What's been working great for me lately is turning the lugs on the snare as tight as will go and then detuning the 2 bottom lugs.
Using the snare channel just for attack and reverb for body/decay.
On the snare channel I just use a gate and transient designer and call it a day.
And for the kick, the Jaw Tuning + Credit Card + Penny has been working wonders.
Still can't tune toms worth a damn lol, so Metal Machine!
4. For the kick I tune it JUST ABOVE WRINKLE (jaw) glue/tape a credit card to the head and then a penny to the credit card.
My honest interpretation of this nonsense:
1. Take snare tighten all lugs as hard as I can, then on ONLY 2 lugs on the bottom head I losen them.
2. I take the direct mic from that hot mess and put a gate on it first, I make sure it just sounds like a blip attack no decay. It's a very sharp sound that cuts off abruptly. Then I take a transient designer and do lord knows what, probably turn up the attack even MOAR.
3. I take a reverb and put it on that bullshit I just described but I put a pre delay like as motherfucker so it just covers the decay of the snare. Kind of like a derpy ghost sound for yo snare.
4. For the kick I tune it JUST ABOVE WRINKLE (jaw) glue/tape a credit card to the head and then a penny to the credit card.
5. I can't actually tune drums worth a shit so I just sample everything else.
That about it?
The 2 lugs on the top skin and using a coated head, i was drunk when i posted this hahaha
I like to put my snare under water and hit it with a knife. It has to be a knife because a stick will not go through the water as quickly. The downside is the head has to be tossed after I'm done.
I lower a mic into the water (sm57) putting 2 non lubricated condoms on it to keep it dry.
Then I mix that in with a shotgun blast I recorded out in a field at my grandfathers farm. I used a q3 with a foam windscreen for that. I used 3" magnum buckshot loads in a 12 gauge.
Then I mix those two with a regular snare and put the star wars theme playing through headphones (the small earbud kind) into the snare drum itself through the port hole. I use a strong amp and play it quite loud in there.
Then I drop trou and make the guy playing the drum part stare at my bare ass while he plays, a few chuckles get into the mix but that's how I roll.
I like to put my snare under water and hit it with a knife. It has to be a knife because a stick will not go through the water as quickly. The downside is the head has to be tossed after I'm done.
I lower a mic into the water (sm57) putting 2 non lubricated condoms on it to keep it dry.
Then I mix that in with a shotgun blast I recorded out in a field at my grandfathers farm. I used a q3 with a foam windscreen for that. I used 3" magnum buckshot loads in a 12 gauge.
Then I mix those two with a regular snare and put the star wars theme playing through headphones (the small earbud kind) into the snare drum itself through the port hole. I use a strong amp and play it quite loud in there.
Then I drop trou and make the guy playing the drum part stare at my bare ass while he plays, a few chuckles get into the mix but that's how I roll.