Acoustic Drum Recording Workshop

Service Description

Learn to Track & Mix Acoustic Drums with any Budget and any Equipment! In this 8 hr In Person Master Class you will learn to track and mix acoustic drums at home regardless of your budget. Here is what the workshop covers: 1. Choosing Drum Kits for Recording. 2. Try out Vintage & Modern Kits. 3. Tuning & Muffling Drums for Recording. 4. Preparing your Recording Environment 5. Try out Several Different Microphones & Mic Positions 6. Learn all about Phase Relationships and Alignment. 7. Try out Cymbals & Learn How To Select Them for your Song. 8. Try out Several Types of Analog Mic Preamps. 9. Learn Mixing Tips & Tricks to get Modern and Vibey Drum Sounds. 10. Learn How to use midi samples and drum triggers to replace drums or blend them with your acoustic drums. 11. Learn how to use bus processing, parallel compression and saturation and how to use reverb to create depth in your drum mix. 12. Learn EQ techniques to dial in the sounds that you want. 13. Try out Many Different Plugins for Drums, Compressors, EQ's, etc. 14. We provide a PDF of notes and highlights of the course so you can remember what you learned. *This workshop is an in-person event that can have anywhere from 1 to 10 people at a time. We do 4 hours, take a 1/2 hour lunch break and then 4 more hours to complete the course.