i was just wondering your (un?)professional oppinion on the sound of your snair drum. depending on where and how u hit it, you get a more "poppy" sound as opposed to a more dull sound. do you think it's better to have a consistent sound? like, a lot of band's snair sounds sound different a bunch of times throughout the same song. i was listening to the beginning of the song "blackwater park" by opeth, and sometimes the snair is realy accented and pops, other times it's pretty dull, and i think if it was consistently "poppy" the song would be that much better. and if you're in the studio recording this, shouldn't you make sure you're sound is consistent? or am i just anal cuz im a drummer myself and no one else cares about somehting as insignificant as this? your thoughts, if any, on this?
question for drummer falsetodd
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FuSoYa
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Overly-Cryptic Jake
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ezekiel, like you i used to have the same doubt...i listened to many songs (live and studio versions) and notice that studio versions are full of overbubs, triggers and stuff...when you see the live perfomances, all those effects, different sounds (hi-hats, snares...) don't happen...
FuSoYa
Lunarian
true. i was just wondering if anyone preferred a more consistent sound, or if they didn't even notice.
VangelicSurgeon
Three Star General
it's stupid to use overdubs and crap, but at least try to make it sound as consistent as possible, i think.
avi
W3RK3R
it's easy to see how consistent of a drummer you are if you use coated heads b/c you can see the marks you leave.
FrostGiant
Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper
I think it's about control over your kit. You need to be able to control when you want the tone, volume, attack, etc. to change. And yeah, triggers suck.
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FrostGiant
Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper
deadair
Overly-Cryptic Jake
FrostGiant
Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper
FuSoYa
Lunarian
I like drum overdubs! There's so much you can do with them- drum overdubs can accomplish a sound that no drummer can do on their own, and that should be embraced.
The same way MIDI can do things that no instrumentalist can do. You just have to know how to do it the right way.
And the same way that afro-cuban drumming needs like 12 people each playing a very simple rhythm on different drums. It's impossible to replicate with just one person.
The same way MIDI can do things that no instrumentalist can do. You just have to know how to do it the right way.
And the same way that afro-cuban drumming needs like 12 people each playing a very simple rhythm on different drums. It's impossible to replicate with just one person.
speaking of drum overdubs, that's another thing i wanted to ask. on stones of october's sobbering, i think, is there an overdub of a ride cymbal part? i forget exactly where, past the middle part. i can't exactly remember.
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first disc i recorded with ND, we used an engineer who did pretty much all death metal stuff, and he triggered practically everything (snare, bass drums, toms). His live room had carpet and padded walls, and was totally dead- no resonance. He even put O-rings on the snares/toms and MADE THEM STICK WITH VASOLINE- assumably to deaden the sound of the natural drum to make the trigger work better. Pretty much all LIFE in the actual drum sound (which was a real nice, tight basic jazz kit- that drummer was phenomenal- learned all the songs in like 1 month) was stripped and replaced with fake sounding triggers.
When he started VASOLINE-ing the drummer's kit, the drummer looked at him like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, YOU PERV!?!"
first disc i recorded with ND, we used an engineer who did pretty much all death metal stuff, and he triggered practically everything (snare, bass drums, toms). His live room had carpet and padded walls, and was totally dead- no resonance. He even put O-rings on the snares/toms and MADE THEM STICK WITH VASOLINE- assumably to deaden the sound of the natural drum to make the trigger work better. Pretty much all LIFE in the actual drum sound (which was a real nice, tight basic jazz kit- that drummer was phenomenal- learned all the songs in like 1 month) was stripped and replaced with fake sounding triggers.
When he started VASOLINE-ing the drummer's kit, the drummer looked at him like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, YOU PERV!?!"
avi
W3RK3R
death metal drum recordings = usually the worst shite ever
er, make that most metal recordings in general. that's one of the big reasons I don't listen to more metal actually.
er, make that most metal recordings in general. that's one of the big reasons I don't listen to more metal actually.
