Make Your Drums Sound BIG with Stock Plugins in REAPER

[@j.garnergtr]

Yes! More vids with stock plugs, por favor.

[@johnponder5973]

Very interesting and informative video. Thanks Myk!

[@Jon-zf3dq]

That compression on the room mics really made a HUGE difference in my mix. Thanks.

[@MichaelMarion96]

This is an amazing video. Just wanted to say thank you for uploading! It's been extremely helpful! :)

[@odnilniloc]

It's hard to fault the stock Reaper plugins. They do EXACTLY what they're supposed to and with very little hit to the CPU. Great video once again, and I'd love more in depth tutorials on the stock plugins.

[@michaelanthony9068]

You’re a smoking hot drummer , Myk ! Great lesson, thank you

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

Thanks Myk. Nice kit. I used to have the white Mapex kit too.

[@EqDior]

Nice vid. only thing i would of done extra to the fake Room track is clean up the lows and highs a bit with the filters. But, as we know, its all preference. Awesome Vid Myk

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

This is so cool! Thanks Myk!

[@timreinford3511]

Hey, enjoyed your clip. I just started with this recording stuff. I have a basic knowledge of recording but have so much to learn. For example, I tend to get some distortion off my bass mic. You mentioned using a limiter. Live to try it, where us that feature in reaper. Also, looks like you have alot more effects plug ins than me. I must confess I'm using the free version so I'll throw out that that's the reason.

[@squaresunmusic]

My Samsung laundry machine does the same thing! We must have the same model - it plays a happy melody in A major once it finishes its cycle. Great and instructive video as usual Myk, thank you!

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

you, my friend, are the real MVP here for having watched until the end. These things are getting to the point of being like Marvel movies with the post credits scenes ;)

[@squaresunmusic]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper I like the humorous endings. You also do a fine job inserting levity all along the way. Thanks for the great work you do!

[@squaresunmusic]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper I designed and teach an audio engineering course at a fine private university in St. Louis (that I am grateful to be employed at). I use Reaper of course. I also watch some of your videos (among others) in class, and use videos for references for the students to facilitate their respective projects. They personalize them of course, but I like your videos (and Kenny's) as good starting point references for many of our class projects. Keep the excellent work (and humour) coming sir!

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

St Louis is but a four hour drive... Perhaps next time we visit the zoo....

[@squaresunmusic]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper That sounds great, just let me know when you want to come into town. If it would interest you, maybe you could guest host in one of my audio engineering classes for a fun project for our university students? I would be happy to seek a small payment for you for your time. Let me know if you may be interested and we could discuss further details.

[@raycooper1943]

Great video. It would be helpful to see how you process overhead mics.

[@mrshiney2]

I have the old Mapex maple with the 18 kick, killer kit

[@CompanyMiki]

Cool vid! Could you do a breakdown on which mics u use ?

[@j.garnergtr]

Great vid! Thanks! I like the fake room even better. More punchy. Grazie.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

The two together, though... Magic!

[@shawnluangrajmusic]

Could you do a 3 to 4 mic placement set up with stock reaper eq video? I know the types of mics and room make a big difference but a less mic setup video would be awesome 😁🙏 thanks for this video.

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Could be fun! I'll have to experiment a bit and see what works, but I do have plans to do some drum tracking videos in the near future. Currently in talks with a possible sponsor (head manufacturer) for that series,

[@transmothra]

Whoa I did not even know you could drag to route! Always learning from your videos. Thanks!

[@yantoaldama6813]

great as always...thanks for sharing Mike.

[@Windiguana]

Very helpful video, thank you. I really like the trick to make the fake room track. Very clever. I'm wondering if a convolution reverb would work better than an algorithmic one on that track?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I like.my natural room when crushed more than I did in this video, it gets pretty nasty when I need it to. But at the same time, I gotta add more treatment to help control the room a tad more. I'd like to experiment with more mic placement options as well. Just thinking out loud.....

[@evillano]

Awesome!!!

[@mksounds]

Grate job!

[@andreifilip]

Yeap, great trick Mike, and you're right the Reaper plugins are powerfull. I've used it to create a snare reverb and it sounded quite nice

[@mariovaliquette5310]

Hi mike Luv your vids man!!! Keep up 🎸🎸🎸😉😉😉

[@zvish7739]

MAN, you solved my issue XD

[@TommyMarcinek]

Great video! I've been wondering how to create a "fake room" sound that closely resembles a real room mic setup. Adding that compressor AFTER the reverb is the way to go! Wow! I think the fake one your created sounds even better than the real room mics!!! Thanks for making this video! Tom

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

That fake room reverb has a lot longer "tail" than my natural room. Seems it really came to life when I added back a bit more of the dry signal in ReaVerbate

[@RohitGupta-ys3kw]

I love the sound of the kick. How do you get it to sound like that?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

That's just the natural sound. It's a 22" maple kick miked with an Audix D6. No studio magic, just tuning

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I do have a "kick pillow' inside the kick drum to help dampen it a bit

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@Rohit Gupta, are you perhaps interested in some videos about setting up the kit for tracking?

[@RohitGupta-ys3kw]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper That would be awesome! What kind of beaters do you use?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Currently using DW Control beaters. It has adjustable weight and different beater surfaces. I'm using the hard plastic at the moment.

[@pingvalenzuela1798]

Can i apply this to electronic drums as well?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

Don't see why not, as the electronic drums ultimately produce drum-like sounds. Not really any different than applying FX to drum samples.

[@vegardyrnes1793]

Reaper stock plugins are certainly not eye candy but they sound great! And with the introduction of Tucan studios plugins, I don't see why anyone should spend their hard earned money to buy expensive brand plugs. Cheers. Thx for great and inspiring videos

[@raffaelrameh14]

What if I recorded the whole drums with only one general condenser mic? Any tips on what can be used on such kind of setup?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

hard to give a ton of useful advise without hearing it, but i have to ask, do you have access to at least one more mic? A single mic can work but of course you lose a pretty much any sense of "space" with the drums. I think if i were in that situation, my first course of action would be to acquire a second mic so i can have my drums in stereo. Don't get me wrong, it can and has been done successfully. For the time being, i think my answer is to check out some information from someone more knowledgeable than me on this specific subject kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIfbaaSMjtRlrMksi=v0KPJ3Rml26YofW0

[@raffaelrameh14]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper thanks, will check this out

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

@@raffaelrameh14 this showed up in my feed this morning, thought you might find it interesting as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5LSpYymbtiiZ80si=vFakBNP-kOkk4A6o

[@raffaelrameh14]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper thanks for reminding, I really appreciate it

[@StoneEdges]

I don't entirely understand what your channel 1 "drums" entails. Is that the entire mix combined? Did you route the rest of your mix to channel 1?

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I put all my drum kit pieces into a "folder," which in REAPER acts as a bus by default. So I can control the global volume of the drums on the one track, and any FX I put on that track affects the whole of the drums

[@StoneEdges]

In that case I’ll try this as well! Thanks so much!

[@TazzSmk]

I like the concept of having an option of using fake room mics when needed, thanks for the video tutorial! on a side note, that background music while you talk is really disruptive, consider not using it :)

[@LetsTalkAboutReaper]

I go back and forth on the background music. I like to have something because the silence can be maddening. I think I'll stick to something much more ambient with less of a defined beat. Sorry for missing the mark a bit on this one.

[@TazzSmk]

@@LetsTalkAboutReaper oh I see, maybe severely hi-cut/hi-shelf the background ambient music, so it sounds less intrusive? during jumps between talking and audio examples, it's definitely more disruptive, compared to ambience while talking longer :)