Getting "the" Drum Sound

Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:50

Studio Blog

We recently obtained some really cool studio tools that work great on getting signature drums sounds.  The tools allow us to quickly isolate each drum sound from the others and to 'fatten' up the drums.  The net effect is better heard than described.  The snare drum can be snapped right to the top of the mix.  We can now tune right into each drum to bring out the natural resonance of the drum.  The art of recording technology is in applying these tools to enhance the drum set in the overall soundtrack.  There is NOTHING like a great sounding drum set.  No matter what style of music, drums can play a major role in the overall sound.

The hardware we added is a Universal Audio UAD-1 card.  This card is an analog signal processor, allowing emulation of studio equipment costing thousands of dollars. These 'plugins' bring a smile to Matt's face as we hone in on 'the' drum sound.  Honestly, I thrilled to have such a tunable drum mix.  Let us put these tools to work for you on your next project.