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[LSD-Studio]

That's a good idea, thanks! The only problem is that it is very different in different programs. I know how to do it in Pro Tools with using the playlists, but haven't found a good way to do it in Cubase/Nuendo. Any suggestions?

that's why I love Cubase.

Stack recording!
set your tracks to "lanes fixed" and you'll be seeing the different takes on top of each other, just highlight'em, cut, delete the section of the take you don't like, crossfade. done.

mom, gonna take some screenshots

 

[LSD-Studio]

Here you go:

(names of the tracks aren't correct (I just copied them to show it to you, usually they'd be like "kick take1", "kick take" etc.


so in this case 3 takes, stack-recorded. to see it like that switch to "lanes fixed"

now just cut at the beat where you wanna have the separate thingies

bow delete the takes you don't need (note that the lowest take is always green, the other ones are grey...the green one is the one you're hearing, that's why it'd even be enough to delete or mute the take BeLOW (newer) the one you wanna use, I usually delete all unncessairy takes tho, keeps the project cleaner)

Hilight all and hit "x" (crossfade), if necessairy adjust the xfade by dragging it

consolidate

switch to "lanes off" to disable the stack-view

that way you compile your drums in a couple of minutes per song.

 

[Daunt]

Holy shit! Thanks LSD! I will try that.

 

[Daunt]

Alright, here's a little teaser for you guys. It's from the upcoming drum recording guide.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Tell me the hardest parts of drum recording? If I don't know the solutions, I will try to find them

My money's on getting the drummer to count to 4 properly & to stop hitting like a little girl.

 

[colonel kurtz]

 

[Daunt]

My money's on getting the drummer to count to 4 properly & to stop hitting like a little girl.

Ok, the solution would be to change the drummer Hey Oz, I've been checking your drum guide while writing my own. Great stuff! Lots of good info there. My approach will be a little different. Not much though.

 

[Fivestringcult]

My money's on getting the drummer to count to 4 properly & to stop hitting like a little girl.

In my short amount of experience, I've found you can usually tell a bad drummer from how threatened he feels by DKFH.

 

[Daunt]

I'm drawing figures. I have overheads, snare, kick, toms and ambience ready. Anything else needed?

 

[Daunt]

Ok, the final table of contents for the drum recording guide. Metaltastic did a great job on the proofreading. Thanks! I will try to have this online few days after christmas.

Aggressive Drums: The Recording Guide

• Forewords
• Drummer
  • Drums
  • Drumheads
• Drum Tuning
• Cymbals
• Recording Room
• Choosing the Right Microphone and Placement
  • Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Kick Drum
  • Toms
  • Ambience
  • Drum Triggers
• Things to Do Before the Recording
  • Setting the Levels
  • Building a Headphone Mix and a Tempo Map
  • Sampling the Drumkit
• Combining the Takes
• Microphone Preamps and Pre-Processing
• Final Words
• Sources

 

[Fivestringcult]

Looking forward to reading this. It'll be cool to see what different approaches there are to the guide Oz posted, and to pick and choose from the different ideas.

 

[Daunt]

The drum recording guide is online! I opened a new thread for it. Check it out here.

 

[MetalWorks]

I think your guides are excellent.

Appreciate the time you put into it.

I hope to see many other guides covering bass, vocals, mastering.

 

[Daunt]

The next guide will most likely be:

Extreme Master Bus Processing

It will cover mostly saturation and compression.

 

[Manicompression]

im excited to read that, its one subject i really dont know enough about, and im curious what you would shoot for in general for different effects/problems/situations as i am impressed by your mixes. keep em coming bro

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

The next guide will most likely be:

Extreme Master Bus Processing

It will cover mostly saturation and compression.

It's getting better and better Can't wait!

 

[Jaymz]

Aggressive Guitar Techniques!

 

[MetalWorks]

The next guide will most likely be:

Extreme Master Bus Processing

It will cover mostly saturation and compression.

Sounds awesome.

Cant wait.

 

[Metaltastic]

The next guide will most likely be:

Extreme Master Bus Processing

It will cover mostly saturation and compression.

FUCK YEAH dude, I don't know dick about that - and if you need a proofreader for it as well, I'm still on it!

 

[Daunt]

FUCK YEAH dude, I don't know dick about that - and if you need a proofreader for it as well, I'm still on it!

We have a deal Thanks!