INTRODUCTION From Bobby Owsinski From Dennis Moody Meet the Drummers
Chapter One. THE DRUM KIT Engineer's Drum Kit Checklist What Makes a Kit Sound Great? Drum Construction A Look at the Snare Snare Construction The Snare Unit Tuning the Drums Step 1: Secure the Drums Step 2: Replace the Heads Step 3: Head Configuration Step 4: Mute the Rattles Step 5: Tuning the Snare Drum Step 6: Tune the Drums Tuning Tips from the Drum Doctor Big Drums vs. Small Drums How Long Does It Take to Tune a Drum Kits? Prepping the Drums tor New Heads New Heads The Tuning Technique Should the Drums Be Tuned to the Key of the Song? Tuning the Snare Drum Snare Drum Tuning Tips Tuning the Kick Drum Tuning the Toms Cymbals
Chapter Two. THE RECORDING ENVIRONMENT Room Resonant Frequencies Inexpensive Yet Effective Room Treatment Soundproofing What Won't Work Improving the Isolation Acoustic Treatment Treating the Floor Don't Forget the Air Conditioning The Curse of Low Ceilings Optimizing Your Room Without Construction Placing the Kit in the Room
Chapter Three. THE DRUMMER'S HEADPHONE MIX Headphone Checklist What's in the Mix? Using a Click Track Preventing Click Bleed A Click Alternative The Headphone System Personal Headphone Mixes
Chapter Four. PHASE CANCELLATION-THE DRUM SOUND DESTROYER Acoustic Phase Cancellation Electronic Phase Cancellation Checking Phase the Easy Way Checking Phase the Slightly More Ditlicult Way Times When You Might Want the Phase Reversed
Chapter Five. MIKING THE BASS DRUM Bass Drum Checklist Choosing the Mic Boss Drum Head Configuration Front Head Removed Front Head On Bass Drum Mic Positioning Without the Front Head With the Front Head Increasing the Isolation Increasing the Low End Bass Drum Sound Check Adding Compression The Sub-kick Making a Sub-kick Mic
Chapter Six. MIKING THE SNARE DRUM Snare Drum Equipment Checklist Snare Mic Position Snare Mic Sound Check Snare Drum Bottom Head Miking The Bottom Mic in the Mix Adding Compression to the Snare Sound
Chapter Seven. MIKING THE HI-HAT Hi-Hat Equipment Checklist Hi-Hat Mic Positioning Hi-Hat Mic Sound Check
Chapter Eight. MIKING THE TOMS Tom Equipment Checklist Rock Tom Mic Positioning Floor Tom Mic Positioning Tom Sound Check
Chapter Nine. OVERHEAD MICS Overhead Mic Equipment Checklist Overhead or Cymbal Mic? Miking the Cymbals Overhead Mic Position #1 Overhead Mic Position #2 Overhead Sound Check
Chapter Ten. ROOM MICS Room Mic Checklist Room Mic Position #1 Room Mic Position #1 Alternate Room Mic Position #2 Room Mic Position #3 Room Mic Sound Check
Chapter Fleven. ALTERNATIVE MIKING TECHNIQUES Single Mic Technique Two Mic Technique Three Mic Technique Three Mic Technique Option Two Three Mic Technique Option Three Four Mic Technique Four Mic Technique Option Two
Chapter Twelve. GETTING THF DRUM MIX TOGETHER Have a Listen Balancing the Drum Kit Drum Kit Balance Technique One Drum Kit Balance Technique Two Drum Kit Balance Technique Three Setting the Levels Checking the Drum Phase Drum Mix Panning Equalizing the Drums Adding Artificial Ambience to the Drum Kit Assigning the Drums to a Group or Subgroup Assigning the Drum Channels to a Subgroup Compressing the Drums Compressing the Snare Compressing the Room Mics Gating the Drums Using a Gate on the Snare Drum Using a Gate on the Toms
Chapter Thirteen. MIKING PERCUSSION The Two Percussion Groups Recording Drum Percussion Recording Hand Held Percussion Recording Specific Percussion Instruments Conga Cowbell Djembe Gong Handclaps Shaker Tombourine Timbale Triangle EQing Percussion
Chapter Fourteen. FINAL DRUM SOUND CHECKLIST APPENDIX A. INTERVIEWS Bernie Dresel Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez Ricky Lawson Brion MacLeod Kellii Scott Dave Weckl APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY INDEX