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The easy guide to recording drums: kit tips, mic placement and setting up your DAW

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Record drums? Why would you bother when it’s so easy to simply launch Superior Drummer or BFD, bash out a quick beat on the keyboard, hit the quantise button and get stuck into ...
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10 tips for recording perfect drums

It’s much easier to get volume, clarity and brightness from a new set of drumheads. If possible, get them on, tuned and ‘played in’ a day or two before the session. This should be the drummer’s ...
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How the rules of drum recording were shaped over decades of trial and error

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Drum recording is one of the most discussed topics amongst engineers and producers, and for good reason. There are multiple ways to approach it and the correct option can be ...
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“The minute you put a microphone right up against the skin of a drum you've got a problem because it doesn't sound like it's supposed to”: How the rules of drum recording ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Drum recording is one of the most discussed topics amongst engineers and producers, and for good reason. There are multiple ways to approach it and the correct option can be ...
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"You may as well just remove the front head so that you can get a mic right in on the beater point": 10 tips for recording perfect drums

It’s much easier to get volume, clarity and brightness from a new set of drumheads. If possible, get them on, tuned and ‘played in’ a day or two before the session. Different types of head give ...
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The Zoom H2: A heck of a stereo/four-channel recorder

This little gadget more than holds its own, whether recording blues bands, percussion instruments and even jackhammers. Oh yeah--it's also good for interviews. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...