Great tips. Straight to the point. No superstitions or sales pitches, which is very refreshing. He even goes to far as to warn people about those pitfalls. Very helpful. I'm subscribing.
Good video. I started recording drums with a small 2 channel interface and a few condensers out in front. That really didn't cut it, so after some research bought a Presonus AR16 mixer-interface which is great and using Studio One as my DAW. Using 10 mics, not expensive mics. Just an older guy (58) who has been playing since I was 4 years old and started recording my drumming about 5 years ago. Its an immense amount if fun doing so. Thumbs up on Rob Brown as well.
Awesome! I'm an engineer and loved your stuff for a while. Building Professional Studios has also been my thing. Your abbreviated details on one's own recording studio, but inspirational hopefully for many young musicians, was a great video. Thanks. Wolfy :)
Very informative and good advice! Believe it or not, but went I went to a music store this past weekend and they told me a list amount of gear I need to have in order for me to record. It was a lot money, but from what you said it makes more sense which saves me money! So thank you for that Rob!
I agree that vibe does help when playing/recording. I had a lava lamp when I was younger that worked wonders for the atmosphere when I would play to albums.
Looks like Long & McQuade 24" x 48" acoustic foam. Theyre about 1"+ deep and very dense. I use them exclusively for my new vocal booth with excellent results!
Gabe Earle That's a Tascam 1641. I'll probably upgrade one day but it's not high on my financial priorities list right now. Besides...I've just started working on my Puma shoe collection. :)
I will be doing this hopefully in about 6 to 8 months (getting things as I can afford them).. thank you this was a great vid on that. down to earth guy talking it real. cheers from Australia
Love this man this is great info Ladies and gents. I my self am running pt mpowered 9 using a alesis dm7x Kit and module for a midi controller and the a Addictive drums 1 plug in on my pt. My interface is a first generation fast track and for monitoring I'm using an old RCA Surround sound system total price put in about 1500 computer and all. I live in an apartment so I cant have acoustic sets so this gets the job done, and that just to show ways around not having a room like Robs to set up in, so big ups to Rob man for give us the truth cause like he said some guys will try to make you buy stuff they wouldn't to slow you down or detour you from even trying to set up. The truly hard work to online session drumming is drumming up the work, Rob you da realist bruh.
Moment you said "vibe lighting", you earned a subscriber. I tip my hat to you classy sir! I also do commend your tips on your drum technique, after watching your video, I decided to switch my mic from my tom nearest my snare to place it under the snare. My idea behind this is that the overhead and the tom mic next to that tom will pick that tom up decently, and it works very nicely, especially that snare sound.
Awesome video and exactly what I needed. Question, how are you connecting the Tascam to your Macbook? Is that USB 2? Also, what are you using for your Video recording and editing? Thanks
You're right about the atmosphere when recording. Anything that helps to stimulate the censes is a big plus. But what do you think about some bass traps along the floor board?
Thanks for replying :) Thanks for the tips as well! I just didn't want to disappoint my first customer then that would be my potential downfall before I get started :) And I will definitely try to start using the Internet more to my advantage:) Thanks again!!
Thank you for your videos. My son has been drumming for 4 years. He's 15 now, and very good. He wants to start recording himself. He already puts the headphones on and listens to the song while drumming to it. He wants to record, and then in post production combine the drumming and the song he drummed to. I have no idea where to start. But, is it better to just record while the song comes out of the monitors and he drums... avoiding the post production?
Great video man! I'm just planning to get a good pre amp and some decent mics to get all started. I've been using a pre amp which only has two inputs so I've recorded my drums to a single track and then tried to get it sound good with EQ so I have to upgrade my gear :D
Earned a sub easy to understand and helpful... Could you possibly make a vid on how to hook all the mics up and how to edit and record a drum cover? Thanks man
Hey man, great video. I have the same tascam interface, or at least a similar one. If I wanted to listen to a drummer tracking, would a headphone splitter work in the headphone jack of this unit?
@@legacyShredder1 good reminder.. been a home owner for 12 years and now I’m looking to mic my kit .. oh well ... rates are lower right now to get a house so push push push
Spot on "Rob-simple'! I'm assuming you use plugins sparingly but love to any mix tips. Do you send a client say 3 takes per song to choose from in MP3?
Great vid Rob. Could you please post a list of your gear (excluding drums) such as mixer, monitors, power amp, the interface, any signal processors, also how does the channels from the mixer connect to the interface, and how does the interface connect to your computer? Do you need a special sound card in your computer to make this work proper? Sorry so many questions:)
Nice video. Rob, do you use the speakers for post production or do you run your music through them while playing or do you use in ear monitors while playing?
Pretty much all of the above. They're mainly there for post, set right at ear level so I can just turn right around and start mixing. But I also use them for practicing with tunes.
Hey Rob, thanks for the informative video, that was great. So I currently have my drum room, and I'm just a couple steps away from having everything dialed in to start recording on my own. My goal is exactly what you stated in the video- for using it as a remote drummer, recording tracks and sending them back. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on starting out as a remote drummer and getting business in that way. What did you do to start getting clientele? I do have a website and a RUclips channel myself, teach private lessons, and gig with a band in LA, but this is something new I'm venturing into as a means of more income! Thanks
Well you're starting out right. You have a website and a RUclips channel. Wouldn't hurt to start a Facebook page as well. As far as attracting clients, those are pretty much your business cards. One thing I did to attract international business was record & shoot a series of short 1-minute 'style spots', short commercials of me just playing different different styles of music. I have a lot of singer/songwriter friends so in the beginning, after putting the word out, most of my business came from people I knew. You'll want to provide samples of your playing so if you don't have anyone you can approach for projects off the top, just record and video yourself playing along to a couple backing tracks or somethin' and provide a good representation of what your kit sounds like fully mixed. Video will be your most effective tool.
What's that sound board running to? What purpose does it serve? I'm wondering bc I have a nice sound board as well as a nice interface and I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate the sound board with my set up. Do I really need it when I have the interface?
It would be very cool if you recorded a video on how to mix your drums from scratch. Really, there are many videos out there but they all seem quite advanced! It will help a lot!! 🙂
Hey man, buying my first interface laptop, and mixer. If I want to do my setup just like yours so I can play music from my phone through the mixer, and have that connected to the audio interface, connected to the laptop? Is this correct? Any extra info would be great. I’m new to the recording stuff but have been a drummer for years. I am on a budget, but I want to do it right as well. Thank you for your time!
You would need a irig 2 That plugs into the mixer or interface and the irig plug into your phone to play the music from your phone or you can use an effects mixer or interface and play the song on your DAW
Wow.. I know this is an old video, but first time seeing it. I LOVE your drum room! Quick question for you.. I’m an older drummer at 49, been playing for about 42 years. I only recently got into the home recording thing, doing covers, and silly stuff like that.. I have a mixer, a camera, some mics, and a lap-top pc. Can you suggest where I can learn to get everything hooked up correctly, using and connecting the mixer properly, and balancing everything out correctly to play along to a cd, or pc? If you can steer me in the correct direction, I’d be grateful! Thanks in advance! (The more you can “dumb it down” for me, the better. I will NOT be insulted).
explain to me what the mics are plugged into and does that feed into the mixer? why not plug the drum mics into the mixer? Some detail would be very helpful as I'm trying to get a decent setup without spending a small fortune. Thanks in advance.
This video has been tremendously helpful and is so well done. . Regarding your Tascam US 1641 interface, what OSX version are you using and we're you able to find 1641 drivers? I have High Sierra and I can't seem to get the correct drivers. Are there other suitable drivers? Thanks Rob.
I’ve since and recently upgraded my interface. It eventually maxed out as far as driver updates for current iOS’s started to feel like a brick. There’s a full video on my upgrades on the channel, but to answer your question, unless you’ve grabbed a recent model of the 1641, you’re stuck using older drivers and an older iOS.
Hi Rob--I know you get tons of msgs, so you may not see this, but if you have a sec, I wanted to get your thoughts on how hot to record drums into Logic. I've always been told to keep levels lower because with digital you don't have to record as hot as you can w/o clipping. But people are telling me they have to turn my tracks way up. I'm a total newbie just doing this for friends, at the moment. Love your stuff. I've said it before--BEST drum tips and instruction on YT. You make it all simple and cut through the BS like no others.
+KSDrumful Watch your level meter. Just adjust your gains on the interface so the level isn't touching the red when you hit a drum. Red means you're clipping. Get the level as hot as you can without ever going into the red. A lil bit of yellow is fine, but you don't want to touch the red. That will ruin your tracks. You do want your levels as loud as you can get them before clipping.
Hey Rob, very inspiring behind the scenes look:) I recently started trying to do this on the side with no success and I have made a few demos on my RUclips channel but I was wondering how do go about finding potential clients for your services? And when you send the MP3 as an example to the client, and the WAV files when you are paid, do you EQ them at all first or do you just send them totally flat? Thanks again!!
+Chad Meinders Hey man. The beauty of this game is that you don't need to do anything to the tracks after you lay them down. 99.9% of your customers will choose to EQ/mix the tracks themselves. Just send them the raw files straight off the mics. As far as finding clients, contact friends, and just use the crap out of the internet. Facebook, RUclips, Twitter, get a website going, etc. Maybe check out the recent video on my 'How To Do Online Drum Sessions' if you haven't yet.
Rob, Your stuff sounds great. What are you doing about signal processing? My setup sounds rough recorded but I think my mic setup is ok. I'm mostly thinking about post recording treatment. EQ, Compression, reverb etc.
Bob Buono Hey man. Because I’m just doing videos, I’m not really doing a whole lot. I don’t need the thing to sound spectacular just to demonstrate stuff so for EQ I might just bring up the hi’s a hair on the overheads. I created busses for the kick, snare and toms and I’ll throw a sub kick plug-in on the kick, maybe tiny bit of compression on the toms and just a bit of verb on the snare. For online sessions I don’t do anything to the tracks before sending them out because clients prefer to do everything themselves.
+Jairo Cruz Not important at ALL, man. What's way more important is your ability to tune and hit your drums. A $10,000 drum kit that's tuned poorly, will sound like crap on a playback, even with brand new heads on em. A $1000 kit tuned really well will sound fantastic. Same goes for mics. There are "better" mics out there than others, yes. But again, if your drums are tuned and played well, a modest set of mics worth a few hundred bucks will grab that performance just fine.
+RedBlueGang One popular trick is to back the four tension rods surrounding the wires off a bit (the two on the butt side and strainer side). Seems to work for a lot of people. Or swap your wires out for something like the Puresound Equalizer wires which help with buzz reduction. There's an older Puresound review vid on my channel looking at a couple different models
What is in you opinion the main subjects to practice on the drum set? I have been only playing for a year and am still confused by this. Also I love your style of teaching and am thinking of joining your website mainly to learn from you. I am just wondering if you have a lot of lessons that you teach on their. Thank you.
Hey man. Thanks for considering joining my website. After noticing the sharp growth of my RUclips channel, I've redirected all of my lesson videos here. There's quite a bit of them so happy browsing. As far as what to practice...that's an extremely broad question to answer, especially since your only a year into in so far. But if I had to pick the three most critical things that'll determine your success on this instrument, I'd say work on your time playing, build a good musical vocabulary, and ALWAYS work on developing your hands. Invest in a good practice pad and wear that sucka out!
Rob thanks for this video. Excellent! Can I ask what size is your studio? I'm looking to purchase a 5 or 6 piece kit along with all the cymbals, hardware, mics and electronics needed to do online presentations and fitting this into a 10x10 room. Do you think this may be too small for everything? Thanks and God Bless.
+dugjay You should be OK. My room isn’t much wider than 10 feet, but it’s long. About 10x20. Your kit’ll take up maybe 5ft from spurs to throne plus mic stands, so your camera angles might be a little tight but 10x10 is workable space.
Hello Rob! ... so besides computer and interface; I see an additional board that you do not cover. Is that a mixer board???? Thanks bud! GO YAMAHA DRUMS!
Offered up some free work for friends to get my feet wet and get a couple samples recorded, then just used social media. Advertising services has never been as ridiculously easy as it is these days. Especially if you have a RUclips channel.
Very well done. I've just produced my first video and audio recordings, but have never worked with anyone over the web. Is there a website where one can offer this service? If the interface is Tascam I have the same one. How do you get a headphone mix? What is the distance of the overheads from the snare. I would say equal distance.
+Billy Barton I created my own website to offer my services. I also advertised a bit on my RUclips channel, which I ended up getting a good bit of international work from. My interface is right behind me so I get my headphone mix right off the unit. Overheads mics are relatively the same distance from the snare.
When I record all I hear thru the Headphones the the track. I'm not able to hear the drums as they are being recorded. I obviously don't understand how to route this correctly. Your playing is excellent as well as your presentations. It is obvious you have worked very hard to get to this point! Thanks for responding.
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Great tips. Straight to the point. No superstitions or sales pitches, which is very refreshing. He even goes to far as to warn people about those pitfalls. Very helpful. I'm subscribing.
Dude, you are awesome, beeing learning drums for the past 3 months and your content has teach me a lot in this months
You're essentially playing out of a grave? Love it!
Thank for this video Rob!! Very insightful and inspiring. I'm all about vibes myself so I appreciated that extra touch!
Good video. I started recording drums with a small 2 channel interface and a few condensers out in front. That really didn't cut it, so after some research bought a Presonus AR16 mixer-interface which is great and using Studio One as my DAW. Using 10 mics, not expensive mics. Just an older guy (58) who has been playing since I was 4 years old and started recording my drumming about 5 years ago. Its an immense amount if fun doing so. Thumbs up on Rob Brown as well.
That is a freekin gorgeous drum kit, Rob. Thanks for all the great advice.
I look forward to putting together my home percussion / drum studio. This has been extremely helpful, informative & inspiring.
Awesome! I'm an engineer and loved your stuff for a while. Building Professional Studios has also been my thing. Your abbreviated details on one's own recording studio, but inspirational hopefully for many young musicians, was a great video. Thanks.
Wolfy :)
Very informative and good advice! Believe it or not, but went I went to a music store this past weekend and they told me a list amount of gear I need to have in order for me to record. It was a lot money, but from what you said it makes more sense which saves me money! So thank you for that Rob!
I agree that vibe does help when playing/recording. I had a lava lamp when I was younger that worked wonders for the atmosphere when I would play to albums.
Thanks for this. Great points in here and nice to see the inside of your studio...
great straight forward and very helpful video. Thank you Rob.
Looks like Long & McQuade 24" x 48" acoustic foam. Theyre about 1"+ deep and very dense. I use them exclusively for my new vocal booth with excellent results!
Gabe Earle That's a Tascam 1641. I'll probably upgrade one day but it's not high on my financial priorities list right now. Besides...I've just started working on my Puma shoe collection. :)
I will be doing this hopefully in about 6 to 8 months (getting things as I can afford them).. thank you this was a great vid on that. down to earth guy talking it real. cheers from Australia
Thanks for this video. I really appreciate you man .....in general, you simplify everything regarding the "trap set".
GREAT video and advice Rob, keep it up my man 👊🥁
Thanks! I really enjoyed your video! I'm new to drum recording at home. You made it more approachable.
Love this man this is great info Ladies and gents. I my self am running pt mpowered 9 using a alesis dm7x Kit and module for a midi controller and the a Addictive drums 1 plug in on my pt. My interface is a first generation fast track and for monitoring I'm using an old RCA Surround sound system total price put in about 1500 computer and all. I live in an apartment so I cant have acoustic sets so this gets the job done, and that just to show ways around not having a room like Robs to set up in, so big ups to Rob man for give us the truth cause like he said some guys will try to make you buy stuff they wouldn't to slow you down or detour you from even trying to set up. The truly hard work to online session drumming is drumming up the work, Rob you da realist bruh.
Moment you said "vibe lighting", you earned a subscriber. I tip my hat to you classy sir! I also do commend your tips on your drum technique, after watching your video, I decided to switch my mic from my tom nearest my snare to place it under the snare. My idea behind this is that the overhead and the tom mic next to that tom will pick that tom up decently, and it works very nicely, especially that snare sound.
Very informative. This is exactly the info I was looking for.
You Sir have sound integrity.
Great video!
Excellent advice!
Thanks Rob, this was very helpful. Cheers!
Awesome video and exactly what I needed. Question, how are you connecting the Tascam to your Macbook? Is that USB 2? Also, what are you using for your Video recording and editing? Thanks
Great video. This has been really helpful.
Cheers Rob... really helpful dude! 😀
Thx for the info slowly but surely building my rig up
Thank you! Wish I would have watched this video when it was posted!
Thanks I saw your recent video good to watch the old school one..
You got a Nice setup there Brother..and Congrats on Marketing it too!! :)
Great advice, thanks for the insight!
Thank you for sharing! Super informative!!!
Thanks,that was very helpful. I appreciate it.
Super awesome video! Thanks so much for posting! Subscribed. 👍
Great video man, thanks for sharing.
Genius, sir!!!
Very helpful Rob. Thank you.
You're right about the atmosphere when recording. Anything that helps to stimulate the censes is a big plus. But what do you think about some bass traps along the floor board?
beautiful set!
Thanks for replying :) Thanks for the tips as well! I just didn't want to disappoint my first customer then that would be my potential downfall before I get started :) And I will definitely try to start using the Internet more to my advantage:) Thanks again!!
Thank you for your videos.
My son has been drumming for 4 years. He's 15 now, and very good. He wants to start recording himself. He already puts the headphones on and listens to the song while drumming to it. He wants to record, and then in post production combine the drumming and the song he drummed to. I have no idea where to start. But, is it better to just record while the song comes out of the monitors and he drums... avoiding the post production?
Great video man! I'm just planning to get a good pre amp and some decent mics to get all started. I've been using a pre amp which only has two inputs so I've recorded my drums to a single track and then tried to get it sound good with EQ so I have to upgrade my gear :D
I've been playing on a 5pc kit for about 3 years now, I just switched to 4pc about 2 weeks ago, and I kinda prefer it for some reason :p
Earned a sub easy to understand and helpful... Could you possibly make a vid on how to hook all the mics up and how to edit and record a drum cover? Thanks man
Good stuff man, just need to get it done for myself.
Nice video , very helpful info.. thanks !
Excellent Studio Space
Hey man, great video. I have the same tascam interface, or at least a similar one. If I wanted to listen to a drummer tracking, would a headphone splitter work in the headphone jack of this unit?
Im checking out Your Website Bro...Very Very Nice indeed
i need my own house first :( sighhh haha
5 years later. Did you get your house yet?
@@legacyShredder1 good reminder.. been a home owner for 12 years and now I’m looking to mic my kit .. oh well ... rates are lower right now to get a house so push push push
Spot on "Rob-simple'! I'm assuming you use plugins sparingly but love to any mix tips. Do you send a client say 3 takes per song to choose from in MP3?
Great video! Thank you! Can you put a video together on what software you use and how you edit sound and video next please? Keep up the good work!
Great vid Rob. Could you please post a list of your gear (excluding drums) such as mixer, monitors, power amp, the interface, any signal processors, also how does the channels from the mixer connect to the interface, and how does the interface connect to your computer? Do you need a special sound card in your computer to make this work proper? Sorry so many questions:)
Hi Rob, do you think that the overheads are enough to pickup the hihats and ride? I find those 2 generally get a little lost
Nice video. Rob, do you use the speakers for post production or do you run your music through them while playing or do you use in ear monitors while playing?
Pretty much all of the above. They're mainly there for post, set right at ear level so I can just turn right around and start mixing. But I also use them for practicing with tunes.
Hey Rob, thanks for the informative video, that was great. So I currently have my drum room, and I'm just a couple steps away from having everything dialed in to start recording on my own. My goal is exactly what you stated in the video- for using it as a remote drummer, recording tracks and sending them back. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on starting out as a remote drummer and getting business in that way. What did you do to start getting clientele? I do have a website and a RUclips channel myself, teach private lessons, and gig with a band in LA, but this is something new I'm venturing into as a means of more income! Thanks
Well you're starting out right. You have a website and a RUclips channel. Wouldn't hurt to start a Facebook page as well. As far as attracting clients, those are pretty much your business cards. One thing I did to attract international business was record & shoot a series of short 1-minute 'style spots', short commercials of me just playing different different styles of music. I have a lot of singer/songwriter friends so in the beginning, after putting the word out, most of my business came from people I knew. You'll want to provide samples of your playing so if you don't have anyone you can approach for projects off the top, just record and video yourself playing along to a couple backing tracks or somethin' and provide a good representation of what your kit sounds like fully mixed. Video will be your most effective tool.
What's that sound board running to? What purpose does it serve? I'm wondering bc I have a nice sound board as well as a nice interface and I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate the sound board with my set up. Do I really need it when I have the interface?
It would be very cool if you recorded a video on how to mix your drums from scratch. Really, there are many videos out there but they all seem quite advanced! It will help a lot!! 🙂
#1 ..you need to be great teacher . Enter Rob "Beat Down" Brown.
Do I specifically need a mac book to record or could I use a regular laptop and use a different program? If so, any recording software suggestions?
Tons of recording programs are on PC too. Reaper is free and has a million different options; Audacity is more simple and is free too.
I use a MacBook Air and use Logic Pro x
Hey man, buying my first interface laptop, and mixer. If I want to do my setup just like yours so I can play music from my phone through the mixer, and have that connected to the audio interface, connected to the laptop? Is this correct? Any extra info would be great. I’m new to the recording stuff but have been a drummer for years. I am on a budget, but I want to do it right as well. Thank you for your time!
You would need a irig 2 That plugs into the mixer or interface and the irig plug into your phone to play the music from your phone or you can use an effects mixer or interface and play the song on your DAW
Wow.. I know this is an old video, but first time seeing it. I LOVE your drum room! Quick question for you.. I’m an older drummer at 49, been playing for about 42 years. I only recently got into the home recording thing, doing covers, and silly stuff like that.. I have a mixer, a camera, some mics, and a lap-top pc. Can you suggest where I can learn to get everything hooked up correctly, using and connecting the mixer properly, and balancing everything out correctly to play along to a cd, or pc? If you can steer me in the correct direction, I’d be grateful! Thanks in advance! (The more you can “dumb it down” for me, the better. I will NOT be insulted).
explain to me what the mics are plugged into and does that feed into the mixer? why not plug the drum mics into the mixer? Some detail would be very helpful as I'm trying to get a decent setup without spending a small fortune. Thanks in advance.
Saw that Shure IEM case nice earbuds!
This video has been tremendously helpful and is so well done. . Regarding your Tascam US 1641 interface, what OSX version are you using and we're you able to find 1641 drivers? I have High Sierra and I can't seem to get the correct drivers. Are there other suitable drivers? Thanks Rob.
I’ve since and recently upgraded my interface. It eventually maxed out as far as driver updates for current iOS’s started to feel like a brick. There’s a full video on my upgrades on the channel, but to answer your question, unless you’ve grabbed a recent model of the 1641, you’re stuck using older drivers and an older iOS.
Hi Rob--I know you get tons of msgs, so you may not see this, but if you have a sec, I wanted to get your thoughts on how hot to record drums into Logic. I've always been told to keep levels lower because with digital you don't have to record as hot as you can w/o clipping. But people are telling me they have to turn my tracks way up. I'm a total newbie just doing this for friends, at the moment. Love your stuff. I've said it before--BEST drum tips and instruction on YT. You make it all simple and cut through the BS like no others.
+KSDrumful Watch your level meter. Just adjust your gains on the interface so the level isn't touching the red when you hit a drum. Red means you're clipping. Get the level as hot as you can without ever going into the red. A lil bit of yellow is fine, but you don't want to touch the red. That will ruin your tracks. You do want your levels as loud as you can get them before clipping.
+John Laco Thanks! Much appreciated.
Hi, what mic cables do you use?
Hey Rob, very inspiring behind the scenes look:) I recently started trying to do this on the side with no success and I have made a few demos on my RUclips channel but I was wondering how do go about finding potential clients for your services? And when you send the MP3 as an example to the client, and the WAV files when you are paid, do you EQ them at all first or do you just send them totally flat? Thanks again!!
+Chad Meinders Hey man. The beauty of this game is that you don't need to do anything to the tracks after you lay them down. 99.9% of your customers will choose to EQ/mix the tracks themselves. Just send them the raw files straight off the mics. As far as finding clients, contact friends, and just use the crap out of the internet. Facebook, RUclips, Twitter, get a website going, etc. Maybe check out the recent video on my 'How To Do Online Drum Sessions' if you haven't yet.
thanks for sharing!
Awesome set-up bro..... °L_°
What kind of camera are you using?
Rob, Your stuff sounds great. What are you doing about signal processing? My setup sounds rough recorded but I think my mic setup is ok. I'm mostly thinking about post recording treatment. EQ, Compression, reverb etc.
Bob Buono Hey man. Because I’m just doing videos, I’m not really doing a whole lot. I don’t need the thing to sound spectacular just to demonstrate stuff so for EQ I might just bring up the hi’s a hair on the overheads. I created busses for the kick, snare and toms and I’ll throw a sub kick plug-in on the kick, maybe tiny bit of compression on the toms and just a bit of verb on the snare. For online sessions I don’t do anything to the tracks before sending them out because clients prefer to do everything themselves.
Nice video dude!! Good for me to get some tips, since I had a low budget... Continue with the great work! ;)
+César Camacho MOST of us musicians have low budgets, man. :)
Hey Rob fantastic job as always. I see that you have a stage custom set so my question is how important is it to have a high end kit for recording?
+Jairo Cruz Not important at ALL, man. What's way more important is your ability to tune and hit your drums. A $10,000 drum kit that's tuned poorly, will sound like crap on a playback, even with brand new heads on em. A $1000 kit tuned really well will sound fantastic. Same goes for mics. There are "better" mics out there than others, yes. But again, if your drums are tuned and played well, a modest set of mics worth a few hundred bucks will grab that performance just fine.
Rob, Why Mac over a PC?
Great Instructions! Thanks for the video. Any advice on how to tackle unwanted humming of the snare strainer, e.g. when hitting the floor tom?
+RedBlueGang One popular trick is to back the four tension rods surrounding the wires off a bit (the two on the butt side and strainer side). Seems to work for a lot of people. Or swap your wires out for something like the Puresound Equalizer wires which help with buzz reduction. There's an older Puresound review vid on my channel looking at a couple different models
is that the focusrite pro40?
It's a tascam us 1641 interface is it?
The shape and size of room is actually very important to achieving a nice sounding mix. Some rooms can kill the kit completely
Do you recommend a 10 channel interface over a powered mixer?
If you can afford one, definitely. I got the Scarlett 18i20 which has 8 channels. It's great for everything. My main studio driver
what is the audio interface called
Nice video!
Nice man
question , why not use a 16 or 24 multitrack recorder instead of the interface ? i'm new at this and don't understand .
Dave B. I understand why now .thank you
Hello Rob,
Simple question.
Any issues with the neighbors?
If so, how do you deal?
Thanks,
Christopher
Dave B. Haha yes. I'm with ya on the electronic drums.
Hey Rob, wondering if you would use a similar set up live? More stripped down? Thanks!
@T RopE Thanks!!!
thanks a lot for this video
Is the mixer required or no?
What is in you opinion the main subjects to practice on the drum set? I have been only playing for a year and am still confused by this. Also I love your style of teaching and am thinking of joining your website mainly to learn from you. I am just wondering if you have a lot of lessons that you teach on their. Thank you.
Hey man. Thanks for considering joining my website. After noticing the sharp growth of my RUclips channel, I've redirected all of my lesson videos here. There's quite a bit of them so happy browsing. As far as what to practice...that's an extremely broad question to answer, especially since your only a year into in so far. But if I had to pick the three most critical things that'll determine your success on this instrument, I'd say work on your time playing, build a good musical vocabulary, and ALWAYS work on developing your hands. Invest in a good practice pad and wear that sucka out!
Awesome Video, Can you tell me the dimensions of your studio. I have a similar situation with my basement, but I need to build two walls.
which interface is that?
Rob thanks for this video. Excellent! Can I ask what size is your studio? I'm looking to purchase a 5 or 6 piece kit along with all the cymbals, hardware, mics and electronics needed to do online presentations and fitting this into a 10x10 room. Do you think this may be too small for everything? Thanks and God Bless.
+dugjay You should be OK. My room isn’t much wider than 10 feet, but it’s long. About 10x20. Your kit’ll take up maybe 5ft from spurs to throne plus mic stands, so your camera angles might be a little tight but 10x10 is workable space.
Thank you Rob!
Id say if it's too tight face it towards the wall, give it a little more room and you can go closer to the walls
Rob! I know this is really late, but what is that interface called?
It’s the Tascam US1641. I’ve since replaced it, but it’s been great
You never address the mixing board to the right of your laptop. What are you using it for?
+MIKE SCHUMACHER Nuthin. Which is why I didn't address it
I was thinking the same thing. ALL these videos on here NEVER explain the actual mixing/recording. They just go through their mics. Fap Fap! lol
What are you using for mixing if the Mackie isn't being used. I personally have a Mackie I use.
You use your software. I use Logic.
Hello Rob! ... so besides computer and interface; I see an additional board that you do not cover. Is that a mixer board???? Thanks bud! GO YAMAHA DRUMS!
yes it is I use a mixing board and a usb interface.
Great insightful video, I am pretty much there on my Set up , just wondering about how you have advertised and where to get clientele
Offered up some free work for friends to get my feet wet and get a couple samples recorded, then just used social media. Advertising services has never been as ridiculously easy as it is these days. Especially if you have a RUclips channel.
Right on about getting it right from the source! No point in having a fancy recording chain when it's crap that goes in.
Very well done. I've just produced my first video and audio recordings, but have never worked with anyone over the web. Is there a website where one can offer this service? If the interface is Tascam I have the same one. How do you get a headphone mix? What is the distance of the overheads from the snare. I would say equal distance.
+Billy Barton I created my own website to offer my services. I also advertised a bit on my RUclips channel, which I ended up getting a good bit of international work from. My interface is right behind me so I get my headphone mix right off the unit. Overheads mics are relatively the same distance from the snare.
When I record all I hear thru the Headphones the the track. I'm not able to hear the drums as they are being recorded. I obviously don't understand how to route this correctly. Your playing is excellent as well as your presentations. It is obvious you have worked very hard to get to this point! Thanks for responding.
Nice brother!! You do Gospel music?