D'Angelo's "Voodoo" Neo-Soul Drums | What's That Sound Ep. 15

[@esond]

Slowly realizing that they key to every drum sound is a Ludwig vista lite kick filled with everything on your couch

[@slamcrank]

This is correct! :)

[@NickHolum]

I’ve legit been doing just that for a couple years now and just can’t stop lololol

[@greyklopstock7155]

Lmao deadass, every drum sound I've ever loved seems to have been done with a Ludwig kick with an entire bedspread stuffed inside lol

[@ivodimitrov4087]

Or Sonor kick

[@raptorbandarchive]

Greatest recording of all time

[@Strafuzz]

Agree!

[@EchoReverb6]

the most wanted drum sound ! great work!

[@gothcowboy1110]

I'd be dying for a breakdown of the drum sound of Gang of Four's "Damaged Goods". Absolutely brilliant drum sound, especially in the breakdown.

[@jaydogon8890]

This is a fantastic request

[@toolszz]

YES ! the middle section where it just goes to the drum mix is so sick

[@sfleeee]

I think these drums are so good they may be beyond what this channel can achieve, no goading intended…😊

[@rhamier]

The snare drum in this video is played wrong. Questlove used what was called the "mother-son" style of playing drums on most of the album which was inspired by "Mother's Son" by Curtis Mayfield. The drummer on that song played the drum by hitting the edge of the snare and rim at the same time. If you listen to "The Line" and "The Root" and most of the songs on the album, that's how the snare was played. On the Mayfield song you can hear it around the 1:28 mark.

[@Reverb]

This is a wonderful correction-thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@artdelfinodrums1239]

They were recreating the sound, which I think I they did. There’s no wrong way to play the snare.

[@JahZilla_inc]

Right On!!!

[@kelvinwooten4680]

The exact songs mentioned here were programmed by D’Angelo via the ASR-10. However the Questlove drum sounds were sampled and used

[@Simbabhebhe]

​@@artdelfinodrums1239 Go to 10:49 - And then apologise to op here.

[@ToneOfWig]

Once again, I love this format. Techniques explained and shown in action in a really cool way. Thank you Reverb for supporting Jessica and Noam!!

[@rickhbrown]

I don't know what's better, these videos or the fact that I have an ever-growing collection of awesome drum samples. Well done!

[@Kevo305]

That rimshot delay trick was a gem thanks lol

[@HolyGhostDrummer]

This is absolutely brilliant! Probably a good thing to note here…. Questloves sig sticks are basically extra long pencils 😂

[@josefdepovic8495]

i shouldn't reveal russes secrets but that's not how he did it. a few pointers: don't filter out low end on overheads. use neve eq's. use rca style ribbon mics. snare mic positon-parallel to the top head near the rim. vari mu compression!!! (parallel)

[@josefdepovic8495]

also "room mic" is not in front of the kick

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

This!!!

[@matijavukosavljevic2251]

Reverb doing God's work 🙏

[@vanessathurlow68]

Thank you guys so much for making the sounds downloadable! I love messing around with the drum sounds after you publish them

[@fatbackfunk]

Fiona Apple - "Fast As You Can" Jellyfish - "The King Is Half Undressed" Sly & the Family Stone - "In Time" Tones On Tail - "Happiness" Meshell Ndegeocello - "God Fear Money" Q-Tip - "Breathe and Stop" Prince - "Dance On" The Meters - "Just Kissed My Baby" Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E's In Love" Terence Trent D'Arby - "Dance Little Sister"

[@soaribb32]

Great choices

[@zikandgroovefr]

This is fantastic! It's a pleasure to have found this video. Thank you guys!

[@soaribb32]

I think this is the most faithful recreation you guys ever made.

[@ВанечкаЗвезда]

Do a Race for the Prize by Flaming Lips

[@alexbreyer6921]

An interview I read with Steven he talked about how as he was transitioning away from the main drummer role he just recorded a ton of loops and samples and was designing beats in the DAW. So some tracks the drum parts are combining things he played ages ago. But this song definitely sounds squashed and dirtied up with a huge room sound on the chorus. They talk about it a bit here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZrHnqxpodaHldk

[@alexbreyer6921]

The producer Dave Fridmann I know for a time was using the Art Pro VLA II on sub bus.

[@shanelarue8162]

Damn that kick is awesome

[@aptmix]

There is a podcast on Spotify called Headphaser that goes through what went into making Voodoo…absolutely wild album

[@alexwilliams2756]

one of my favourite albums - i have probably heard this album through over 10 times, and if you played me your final result back to back with the original recording, i don't know if i'd be able to tell the difference between the two - holy smokes.

[@mazy-beats]

sounds great

[@bandrewes]

YES MY SUGGESTION

[@mattmattga]

7:34 was a great tip

[@itsyarni1]

I absolutely love this entire series but would love to see some of these recreated sounds but on a normal home-studio budget. I know it'll never sound quite as good but I watch every tutorial and do wonder what you could do with more mics in the SM57 budget range that probably most of us can afford here!

[@Haku_records]

There are a lot of videos straight from Russells mouth about what mics, where, etc! Hope you nailed it.

[@joelwells]

Great video and thanks for the samples. How about the drum sound from 'Talk Talk's, Sprit of Eden' record, which was engineered by Phil Brown?

[@gregsanders3758]

Amazing. Could you guys do the drums from 'Who No Know Go Know' by Fela Kuti?

[@RyanSommer]

You guys have the best job in the world

[@Wurmzilla]

The brown album - Primus.

[@vGENESYSv]

Actually showing the settings on the EQ’s and Compressors would’ve been cool too

[@FreaquedeMusique]

Can we get Fleetwood Mac's Rumours drum sound!! I neeeeed to know how they did it!

[@alexbreyer6921]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4HJlJeQj96lh6M

[@tomblaze2]

Hip hop drum master class 😮

[@fednance2837]

Great work! But I don't really think that the drums on "The Line" are in mono... Anyway, thanks for this video!

[@HolyGhostDrummer]

Imagine playing this whole album live. Only with pencils 😂😂😂😂

[@nicholasjohnson7730]

Would love to see a video on the Alabama Shakes drum sound from sound and color 🙏

[@Chente_Bui]

Seconded Especially on the track Guess Who

[@manuelmendoza6096]

Stewart Copeland during the Hugh. Padgham era...

[@IanJamesBeats]

0:07

[@yogicbeats]

what good saturation plugins are there out there?

[@marstwin]

bro the file format on the download 😂

[@jacksonprinceful]

"...So for our drums today we're using a Ludwig Vistalite kick drum..."

[@ToneOfWig]

Right? Lucky for me I have one and can simulate most any drum sound apparently

[@DynamicRockers]

The old black gretsch is a keeper too :)

[@JosBlomsma]

Noice

[@sunsp.t]

Using the reverb to recreate the sound of the sidestick flam was impressive

[@jaltsch1]

...and play drunker! :)

[@joermnyc]

Wonder if you can debunk the myth of how Joy Division’s drums were recorded on (I believe) was the track “She’s Lost Control”. Did they really have to do it one piece of the kit at a time to cut out any bleed over (or even put the drums on the roof?) Or was it something else. Also I’m pretty sure the “snare” is a spray can.

[@SomeMaxiboy]

Links not working :(

[@malamute8257]

I'm just always surprised to see a successful artist playing Minarik. Guitarists are always familiar with them but most other people haven't heard of them.

[@erz5196]

could it be that they used a normal stick for hats but filtered the hell outta them for this sound??

[@playeveryday01]

THE FILES ARE BROKEN AND IN AN UNKNOWN FORMAT. ALL OF THE SAMPLE PACKS ARE LIKE THIS. PLS FIX

[@warmwave3478]

Snare sounds flammed not rimmed

[@jaredsmith3236]

Sample pack does not work when downloaded. Please update us when that is fixed!

[@6xten]

renaming the file, adding .zip at the end worked for me

[@KesslerMickschGeorgeII]

Greatdayndamornin/ Booty

[@lc-kn4iw]

you know theres a mix with the masters video with russel elevado talking about mixing this record...

[@alexbreyer6921]

I just listened to the original. Something about that stick sound that feels so uncomfortable to me. It actually makes me not want to hear the track, which is a shame because the other ideas feel cool. So I was surprised to see this might be a reference people would chase after. Different strokes and all that, but it instantly stuck out as weird to me. A bit lower in the mix and I might not have felt that way. I dunno.

[@geoffcurran6202]

Love that so many of these videos are made with absolute junk drums. Any kick, snare, of cymbal you can find in the dumpster... add duck tape and blankets liberally, and then use EXPENSIVE overhead or room mics and outboard gear. I am not being disparaging here. It's often the truth about recording things...

[@Barney-ii1no]

it does not sound that similar imo, the rimshot and kick are not hitting like they should

[@freshpootube]

Is this a parody?

[@Barney-ii1no]

exactly, the drums are not in the same ball park at all

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Of course you could just use the tip of your drum stick. 🤷‍♂️

[@Benbrattondrums]

Wow this is really nice 😮 would be sick if you did a budget version 😅 haha

[@ed6330]

R u mine? By arctic monkeys would be incredible to do!!