Can or have you ever recorded drums part by part..............

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chadsxe said:
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Have you ever actually done this, or are these educated assumptions?
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I do it all the time. I am constantly doing something like this or quantizing audio, or cutting and pasting different takes together. You can gate everything but the cymbals if you have to. The cymbals will give an edit away faster than anything.
 
If it's possible for you to make pre-production guide track cd for the drummer to practice to, with the click loud and vox+vital instruments mixed low, I reckon you will get a much better result.

I have often done this for free (it doesn't take long), to minimize drum tracking hell later on, when the drummer in question is not used to a click.

P.S. Make sure he has decent headphones... I've borrowed my Extreme Isolation cans to many a non head-a-ball drummer(narrows it down a bit dunnit:).
 
Did it last night

i recorded drums last night part by part. i wrote a fast thrash/metalcore song and i couldnt do it all at once cuz i wasnt used to the song yet. but anyways it turned out fine. just recorded the next part on the next track. i didnt copy and paste the same parts i just played them again, then after i just trimmed up the empty parts of the tracks and moved them all onto one track. i didnt use a click track and i didnt use headphones i just listened to the monitors, cuz i only got one big room to work in. no control room/ recording room. did it verse Stop. Chorus Stop. like that kinda

(PS. i use Cool Edit Pro 2.1)
 
EdWonbass said:
Has anyone here ever tried doing one drum at a time. I would be concerned with all the parts meshing correctly. If each drum hit could be recorded as a midi event that would be a different story. I would assume you could quantize the events and every thing would line up.
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If I'm not mistaken,Metallica's "Ride the Lightning""Master of Puppets" and "..And Justice for All" were recorded largely one drum at a time!Back when Flemming Rassmussen was producing them and before Bob Rock ruined the magic!!
 
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