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ziplock43 said:
ziplock43 said:
)Thats exactly how I do it. I record everything "for real" to a click, and add the drums last playing along to the music and the click. I guess drums are my main instrument, so I'm comfortable doing it that way. Like RAMI said, if anything needs to be touched up later on the music tracks, I can go back and take care of it. I also do it this way because I live in a house full of women and drums are loud and obnoxious. I'ts not unusual for me to have all the bass and guitar tracks done for 4 or 5 different songs. Then when time permits (the wife and kids leave), I'll try to lay down the drums for those 4 or 5 songs in one sitting.RAMI said:Hehe....I know it's not conventional, but I, like Greg, also do my drums last, in a sense. I do all my tracks (guitar, bass, vocals) to a click track (a simple drum machine beat, actually). Then I do my drums, playing to the tracks, with the simple drum machine track as my click.
I might then go back and re-do some tracks if they need to be changed due to the drum track. But I don't consider the original tracks as "dummy" tracks. I record them for real (not pretend
Like anything else, it takes practice. And if you have to ask yourself if something will be "noticeable"....chances are it will be.
Greg_L said:
Well I can only speak for myself obviously, but I mainly just do cover songs, so I already know how to play and what I'm doing before I hit record. For the few things I have written, its all pretty straightforward up-tempo rock. There's not much "groove" to fall into, so knocking out the drums last is no big deal. I'm also pretty methodical and damn near anal about recording precisely to a click, and I have no problems playing drums to a click, so as long as I'm hearing that click, the drums fall right in line with everything else. One thing I do usually do though is to turn the bass guitar up while I'm tracking the drums. Mainly just to hear whats going on, but it does sort of allow me to get that "groove" thing going in a roundabout ass-backwards way. It's just how I do it.Llarion said:
Greg_L said:Well I can only speak for myself obviously, but I mainly just do cover songs, so I already know how to play and what I'm doing before I hit record. For the few things I have written, its all pretty straightforward up-tempo rock. There's not much "groove" to fall into, so knocking out the drums last is no big deal. I'm also pretty methodical and damn near anal about recording precisely to a click, and I have no problems playing drums to a click, so as long as I'm hearing that click, the drums fall right in line with everything else. One thing I do usually do though is to turn the bass guitar up while I'm tracking the drums. Mainly just to hear whats going on, but it does sort of allow me to get that "groove" thing going in a roundabout ass-backwards way. It's just how I do it.
Very cool. That's some good credentials. Ace is the man. I'm more of a KISS-Ace fan than a Frehley's Comet guy, but all Ace is good Ace with me.Llarion said:
Greg_L said:Very cool. That's some good credentials. Ace is the man. I'm more of a KISS-Ace fan than a Frehley's Comet guy, but all Ace is good Ace with me.
As for my meter and rudiments, I think I do have pretty good timing. I'm very consistent on the beat. I maybe could be a human metronome. Lol. As for rudiments, I don't know a paradiddle from a flim-flam. I just bang on the drums.