Is this wot you drummers do?

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Am I losin it or what? I'm a guitarist mainly, but for the past 9 months recording drums for my own stuff has been a real passion. I used to spend most of my time tracking new stuff but these days I am obsessed with getting the best possible sound out of my drums to the point of madness. It is nothing for me to spend 4 or 5 hours playing something on the drums, stopping, listening, tweaking, playing stopping.......blah blah blah. I get a great sound and vow to leave EVERYTHING where it is FOREVER and then next time change it again. Nothing seems to get my rocks off more than getting it right with the drumsound. I assume this will pass......well ...does it pass?? Any body else feel like they have been possessed by a snare drum demon?
 
It does not pass.
This is only the beginning.
In twenty years...you'll be like me.
 
TheBigGiantHead said:
It does not pass.
This is only the beginning.
In twenty years...you'll be like me.
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surely not..........your saying he'll end up a complete twat :D :D :D
 
slidey said:
surely not..........your saying he'll end up a complete twat :D :D :D
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For God's sake man!! PUT THE STICKS DOWN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

We don't need any more dicks!!!!
 
Oh, wait! You said twat.

Big the big giant dick said he'd be like him...

I'm confused! How can you be a dick and a twat at the same time? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Not that he hasn't found the way...
 
PhilGood said:
For God's sake man!! PUT THE STICKS DOWN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

We don't need any more dicks!!!!
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you talkin' to me sharky?? :cool:
 
PhilGood said:
Oh, wait! You said twat.

Big the big giant dick said he'd be like him...

I'm confused! How can you be a dick and a twat at the same time? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Not that he hasn't found the way...
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dick's a twat with his head up his ass :D
 
PhilGood said:
I didn't say it didn't take talent! :D
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HAHA.................I'm sure biggiantheadfuck has all the talent it takes :D :D :D

I still reckon people should good rep BGH as a matter of course, for being so damn good at slagging people into the ground :D
 
Im hearing words like big giant twat with my dick up my own arse, is that that drummer talk for ...sorry mate ya doomed?
 
PhilGood said:
Oh, wait! You said twat.


I'm confused! How can you be a dick and a twat at the same time? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Cheney seems to have pulled it off :)
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L mandrake said:
Am I losin it or what? I'm a guitarist mainly, but for the past 9 months recording drums for my own stuff has been a real passion. I used to spend most of my time tracking new stuff but these days I am obsessed with getting the best possible sound out of my drums to the point of madness. It is nothing for me to spend 4 or 5 hours playing something on the drums, stopping, listening, tweaking, playing stopping.......blah blah blah. I get a great sound and vow to leave EVERYTHING where it is FOREVER and then next time change it again. Nothing seems to get my rocks off more than getting it right with the drumsound. I assume this will pass......well ...does it pass?? Any body else feel like they have been possessed by a snare drum demon?
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Wow- I wish there were more like you around here! Yeah, it's an addiction like everything else. The ultimate drum sound. The Holy Grail. Getting it the best you can get it. It's a never-ending quest.

Become a drum-tech, there's too few of them in the world and in high demand.

Cheers, Rez
 
L mandrake said:
Am I losin it or what? I'm a guitarist mainly, but for the past 9 months recording drums for my own stuff has been a real passion. I used to spend most of my time tracking new stuff but these days I am obsessed with getting the best possible sound out of my drums to the point of madness. It is nothing for me to spend 4 or 5 hours playing something on the drums, stopping, listening, tweaking, playing stopping.......blah blah blah. I get a great sound and vow to leave EVERYTHING where it is FOREVER and then next time change it again. Nothing seems to get my rocks off more than getting it right with the drumsound. I assume this will pass......well ...does it pass?? Any body else feel like they have been possessed by a snare drum demon?
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I'm totally with ya man. I'm mainly a guitarist too but have also been obsessed with THE drum sound. To the point that my guitar playing is getting rusty. BUT, my drummng is getting pretty good. :D

And no...it does not pass. But it will get better.
I think the biggest factor, for me, on getting alot closer to THE sound was treating my room. Made a big difference. Well, that and learning to tune them... :rolleyes:
Then getting some good closed cans helped with my comp settings and stuff. (I found I like the Senn HD 280's for this.)

Good luck man...let the obsession reign supreme! :)
 
i was trying to think of something smartassy to say, but its not coming to me....

hey big fuckhead or whoever you are- you dont get much pussy, do you?? why dont you loosen up a bit and be nice or something.. oh yeah, nice guys are pussys right?? but atleast they get laid...
 
Meh, I think it is a personality thing really. Some guys are totally after that holy grail sound be it in guitars or drums or whatever. I settled on a sound about 8 years ago and haven't looked back. I would rather play than beat my head against the wall chasing something that doesn't exist. However I will say... working in a drum pro shop for 6 years I saw all the big boys come through on the clinic circuit and a good player can make a trash can and pie plates sound good.
 
what brand of trash can and what alloy are the pie plates made.. should I put a bit of reverb on that?
 
i suggest compressing the cans 8:1 at -9.6db, attack at 200ms and release at 600ms.

EQ the plates with a low pass filter around 160hz and a boost at 3.5khz.

then take a banjo and place it behind a nice condensor mic and let the lead singer sing into the mic- frickin awesome effect...
 
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