How should you record and mix a kick drum? If you look online you might find rules you should follow but in this article we talk about objectives and principles which might prove more useful if you’re looking for guidance.
7 Tom-Tom Production Tips
There’s far more to the humble toms than merely serving as an occasional rhythmic condiment. Here are some things you can do to get more out of them and perhaps bring a new sense of percussive identity to your tracks in the process.
3 Ways To Chop Up Pro Tools Audio For Use In GrooveCell
Pro Tools GrooveCell is the sample-based drum machine in Pro Tools that allows Pro Tools users to play back audio on pads and with the inbuilt sequencer. In this article, we give you three ways to chop up audio for use in GrooveCell and other sample players.
Musical Ways To Add Interest To Snare Drums
Snare drums are arguably the part of the kit that keeps some up all night trying to reach the perfect sound. In this article we highlight some musical ways to add interest to a snare, no EQ or compressor required.
7 Classic Drum Machine Plugins Worth Checking Out
Check out these 7 classic drum machine plugins that recreate the sound and attitude of the early drum machines of the 1980s.
Seven Drum Tuning Tips To Help In The Studio
With a good drummer and the right room, well tuned drums are the final piece in the puzzle to get right before pressing record. With some drummers and engineers leaving it to the other to know how to coax the best sound, we share some tips.
A Free Drum VI You Can't Ignore - IK MODO Drums CS
The latest product to get the freemium treatment is MODO Drums v 1.5. We wouldn't normally highlight these things in any great detail but we were so shocked by the sheer value proposition of the free version of MODO Drums we wanted to make sure you didn’t ignore it?
The 7 Best Acoustic Drum Kit Plugins You Can Use On Your Tracks
If you need to add convincing drums on a track fast then we’ve put together what we think are the top 7 complete drum VIs around, they include top notch sounds and MIDI grooves to match.
How To Get Hard Hitting Drums Fast With A Virtual Drummer
Drum virtual instruments cater for just about every taste on the planet, but getting sounds with an edge for heavier genres can be difficult. Unless you have UJAM Virtual Drummer BRUTE that is. We turn it up to 11 with BRUTE.
Create Your Own Sub Kick Using Studio One's Tone Generator
In this video for Studio One Expert, Brent March shows you how to use a tried and tested method of adding low-end punch by augmenting his own kick drums using a test oscillator in Studio One.
7 Tips For Mixing Acoustic And Electronic Drums
Why keep acoustic and electronic drum sounds separate, when you can bring them together for the best of both sonic worlds? Here are a variety of techniques for doing just that…
6 Killer Hi-hat Programming Tips For Music Producers
Here are half a dozen practical and creative hi-hat programming tips for ensuring you music productions are up to scratch.
Sample-based Drum Machines - 5 You Should Check Out
Here are five of the leading Sample-based drum machines – and to be clear, we’re talking general purpose drum and percussion sample players.
7 Snare Drum Design And Programming Tips
Having looked at kick drum design in a previous post, here we’re serving up a battery of sound design and programming techniques for the snare drum.
5 Awesome Kick Drum Plugins Worth Having On Your Radar
Kick drum plugins - here are 5 that should be on your radar to take your kick drum from standard sample to monster hit.
6 Kick Drum Design Tips You Should Try Now
The kick drum… might appear to be one of the simplest sounds in the mix, but the kick is utterly central to the all-important feel and groove of any track. Here are six techniques and tricks to help you build better bass drums.
Loops - 5 Techniques For Turning Them Into A Track
Want to go from ‘beat maker’ to actual producer? Here are five tips to help you liberate your loops and get those choons to the mixing stage.
7 Superb Virtual Percussion Instruments
Here we have 7 of our favourite percussion virtual instruments with which to bring your rhythmic ideas to life.
6 Percussion Programming Techniques To Check Out
The means to produce perfect percussion is well within every producer’s grasp. Here are some programming and production tips to get you started.
Breakbeats - 6 Tactics For Recreating Classic Breaks And Loops
Here are some pointers for reproducing established classic breakbeats or coming up with evocative retro-styled loops entirely of your own invention.