At school I was into History not maths. Numbers and formulas weren't floating any of my boats and still don't. So anyway move countries leave my drums, learn that I can play guitar and sing a bit. Ok cool. Write some songs, buy a Fostex 4 track (outgrow the four track) and buy me a 'nice en perty' Yamaha AW16G - digital workstation. Plan to take a week or so to learn how to use it, and here we are some 10 months later and I reackon I've got 15% of it sussed.
The AW has some fine drum loops but for a drummer in a guitarists disguise they don't cut it. So I'm borrowing a kit from a friend of mine in a week to lay down four tracks or so and have hired a mic for each of the AWs simultaneous inputs - 2 OHs, Rack Tom, Floor Tom, Snare, Kick, HHs and room. I then plan to mix these down to 3 tracks. The AW has 16. So anyway the hirer guy talks to me matter of factly about gating and limiting and of course I go..."oh yeah, sure..."
So get home and open up my Thesauras-like manual for the AW check out gates, ducking, compressing, companding etc and let out a wail a wolf would be proud of. Shit this is maths!!!! Graphs and equations...eeecckkkk.
Can anyone let me know in the most laymens of laymens terms what I should be doing re: gating the drums. What have you done in the past and just what is the concept.
I'm sorry that I have to finish up here...the nurse is calling me, I have got my next patient all ready to go, what with me being a brain surgeon and all.
Cheers
Sax
PS any AW16G 'ers out there?
The AW has some fine drum loops but for a drummer in a guitarists disguise they don't cut it. So I'm borrowing a kit from a friend of mine in a week to lay down four tracks or so and have hired a mic for each of the AWs simultaneous inputs - 2 OHs, Rack Tom, Floor Tom, Snare, Kick, HHs and room. I then plan to mix these down to 3 tracks. The AW has 16. So anyway the hirer guy talks to me matter of factly about gating and limiting and of course I go..."oh yeah, sure..."
So get home and open up my Thesauras-like manual for the AW check out gates, ducking, compressing, companding etc and let out a wail a wolf would be proud of. Shit this is maths!!!! Graphs and equations...eeecckkkk.
Can anyone let me know in the most laymens of laymens terms what I should be doing re: gating the drums. What have you done in the past and just what is the concept.
I'm sorry that I have to finish up here...the nurse is calling me, I have got my next patient all ready to go, what with me being a brain surgeon and all.
Cheers
Sax
PS any AW16G 'ers out there?