Recreating the Black Keys' "Tighten Up" on Drums | What's That Sound Ep. 20

Using only three microphones, see how Noam & Jessica recreate the driven drums of The Black Keys' modern classic single "Tighten Up". Keep an eye out for a couple "secret" ingredients, like a SansAmp pedal.
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[@ErichWK]

khruangbin's drum sound next.

[@bigrivermedia762]

The drum sound on the entire "Brothers" album is fantastic.

[@TweezerBleezer123]

Thank mark neill

[@Underwoods2000]

@@TweezerBleezer123Tchad Blake mixes all pat’s drums😊

[@heggy_69]

Thanks mark neill

[@heavymachete6235]

day 2 of requesting "tired of sex" by weezer. absolutely insane and unique sounding drum tone. apparently it was mostly room mics, which is interesting. would also make sense because of the recent resurgence of weezer in internet culture.

[@bigrivermedia762]

I second that. One of the best rock drum sounds ever.

[@benja___t]

What is exactly the multi band compression doing here? Maybe showing the plugin will be a good idea, just saying.

[@kowloonbroadcast]

yeah, in fact mb-compressor is the #1 plugin of all the possible production/mixing tools that should be accompanied by a visual representation of its setup if it is mentioned in any kind of context, ‘cause if it is present in FX chain, it most likely does the most of the job on the resulting signature sound, and if every other tool is [generally speaking] possible to recreate by ear in a reasonable timeframe (reverbs, saturators, 1-band compressors, etc.), recreation of a specific mb-cmp preset just from hearing the resulting signal - is a pure fucking nightmarish torture. even if the freq crosspoints were available as bare minimum of input conditions, it would be significantly easier already. but otherwise - it can take a hell ton of time, ‘cause of a shit load of parameters on the processor. and just to clarify - this rant is coming from someone who interacts with multiband compressors on regular basis for the last 15 years - still it never gets much easier lol. love these dynamic processors just as much as i hate them.

[@leftghostcrow]

Love this series! I would love to see you cover a king gizzard song maybe off of mind fuzz or something where they were utilizing 2 drummers (or maybe nuclear fusion off of FMB) Just to see the challenges of dynamically recording two drummers actively working with each other

[@evansteidtman962]

Mind fuzz was recorded with just 2 mics believe it or not! Not sure what they had on the kick but they had some kind of large ribbon mic on the overhead. If you've seen Kind Gizzard's Bootleg Holiday From Hell there's some footage in there of them recording mind fuzz

[@ВанечкаЗвезда]

Can you do Mushroom or Vitamin C by Can?

[@homeslicerecordstv8688]

Yesssss

[@CalendulaF]

+1

[@thatguygord]

Right

[@joaquinbaume1291]

i love this but i'll never stop asking for a video on Grizzly Bear's Painted Ruins drum sound 🙏

[@joaquinbaume1291]

like the song Aquarian has an INCREDIBLE drum sound

[@roryhensen]

the snare on that record is wild.

[@petergranquist7477]

Can you guys PLEASE do a Shawn Everett drum sound?! Anything off of Alabama Shakes Sound and Color or Jenny Lewis Down the Line or even Chicano Batman Color My Life? Any Shawn Everett- those sounds are bonkers!!

[@VideogeekinMD]

Hey, Reverb did a video on “Don’t Wanna Fight No More”

[@monfronoriginal]

Shout out to Mark Neil, M Allen Parker, and Tchad Blake. They have made many a Dan Auerbach album sound absolutely amazing.

[@Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

But you don't create that sound through the processing in this video. Way too muddy. And that added tone is yuck. The tone must be in the recording. You can't add that to get that Brothers sound. The original drums sounded great though in this video.

[@bmoklsc]

2 bajillion dollar mics and a 57 😂. Love that 57

[@utilitybeltfx]

Right?

[@joermnyc]

I was hoping you’d do “Strange Times”, with that huge sounding drum intro.

[@vanessathurlow68]

I would love to see you take on Reckoner by Radiohead! The way the ride cymbal is in that song is kjfhkj;lfhlkefad

[@kowloonbroadcast]

this is a very accurate description of the ride cymbal on this track. couldn’t say better myself

[@SeeMick1]

I love this. Tighten Up was the song that taught me how to play drums! (Probably why I have a weird way of playing aha)

[@earljohnson8851]

Can you do the micing for Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend?

[@carmelidor]

OXFORD INFLATOR is actually a waveshaper, it works like a charm ... great video as always! :)

[@kylemccombmusic]

Came here to say this! So many years of mystery aaaand... It's a waveshaper. For those curious, search for the Reaper forum about this

[@codyrathman]

Can we get a grosser looking pillow in the kick next time? Thanks!

[@costcobakery6478]

The yellow stained pillow was essential to the tone

[@tomiansek2873]

Absolutely love this, been obsessed with this drum sound for a long time!

[@rjtheoret]

I love how that distortion is just right on the edge. Great sound and great tips!

[@HugoJL]

Tchad Blake is a truly unique mixer with a truly unique sound. He really does stand out. To the Reverb team: it would be fantastic if you guys would share presets (EQ carving, Satin taming, etc) so the DIY-Music community could experiment with these techniques.

[@sweetdreamband]

do "It Might Be Time" by Tame Impala!

[@scootb7400]

Well done and excellent choice of song! I agree with the overall feel, but to me the room is a bit darker and less “punchy” than the source material, but very close and sounds nice. Great work.

[@jonbordon3406]

I was about to suggets this sound, Thanks!! You read my mind!

[@bojack-horseman]

you should try getting these sounds with budget gear too, we don't all have $1k+ to spend on each mic

[@salvadorayonjaquez9563]

This is a great content suggestion, recreating sounds on a budget

[@georgesims-z4u]

The mics don’t matter

[@Sunkenballs12]

Try it yourself lmao

[@gdrugg2006]

right?

[@rahulmathew4106]

Right?

[@tomswagner]

PLEASE can you do the drum sound of Khruangbin?

[@kowloonbroadcast]

thanks for this one! always loved the sound of BK’s drums in general and the production on Brothers is legendary

[@ElectricAirStudios]

What size is that vistalite kick? It sounds giant!

[@alexstewart839]

It looks like a 22"x14" which was the most common size sold in the 70s.

[@stevenmarr7700]

This videos are the fucking best.

[@busywl69]

go-getter drums were just life.

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

"that midrange that's starting to get a bit midrangey" is a phrase only engineers understand :)

[@AlexdeLarge6655321]

Watched a Deadweather show on here the other day. Could make a cool breakdown?

[@SoundSignals]

It sounds better because of the aliasing in the Inflator and Decapitator 😅

[@RhinosArePeopleToo]

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes?

[@joeschlicht]

LOL the Oxford Inflator is a mystery of the world, but a tasty tool to have.

[@philipbard2333]

Always enjoy these. Well done.

[@1980RicardoA]

There are questionable stains on that pillow, but it definitely does the job.

[@rasmussgaard2596]

This sounds dope! But why only 1 kick drum sample included? 😢 Do you sell a premium version of this with more hits/round robins? 🙏

[@djcsessions674]

Mac demarco drum sound would be cool

[@mykaub]

I DARE you guys to try "The Noose" by A Perfect Circle! KILLER Andy Wallace Drum Sound! 🍻from🇨🇦

[@PhatLvis]

Blake inverts the phase of the parallel distorted kick. The weird spatial thing he gets is from his SRS - which is an old device made for consumer home surround-sound systems - and/or his discontinued Amp Farm plugin called Tape Eater. This drum sound is cool nonetheless.

[@wayfie777]

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody 🔥

[@drumdiscussion7776]

Thanks Noam and Jessica for your efforts and demonstration of various drum related performances with similar equipment.

[@kenkrugger]

These videos are the best! I would like to see Fleetwood Mac Rumours drum sound

[@DanielS10291]

They’ve already done this

[@kowloonbroadcast]

yep, look for it on their Reverb page along with all the other free packs they produce within the framework of this series. this episode was released ~1yr ago or somewhere close to that

[@DanielS10291]

The oxford thing sounds like its added a slapback delay, amongst other things

[@javascript6948]

Great video as usual . I was wondering why am i not able to download some of your older drum sample packs ? Is there a site i can go to directly to download all of them ? Thanks again for creating this excellent content and paying attention to detail

[@fauxnaifmusic5708]

You are too in time. 😅

[@morioh6505]

JOY DIVISION WHEN

[@2dan4me97]

I love learning about drum production, but could it hurt to have some more of these videos that involve a full kit? ride cymbals and rack toms especially

[@VideogeekinMD]

So is the side mic equidistant from the overhead mic or?

[@Sunkenballs12]

Yes

[@mcbefey]

This episode was particularly fascinating

[@aminkhariman8188]

Jahat

[@localgems]

Love you guys for this, thank you! great free or paid drums are hard to find.

[@ignimiusi]

dopeeee

[@NiftyPlymouth]

😎👌 cool

[@strardoniariopucu]

Thank uuuuu

[@whitecatbones]

Rival Sons drum sound ❤

[@Sir_Roquefort]

nice

[@distortion_plus]

Fantastic sound and drumming as always!

[@lkbakken99]

10:35 Me too man, me too

[@Mark_Bayer]

Mark Neil the producer is the genius behind that record

[@rocket-sheep]

Love the content, but soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many "rights?" It really gets tiresome to listen to.

[@SeeMick1]

Ask the people in your life what words you tend to repeat. We all do it.

[@rocket-sheep]

@@SeeMick1 No doubt.

[@luisn5]

'need this' 'I got a plugin for that'... 'need that' 'I got a plugin for that'... 'but what about...' 'yeah, I got a plugin for that' It makes me wonder what is even real anymore in recorded acoustic expression or recorded music in general. A good video to learn what is possible with current tech.

[@Toshfunk]

Where have you been? Also, why does it matter if it's a plugin or hardware?

[@412781965qq]

Where have you been? Shure level loc (sound toy devil lok) is from the 60s 😅 also 1176 and L2A2 are from the 60s… audio engineering is not new

[@kylemccombmusic]

Respectfully, you may have some weird ideas about what a plug-in is or how it works... A well-designed digital EQ is going to be more or less mathematically equivalent to an analog EQ, just without the non-linearities. Most plugins are emulating hardware anyway, and these days a lot of them get pretty close. With the exception of quantizing and pitch correction, most audio processing these days is pretty much the same as what was done in the analog domain in the past

[@Sunkenballs12]

Stupid and pointless comment. Its recorded sound, its not "less real" because it's digital. Get a grip

[@shitcgi4470]

Please do Nirvana Unplugged drum sound xx