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I should clarify. By "Live Drums", I mean an actual acoustic drum set in a studio setting, as opposed to a drum machine or triggered drums. Thanks.

I was curious if the people here who record live drums a lot recommend gating during the recording process, or capturing the "full ring" during recording and gating during mixdown for maximum flexibility. I can see advantages and disadvantages to each approach. Which method do you find gives...

I was just curious what's generating the drum samples you're using. I've never heard a sampled tom that sounded much like a real tom, but the toms on your song probably come the closest. :) CT

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I have given some thought to making some figures. All that text looks so BORING! :) The article is meant to discuss programming things like the Boss, Alesis and other self-contained drum machines. I've not worked with the MIDI controlled modules, so I don't...

Hey. With the obvious risks in mind, I've written another article aimed at giving some tips to beginners out there. http://www.hotterthankarl.com/CharlesThomas/drum_machine_tips.htm You're all welcome to read it and comment on it if you like, but I'd like to say that "constructive...

Boy, maybe I'm in over my head here, but I think you can get patch bays that have all balanced jacks. And I always thought you could plug unbalanced stuff into balanced jacks without problem. I've done it with TRS balanced jacks before on rack units. You don't get the interference...

Is "What are you on about?" also an Aussie expression? I've only heard the British use it. No offense intended (I know that Aussies and Brits don't exactly love each other)... just curious. CT - Who has worked with many Brits and a few Aussies.

>I agree totally that a nice Twin Reverb amp would have been just the right flavor for it. It's a matter of taste, but I just love the Fender clean sound (Deluxe Reverb, Twin, or even the Showman). Especially with a Strat! >But, the band really wanted a sort of flat, overcompressed guitar...

I listened to "The Remains" and "Sewerworks". I found the first song sonically interesting and diverse, although for an instrumental I thought it was just a touch repetetive to stand being over four minutes long. Personally, I would have tightened up the structure a bit, but that's just my...

My $0.02. Please don't read more into it than that! The clean guitar in the intro is a little sterile and compressed-sounding in my opinion (I'm more of a Fender clean sound fan), but the dirty guitars have a nice thickness to them that I like despite the fact that the actual tone is just a...

I don't think S8-N said he doesn't like the bass tone. I think he said that the group doesn't sound as good live as they do in the studio. Lots of bands fall into that category. Have you ever heard "Third Eye Blind", "Lit", or "Blink 182" live? For my $0.02, I'd say the bass tone reminds me...

Yeah, I remember noting this when I first heard the bass on this. There's something "direct input" and "squashed" about the bass sound. It ends up sounding a little fake somehow, and not enough like strings and wood... ya know? However, there's nothing that doesn't work about it. It's just a...

Warning: Just my $0.02. There's something Howard Jones meets ... ahhhgghh... who was that guy who did "Rokkit"? ... about this. It's got a "Ain't Nothing Gonna Break My Stride", early 80's fun vibe to it. Very cool synth and vocal work. A couple suggestions. I would mix the hi-hat up...

Warning: Just my $0.02. There's something Howard Jones meets ... ahhhgghh... who was that guy who did "Rokkit"? ... about this. It's got a "Ain't Nothing Gonna Break My Stride", early 80's fun vibe to it. Very cool synth and vocal work. A couple suggestions. I would mix the hi-hat up...

>You might want to check out the Shure KSM32 I think I saw one of these at Full Compass this morning when I was picking up my "Tube Pac" preamp. Large diaphragm, champagne-colored thing, yes? I think they had it listed "on sale" at $542, which means I could probably get it for a little less...

I have a Fostex D-160 that has a built-in MIDI clock that I can use for a metronome. The unit can base cut/paste/edit functions on the MIDI clock, but can also perform said functions using absolute time (down to milliseconds). I'm not going to be doing any sequencing, nor driving of any MIDI...

> am assuimg then this means that really it's the power section that defines the characteristics and tonality of an amp? Nah, it's a pretty equal partnership. The preamp is where your sound and tonality is shaped, and where your gain is generated. The power amp section adds its own flavor to...

Just my $0.02... :D I don't know what capabilities your drum machine has, but mine (SR-16) has four outputs available. What I usually do is group it into "dry left", "dry right", "wet left" and "wet right". You can record drums onto two tracks if you don't have four available until mixdown...

>First, play the song for him. >Then, have a typed statement that's something like this.... Not that it's the ETHICAL thing to do (for the ethical thing to do, see the quoted passage above), but if you have the copyright and he, later, decides to contest it for his share of the royalties...

Now that I think about it... the Alesis manual can be download from their web site: http://www.alesis.com/downloads/manuals/3630_man.pdf So you can get the info without even buying the thing! :D CT