Recording & Mixing METAL DRUMS with NOLLY!

Get the "Nolly Drum Experience" here:
➡️www.kohleaudiokult.com/course...
We have teamed up with no other than Adam "Nolly" Getgood to create the most sophisticated and holistic drum recording and processing course out there!
It covers all the steps from the beginning of the session to the final drum sound.
Learn how to choose the right drums, cymbals, heads and microphones. Understand how to tune the drums and to position the mics. And finally let #Nolly show you how to process the tracks in the DAW.
To make it even better: The "Nolly Drum Experience" includes all the drum multitracks so you can follow every step and mix the drums yourself.
#metaldrummer #recordingdrums #mixingtutorials
00:00 Intro
02:16 What's a good Snare for Metal?
04:45 Snare Drum Depth
06:27 The Snares of the Session
07:09 The Heads
08:23 The Microphones
11:15 Snare EQ
13:20 Soundcheck
15:23 DAW Processing
20:40 How to get the Course!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Say hello to Nolly! Who's excited about the course?

[@CrushingAxes]

Hello Nolly! 🙋‍♂🙋‍♂

[@brandonpratt9353]

HELL YEAH! 😎🙌🏻👏🏻

[@POGFROGULPOP]

Hi Nolly. Great to see you guys teaming up together. If this course is anything like you're Vintage 30 analysis, we'll get some amazing insights into metal drum sounds. 🥁🎸😎

[@333matus4]

Hello nolly😁

[@valentinzwick5408]

I buy everything that has the Name nolly on it and I'm not even kidding. The way this dude share his wisdom is like a therapy Audio book

[@Producelikeapro]

Nolly is an amazing talent! A true Gentleman as well!

[@blakdaimond42]

*Djentleman

[@Producelikeapro]

@@blakdaimond42 Indeed Djent!

[@gewoonandy8755]

that cusworth snare is absolutely unbelievable....

[@Dylan99781]

Always appreciate Nolly dropping the Nolledge.

[@KohleAudioKult]

I do like that word you created

[@flavy1000]

jajjaaj great comment!

[@perpetualgrimace]

I've already seen at least two in depth mixing courses by Nolly. Do I really need another one? Yes. The answer is yes.

[@KohleAudioKult]

That's the spirit!

[@djentlover]

A kind reminder for everyone that a big room is the most important aspect to the rock drum sound. Along with the tuning. It took me 14 years to learn this.

[@KohleAudioKult]

I would say (and Nolly would too) that the live room needs to sound good, but really does not have to be that big at all. He also talks about this in the course. We went for a big room so Nolly could show more room mic options. Not because it necessarily sounds better.

[@djentlover]

@@KohleAudioKult I understand. I just noticed that a meter of more ceiling height made a night and day difference in my drum recordings.

[@KohleAudioKult]

I fully agree! Low ceilings can be a nightmare.

[@alrecks619]

not necessarily have to be big, i think, just needs the room to capture the snare more than the other pieces of the kit.

[@interloperaudio5859]

Wow I love the way that brass snare sounds

[@billyhughes9776]

Nolly's balance between technical know-how, confidence, creativity and the true British gentleman chill vibe is -- well, perfect. I AM A KULTIST! This course is awesome -- finished it today. Gonna start on my drum mix tomorrow!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Great to hear that Billy! 🤘

[@francescocapone7966]

Finally!! Love you both guys. Thanks

[@SHARt_murmur]

Looks like a fantastic course, thank you!

[@alrecks619]

as far as Metal production goes, Nolly's definitely on top of the game right now.

[@driftthekaliyuga7502]

He's not just known for drum sounds. His bass tones are legendary.

[@snapascrew]

True but the skill level required for getting these drum recordings and mixes is way higher than what’s required to get a killer bass sound. Just sayin.

[@KohleAudioKult]

@snapascrew indeed. Drums are an entire universe

[@DiamondLifer]

The snare used on Nevermind is now owned by Ross Robinson. An indie band I play in used it a couple years ago to record a string of singles. Those bronze and brass snares really do have the sound. Really enjoying the content. Nolly seems fun to work with.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Yes and yes. 1. I gotta get one of those snares as well. 2. Nolly is just as nice as he appears to be 🥳

[@mohitrahaman]

guys a living legend in the modern metal space

[@andreasferlin8214]

Nolly……amazing. Love your walkthroughs! Also your discussion about Celestion. Huge thanks to you both 👊

[@KohleAudioKult]

Indeed. I think this course is his most intense walk-through ever!

[@molotovbatradio]

Awesome, looks great 🔥

[@dougb3854]

wow I was loving the Tempesta but that Cusworth is awesome and huge

[@janrechberger8601]

Awesome!

[@CrushingAxes]

This Neumann KMS is a nice surprise! Sounds really good!

[@KohleAudioKult]

Indeed. There were quite a few positive surprises for me in this course.

[@adammassacre1981]

Wow! those snares sound incredible!

[@KohleAudioKult]

The whole kit doesn’t sound shitty either. 😇 But yeah, those snares really shine,

[@SBMech]

Nave is such a fantastic space, I've only been in once or twice but it's only twenty minutes away from me! So fun to see one of these videos taking place just round the corner

[@danthemanmillan]

buying this shit asap!

[@johndargoczi]

2:33 casually referencing St. Anger

[@adammassacre1981]

I was thinking that too lol

[@rockboy360]

Amazing content, even that bit was good enough for me to improve my sound drastically.

[@KohleAudioKult]

Great to thear that!

[@ELECTRICSCARS]

Nolly and Buster Oldeholm are the best Guys at their Work we have

[@ZakkHemma]

Thanx for a great video! As a pro drummer and drumkit tuner i must add that this difference between these snare sounds is hugely influenced by the difference of st dry and hd dry heads! It is comparable to remo powerstroke 3 vs emperror. Beside that remos in general are most resonant and least drum sound influencing drumheads of the main manufacturers. Evans are the most influencing - and least resonant ones. It's like if you wanna go oldschool, jazzy, or acoustic get remos, and if you wanna go fat and modern you reach for evans heads.

[@wavsofficial8121]

"I'm more of a 3.2 guy, going in." - Hear that, buddy.

[@drmoshie]

Adam's a genius

[@JohnSmith-hj1ys]

Legend! Gonna have to cheat on my URM sub.. tehehe!!

[@Moredrums]

Two legends in one place - consider me signed up 🤟🏻🙌🏻

[@KohleAudioKult]

Thanks and welcome!

[@sarziar]

NOLLY! NOLLY!

[@djabthrash]

13:31 13:38 instant Chad Smith vibes ;)

[@GioeleN]

it's funny how without knowing it I have the same taste in snare drums and skins as nolly and I really like his snare drums

[@KohleAudioKult]

Oh yeah. They always have a lot of character. I personally tend to tune quite a bit deeper. But it's always the combination of tuning, miking and processing that defines the final snare sound. That's one of the really interesting aspects of this course.

[@salesone8615]

God tier snare sound for me is John Dolmayan Toxicity album, System of a Down, tight cracky

[@djabthrash]

Cusworth snare has less ring and sounds more like NYHC / Steward Copeland type thing, which is my jam.

[@TrueFallacy]

“Well… certainly not like a St. Anger snare or anything like that” 😂

[@PeterhoveOlsen]

Great! As always... What eq's where you using on the way in?

[@KohleAudioKult]

The one he uses in the video is a Stam Audio 1073 type EQ

[@quirijnfoeken7520]

Damn, that Neve EQ really did wonders. Stealing it :)

[@KohleAudioKult]

Do it!

[@LucasAVP]

Which microphone are you using? And which microphone were you using with Nolly?

[@willzoo34]

Neumann is going to sell a lot of KMS 105 ... LOL

[@musicman700]

what a difference with the hw EQ on the way in

[@333matus4]

12:55😂❤

[@YeahImAnthony]

Such a good video. I'm just wondering. Is there any guitar loops out there in the metal community? I think that would be a cool thing. Maybee members can post instrumentals? Very hard to find good drumless guitar tracks.

[@KohleAudioKult]

We have lots of different metal multitracks inside the Kohle Audio Kult Academy.

[@YeahImAnthony]

@@KohleAudioKult I will take a look

[@marcburrows5783]

You mean the Tama bell brass?

[@christopherharv]

Where can I stream that intro and outro song?

[@KohleAudioKult]

It’s part of the course. That’s the only way to get it

[@rockthepiano2643]

Can subtitles be activated on the course?

[@KohleAudioKult]

Sorry, no.

[@rockthepiano2643]

Ok thanx ​@@KohleAudioKult

[@thimothorin]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY :O Jeeeez...

[@TheZabatra]

Subtitles in spanish please

[@riffmondo9733]

Aren’t going to just trigger and quantize them anyway?

[@KohleAudioKult]

Nope. That the whole meaning of the course!

[@BrofUJu]

Nolly didn't even use a snare sample on the latest Periphery album, only a kick sample.

[@HenritheHorse]

@@BrofUJu And still sounds like overproduced drum vst. His sound is too "perfect".

[@BrofUJu]

@@HenritheHorse I mean, sure, entitled to an opinion. What's a metal drum sound you prefer? Especially more technical music

[@HenritheHorse]

@@BrofUJu I prefer the drum sounds of P2 for example compared to anything Periphery after that. Other than that, more raw like doom, grindcore or rock/punk sound.

[@TheGeeJ]

Why isn't he running the snare sound through your guitar plugin, Kolah!?? That's heresy!

[@KohleAudioKult]

You mean the Grundstein? Haha, right! 🤪

[@jesse_cole]

Now, YOU TOO can make your bass drum sound like a metronome click and your snare sound like a mallet on a sheet-metal roof.

[@BrofUJu]

Are you trying to say the drum sound on the last Periphery album isn't good? Lol

[@jesse_cole]

@@BrofUJu I'm sure by "modern metal standards," it's a classic.

[@BrofUJu]

​@@jesse_colethis is a modern metal channel. Why are you wasting your time commenting on a video about modern metal production if you don't like modern metal production?

[@zer0dave]

@@jesse_coleit’s all determined by what the music you’re recording requires. You can’t throw a country drummer on a Gretsch kit miked up for a country tone and hope it to cut through a wall of metal guitars and vocals. Aggressive and drastic music calls for equally aggressive and drastic mixing approaches to get everything that needs to cut through to cut through. It might not be to your taste but I’m sure there’s plenty of other channels that cater more to what you’re looking for.

[@jesse_cole]

@@zer0dave Thanks for the lecture.

[@user-pq9ub1py9r]

nolly likes to drink beer i guess

[@KohleAudioKult]

Maybe…

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I'm sure he does now...

[@alrecks619]

maybe, but he's definitely a coffee guy.

[@clayfoster8234]

Kind of a sad state of affairs that the bass player of the preeminent djent band needs to be a producer/sample producer because music won’t provide a living anymore🫤

[@KohleAudioKult]

I picked him up on the street. He was burning his bass because he was freezing so much and could not afford any firewood. I had mercy and gave him the job!

[@J.C.Russell_96]

Well there it is, the dumbest fucking thing I’ll read all day.

[@TroutCunt]

you finally got rid of that werid transition between every scene with the guitar slide?

[@KohleAudioKult]

Depends ion the video!