ManInMotion711
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Will do fancypants. And yea I heard that the inner piece that holds all the dampening rings breaks easily
I really like the power stroke 3 head. I used emads for a long time, but they were kind if thin sounding compared to the power strokes. I have always hated Aquarian heads. Always too thick and dead. (at least the models everyone came to the studio with)
remo ux
Sounds decent on my snare atm. I did wanna try something new though
I feel completely ridiculous asking this question cause theres so many different ways but im at a loss. How Do you tune and or EQ your kick drum to give it alot of punch and good tone. Again i know this is a very dumb question but ive been at it for days and i cant seem to get it right. Ive tried every mic placement idea i can think of, ive tried different ways of tuning my kick, ive tried various forms of eqing it and i cant get anything close to the sound im looking for, I know alot of it has to do with the room im in and the heads i use and the mic im using as well. Im using a Chad Smith custom Pearl. So a 22x18 maple bass drum. batter head an aquarian Super Kick 2. and for the mic a CAD D10. Playing in a carpeted room with a couch and some beds. Room isnt sound proofing treated ( or how ever you say it ). Any help would be greatly appreciated, and i love me some sarcasm
You have to start with a perfect sounding bass drum. First move around while the drummer plays quarter notes and find the best location for the mic. Then place the mic there and create a tunnel of carpet over stands to keep other sounds from coloring the bass drum sound. To fix an already wimpy sound, copy the track twice so you have three. Then put a parametric eq on each. On number one, tune for the bottom using the "Q" to isolate the tone at about 100 Htz. Then make two be your mids, with the focus on about a punch sound. Do three for the crunch in the top end of about 1kHtzor 2kHtz. What you're looking for is a good sounding BD track. Not a final track. Once the three sound good together, mix them down to one track. You're not done yet. Now you eq that final track to fit into the mix. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but it will be worth it if your BD track really sucks. Good luck,
Rod Norman
You have to start with a perfect sounding bass drum. First move around while the drummer plays quarter notes and find the best location for the mic. Then place the mic there and create a tunnel of carpet over stands to keep other sounds from coloring the bass drum sound.