tracks, it's just the mood I'm in currently! The mixbuss modules tend to be more coloured than the channel modules, so I find I get nice enhancement just using those on instrument busses; there is one on the mixbuss too, if you catch the very...

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed the session. I, of course, have learned a lot from this forum over the years so I'm happy to spread that knowledge if I can. Cheers!

It depended on what the exact issue was. If there was a massive china hit straight out a fill then I may just crossfade the natural floor tom attack into a sample (of the same drum) for the sustain. Occasionally Matt would hit a light floor tom as an accent while riding the china or stack, and...

Thanks for all the comments guys, it's fun to see what you've made of the albums. Re: the snare/samples - There really isn't any snare sample in there at all, funnily enough the cymbal bleed on snare hits is quite obvious to me on some songs, it's actually something that I think I can improve...

Cool resource to have! I've been moving towards heavier strings over the last year or so. These days I'm using 10-52 in standard, 11-56 in Eb, and 12-60 in D, on both 25" and 25.5" scales. I find myself preferring thicker necks too, and I think both factors have had a really positive impact on...

No worries. The 545 really brings out the 170-200Hz body and top end air in the snare and generally sounds less congested, I feel like it's exactly other manufacturers are going for when they do their "improved" 57 models but kinda miss the mark. I'm going to use it on snare for my next drum...

Cool, yeah that's about what I find with mine - slightly airier, less pinched in the presence area, more low mid but less overall low end. This alternates between SM57 and Unidye 545 on a snare, I really like the 545 here - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/790683/57%20vs%20Unidyne.wav