Practical Processing for Killer Bass Drum Tones

[@thelowertownsound]

This video is straight up gold. It's also great watching a mix or processing video without feeling like i'm low key being sold a whack of plug-ins.

[@julianangelatos2319]

Mate, the kick drum videos on both channels....SENSATIONAL. Thank you so much, unbelievably helpful and clear!!!

[@Art_Of_Sound]

Great vid Joel! After a LOT of years of sub harmonic testing, I NEVER use more than 1 source to originate the sub 100hz which goes for bass/drums etc. IF you want a shortcut...try a behringer boundary (cheap) with linear phase LP filter and you will get a SOLID bottom end that is not fighting any phase anywhere. Use the >100hz however you want to get it. Try it...totally gem

[@recordingdotpizza]

Sounds brilliant! I'll give it a try, thank you!

[@oisinmurray878]

Hey Joel, I'd love to see your approach on tuning / micing smaller 22" kicks and also your approach to overheads mics. These drums sound amazing in this room

[@MegaPalmin]

Very good and helpful explanation, many thanks for sharing this video and your experience. Your drumsound is so good and natural that I can listen to the pure drums for hours.

[@TomCawoski]

Great video Joel!!! Just watched the bass drum tuning video today for the second or third time and watching this one again as well. The drum sounds you are recording sound great. My kick and snare sound pretty good when recorded but still struggling a bit with toms for some reason. I guess I'll have to catch the tom tuning and recording videos when they come out! I do have a question though on this video: When you recorded the drums for this video did you do any processing going into Pro Tools such as EQ and/or compression? From watching several other videos it seams that's what a lot of engineers are doing. I'm guessing you didn't since you didn't mention mic pre or signal chain. Still a great video, drums sound great, and I appreciate your willingness to show us what you did in terms of processing/mixing!!! Thanks!!!

[@recordingdotpizza]

Thank you for your kind remarks! Actually, for this video I didn't use any processing going into protools (and I didn't even use any of my drool-worthy vintage preamps either). For the YT videos I've been using the stock preamps in my Midas M32R mixer, USB into protools... no processing. Just gain and into PT. I have several vintage Neves and APIs, a pair of nice tube pies that I built, and, of course, my own Rascal Audio Two-V and Two-R preamps, but I've had those in storage for the last year or so after taking my outboard racks apart and selling much of it (I closed my commercial studio in 2015 and with a few exceptions haven't used most of the gear since). There is a long story about how I wound up buying a Midas and using that as my main interface, but that is another story for another time. It was meant to be a place holder, but I have enjoyed its convenience and the results I get with it so much that I don't feel compelled to replace it just yet. I believe the magic of production is in the abilities and ears of the person doing the engineering anyway rather than any particular gear (though great gear does certainly provide great results as well as speed workflow). I bought a new, smaller patchbay recently and will be putting together a smaller version of my preamp rack to use with my Midas and will be back to using several of those wonderful preamps soon (will probably make a video outlining the setup too!). But no, no processing or esoteric preamps when I tracked this stuff! Cheers!

[@bloozerd]

Joel...What was the signal processing going in...?...Interface...?

[@recordingdotpizza]

Nothing special... Midas M32R built in preamps, no processing, just gain then to ProTools via USB. I have a bunch of vintage outboard preamps, but haven't been using them for YT content so far. That will likely change soon as I will be wiring up a small system for my YT rack, but nothing special for this video.

[@oisinmurray878]

Amazing stuff , love it 👍👍👍👍👍

[@llRoBoBinHoll]

Hi, what would be a smart way to remove the low end of the kick from the overheads, without removing the low end of the snare? I was thinking maybe sidechain the lows of the overheads with the kick mic on a multiband compressor, but I’d be very interested to hear your suggestions. Thanks!

[@Art_Of_Sound]

Trackspacer. Quick and excellent

[@dompesceproject]

A transient designer can work for short and longer sounds too. But a bit easier than bus routing and keying off the bus.

[@BenjaminGib]

Whataburger cup? Does that mean you’re in Texas? I’m in Houston. Loving now BOTH of your channels after discovering your DrumdotPizza just two weeks ago and just now the recording one.

[@recordingdotpizza]

Good eye! Yes, I'm in the north Texas area, and YES... WHATABURGER!! 😁

[@BenjaminGib]

@@recordingdotpizza oh awesome and yum!

[@EversonBernardes]

Wish I could get a multisampled pack with both of those bass drum sounds you made here. Would spare me a lot of headaches 😂

[@tommyp7547]

❤

[@adriannafabian8792]

Promo`SM 🙄