The video is superb but i think most of us also want to know how to get that epic wide drum sound. please thumbs up my comment so bulb might see this, thanks!
Man, I'm planning to record a type of music that is way different from this and still, your tips really help. Thanks a lot man, tons of power from Colombia.
Misha: - Traditional Blasts (kick and snare alternating) - Bomb Blasts (Snare on every 16th note with double bass playing 32nds) - Hammer Blasts (Kick and snare hitting at same time)
man, I don't even like periphery, but much respect to you, not only for doing what you do but for sharing this information. No matter what your genre of choice is, this shit is fucking indispensable.
Dude, just mentioning how drummers don't really play the snare and kick at the same time just flipped a switch in my head. Don't know why I never realized that. Thank you!
The general idea of "Keep in mind how the drummer handles things and what he can and can not physically play" is such a good concept in this. I've heard lots of cool ideas come out of people programming drums that are IMPOSSIBLE to play even for the best drummers and it's like "really?" Love these vids!
Well, if you dont play drums and want to program drums that sound natural and organic. Then understanding the drums, what is possible with them and such is a good Idea.
Man, your drums sound so good on those tracks! I learned a lot! Please make more videos. BFD 2 is my choice of drums, and while I love the sound, the drums don't complement my songs and actually take away from the feel. I'm a guitarist, so programming the right drum pattern can be a task in itself. With a lot of persistence and help from this your video, I WILL overcome my VSTi/midi pattern drum demons. Thanks mate :-)
Digital bath from deaftones is such a killer song! Misha has a very good understanding of how drums work. All these little details and stuff, he got spot on. :)
This is absolutely fantastic Misha. Thank you for taking the time to put together this series. I would love to see a video on creating tones (shaping, amp/cab selection, reference to the mix, et cetera). Keep up the great work.
As a drummer myself, I personally see accents and ghost notes,and basically all complex ideas of how drum writing is structured as segments, checkpoints if you will. For example, if i was doing a simple snare on 2 and 4, and kick on 1 and 3, i would just do 8th notes on the hi hat with the first hit being accented, and the 2nd being a ghost. (essentially the moeller technique) while doing that, i would fill in the off beats with all 8th note ghosts, but if i was doing straight quarters, I COULD still fill in the gaps with 8th note ghost notes, but it would feel a bit different, slightly more separation and independance is needed to do the ghost notes without the feel of a "support" beam, which in this example would be every upbeat between the accented hi hat strokes. It takes a bit of time to do stuff like this without the Moeller method being used, but taking the time to do the usual without any sort of crutch will develop you as a drummer, and be more comfortable exploring around with other sounds.
This is a very good video. The biggest problem with drum machines is that you need a drummer to program one properly. You've made the point in one hit.
Absolutely great! Thanks for the tip with the randomizer in Cubase, I searched for a solution for that 'machine sound problem' and now I found it. Would be great to see lot more of your tips!
Excellent video. You've exposed techniques which are simple yet rich in content that so many people have always asked about. Love the fact that you're sharing all of this in such a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Awesome job and you sir are a djentleman!
Love the videos! Very informational and beneficial to us home studio recording artists haha. It would be awesome if you could do a short video that just goes over the software and the setup you use to get the layout of your software to program your drums and record guitars because your setup seems a lot simpler and easier to use than the current setup I struggle with. It would be greatly appreciated!
section off your midi tracks and basically highlight all midi notes per each drum and enlarge the magnification and unclick the snap to grid. Now drag to the right a bit (in small....VEry small increments) and i bet it will sound even more natural as guitars and such arent usually so "Quantized". I love using this in hip hop and house shit cuz it works great with samples that have been played live. love your skills man keep shreddin!! Cubase love!!!
Maybe use ducking on the camera audio, with the direct sound as the source, just to avoid that slight delay between the two? Just a thought. Sorry, I just love solving things :P
Next video, how you make your drum sounds, mixing etc. At least a quick overview. What's your philosophy for the place kick snare should have in the mix, etc.
Hey Misha! These videos are a great help, thank you so much for making them. I'd love to see a tutorial on how you go about producing synths. That's the one area I (myself) could really use some help with. Cheers!
Hey Misha! Thanks for the programming lessons. How about giving us a rundown on your gear and a more in depth tutorial on how you EQ or set up your gear to your mac for the best tone!
Toxin08 I know I'm 11 months late but Misha said somewhere that he doesn't really use the SD mixer. He uses the multi-out so that each bus in the SD mixer is sent to a bus in the DAW and then he mixes the drums like he would normally do with real drums. That's how "pros" use SD.
Med yassine Mankai I think he said that he uses mostly Metal Machine. From what I've read a lot of people like using the Metal Machine drums in conjunction with the Metal Foundry cymbals. I doubt he uses the presets tho.
Great video! Nice trick with the randomize function. I am usind the MIDI-parameter options, where you can randomize timing and velocity simultaenously, which adds another flavour of "humainzation". I'd be highly interested to hear about how you work with drum samples, e.g. which software, what samples (though i guess you use custom ones?), etc.
hey Misha, just starting to get into recording music at home, still in the research phase. Is Cubase a good daw to start out on and learn on? I've been in a studio and have had my guitars tracked, but I've never done it myself. I just showed up and played my parts when it was time. lol so this is all new stuff to me.
PLEASE keep these videos coming, they're really informative and easy to access even for beginners. Props dude.
7 years later
I'm learning so much right now...
Two things:
(1) I love his drum sound
(2) I love that desk
Yo!
you are a hero
That riff with the blast beat sounds so good and heavy.
The video is superb but i think most of us also want to know how to get that epic wide drum sound.
please thumbs up my comment so bulb might see this, thanks!
Add a fx buss with reverb (fully wet room) and mix the drums into that on it's own fader.
Man you really know how to teach, you do it naturally. I hope you keep releasing new videos, it helps a lot. Bruno from Brazil.
Man, I'm planning to record a type of music that is way different from this and still, your tips really help. Thanks a lot man, tons of power from Colombia.
Misha:
- Traditional Blasts (kick and snare alternating)
- Bomb Blasts (Snare on every 16th note with double bass playing 32nds)
- Hammer Blasts (Kick and snare hitting at same time)
What blast name that plays with bell?. :/
@@GamersHiro the double ride I think??? The Reverend from Avenged Sevenfold used that technique when he was alive.
7:13 is like every beat Halpern plays. Love it.
Constantly seeing Matt grooving these grooves behind his kit in my mind.
Good player, good song writer and good teacher.
That 12:03 - "I could totally play that... (looks at the camera) I can't play that"
hahaha. awesome vid! 2019!
man, I don't even like periphery, but much respect to you, not only for doing what you do but for sharing this information. No matter what your genre of choice is, this shit is fucking indispensable.
Whoever disliked this isnt a nice person. Nice Job Misha!
Dude, just mentioning how drummers don't really play the snare and kick at the same time just flipped a switch in my head. Don't know why I never realized that. Thank you!
The general idea of "Keep in mind how the drummer handles things and what he can and can not physically play" is such a good concept in this. I've heard lots of cool ideas come out of people programming drums that are IMPOSSIBLE to play even for the best drummers and it's like "really?" Love these vids!
Feel like he is talking about drummers like they're a different species. Like an alien that we have to observe to learn it's pattern's of living.
+Mats Brochs you're wrong.
Well, if you dont play drums and want to program drums that sound natural and organic. Then understanding the drums, what is possible with them and such is a good Idea.
Man, your drums sound so good on those tracks! I learned a lot! Please make more videos. BFD 2 is my choice of drums, and while I love the sound, the drums don't complement my songs and actually take away from the feel. I'm a guitarist, so programming the right drum pattern can be a task in itself. With a lot of persistence and help from this your video, I WILL overcome my VSTi/midi pattern drum demons. Thanks mate :-)
Thanks very much mate, your music sound great
I love how Misha's pre-recorded things he just does for his tutorials are still fucking beast!
Digital bath from deaftones is such a killer song!
Misha has a very good understanding of how drums work. All these little details and stuff, he got spot on. :)
This is absolutely fantastic Misha. Thank you for taking the time to put together this series. I would love to see a video on creating tones (shaping, amp/cab selection, reference to the mix, et cetera). Keep up the great work.
Those ghost note doubles around 7:00 sounded so sick that I had to immediately stop the video and go play it! Awesome!
As a drummer myself, I personally see accents and ghost notes,and basically all complex ideas of how drum writing is structured as segments, checkpoints if you will. For example, if i was doing a simple snare on 2 and 4, and kick on 1 and 3, i would just do 8th notes on the hi hat with the first hit being accented, and the 2nd being a ghost. (essentially the moeller technique) while doing that, i would fill in the off beats with all 8th note ghosts, but if i was doing straight quarters, I COULD still fill in the gaps with 8th note ghost notes, but it would feel a bit different, slightly more separation and independance is needed to do the ghost notes without the feel of a "support" beam, which in this example would be every upbeat between the accented hi hat strokes. It takes a bit of time to do stuff like this without the Moeller method being used, but taking the time to do the usual without any sort of crutch will develop you as a drummer, and be more comfortable exploring around with other sounds.
This is a very good video. The biggest problem with drum machines is that you need a drummer to program one properly. You've made the point in one hit.
Absolutely great! Thanks for the tip with the randomizer in Cubase, I searched for a solution for that 'machine sound problem' and now I found it. Would be great to see lot more of your tips!
Thanks Misha and Jeff. You're both legendary.
Excellent video. You've exposed techniques which are simple yet rich in content that so many people have always asked about. Love the fact that you're sharing all of this in such a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Awesome job and you sir are a djentleman!
Great tips misha.. thanks.. it makes me producing some ideas..
These videos have been so helpful! Do one on your equipment, like why you have two sets of monitors and whatnot.
great tutorial, best one ive seen so far, thanx
Thanks for taking the time to post these vids, Misha! Very helpful!
I love the Deftones
Now this is fucking awesome
i would pay for that superior drummer preset
I think you can lol.
Wyatt Schutt
hahahahaha
Wyatt Schutt
You can't jut pay for it, you have to earn it!
Love the videos! Very informational and beneficial to us home studio recording artists haha. It would be awesome if you could do a short video that just goes over the software and the setup you use to get the layout of your software to program your drums and record guitars because your setup seems a lot simpler and easier to use than the current setup I struggle with. It would be greatly appreciated!
Fantastic explained! Thanks a lot mate!!!
Imagine being Matt. And being as good of a drummer as Matt. Dude's insane.
Great video Misha! But I think you should do a in-depth video of how you work in the SD-mixer. Thanks for all the useful tips, you´re awesome!
Very useful tips, thanks Misha and Top Secret Audio.
Super useful videos, I was hoping you would show how you would start to demo from writing a riff to building the initial drum track.
I hope to use these tips someday. Thanks Misha!
You're a bona fide badass, Misha. Thanks for sharing!
6:32 " Matt can play stuff like that! "
you missed " i know "
section off your midi tracks and basically highlight all midi notes per each drum and enlarge the magnification and unclick the snap to grid. Now drag to the right a bit (in small....VEry small increments) and i bet it will sound even more natural as guitars and such arent usually so "Quantized". I love using this in hip hop and house shit cuz it works great with samples that have been played live.
love your skills man keep shreddin!! Cubase love!!!
Maybe use ducking on the camera audio, with the direct sound as the source, just to avoid that slight delay between the two? Just a thought. Sorry, I just love solving things :P
Next video, how you make your drum sounds, mixing etc. At least a quick overview. What's your philosophy for the place kick snare should have in the mix, etc.
Thanks Misha. Very helpful.
Now this is the kind of information I needed. Thanks Misha!
Dude, These videos are so great! Keep it up dude! I have learned so much!
i could listen this stuff all day.. i keep replaying the parts where he plays the recorded stuff
Hey Misha! These videos are a great help, thank you so much for making them.
I'd love to see a tutorial on how you go about producing synths. That's the one area I (myself) could really use some help with.
Cheers!
awesome! love this series, keep the tips coming!
Hey Misha! Thanks for the programming lessons. How about giving us a rundown on your gear and a more in depth tutorial on how you EQ or set up your gear to your mac for the best tone!
Thanks for the awesome video Misha!
This drum sound is awesome!! You'd be my hero for life time if you'd share the secrets behind this massive metal sound!
The nicest man. Thank you, now lets see if I've learned anything and if I can do it Abelton!
Keep doing these videos! Great tips! Thank you!
All I really care to see is his SD2 patch, and how he utilizes the effects in the SD mixer. WHICH IS NEVER SHOWN!!!
I'm expecting the same thing man xD
I dont think he wants everyone to copy his exact sound. I mean, we´d ALL love to see it, but its understandable.
I think he's using the Metal Foundry with SD2, so he has more presets and choices, etc...
Toxin08 I know I'm 11 months late but Misha said somewhere that he doesn't really use the SD mixer. He uses the multi-out so that each bus in the SD mixer is sent to a bus in the DAW and then he mixes the drums like he would normally do with real drums. That's how "pros" use SD.
Med yassine Mankai I think he said that he uses mostly Metal Machine. From what I've read a lot of people like using the Metal Machine drums in conjunction with the Metal Foundry cymbals. I doubt he uses the presets tho.
Who knew we’d get a sneak peak of Dracul Gras 9 years ago?!
Thank you very much Misha ! 💖
Great series
Don't even have to watch to know i like it)
what a great 2 part tutorial. thanks for sharing and guide us. will you also make some tutorials for eq,compr,reverb ( mastering) for drums as well?
dat snare sound
I'm in love with your snare tone jeeebuss
a short take on how to create drum maps like yours would be awesome!
Great video! Nice trick with the randomize function. I am usind the MIDI-parameter options, where you can randomize timing and velocity simultaenously, which adds another flavour of "humainzation".
I'd be highly interested to hear about how you work with drum samples, e.g. which software, what samples (though i guess you use custom ones?), etc.
16:15 those triplet kicks remind me of Dethklok.. just a little.
Thanks Misha, I didn't know how to do this.
i thought exactly the same about that beat sounding like something Mario would do! ;)
So many thanks for this channel!
helpful, thanks man !
Please post more on the fills at the end of the section?
Thank you man!
thanks for the help Misha!
awesome man this helped out a lot, i actually understood this tutorial!!!! thanks
thank you so much! helped me a lot for my song i just made yesterday!
hey Misha, just starting to get into recording music at home, still in the research phase. Is Cubase a good daw to start out on and learn on? I've been in a studio and have had my guitars tracked, but I've never done it myself. I just showed up and played my parts when it was time. lol so this is all new stuff to me.
great tips!! That riff isn't really my favorite, but the video was still great!
I'm loving these top secret audio videos. Keep em coming. Get Nolly in a video. :P
These videos are awesome.
the term your looking for at around @8:16 is "2 step"
Great! Please, post more videos!!!
2:50 is from Zero on their Clear EP!!
Amazing, very educational!
Thanks fellas, some good inspiration right here.
That was an awesome video Misha! Any chance for a video on dialing in guitar tones? :D
Misha will you be posting more vids for this channel? Extremely helpful so I really hope so!
this is very helpful i actually picked up cubase for the way the drum programing is cause in logic and even pro tools it sux a phat dick imo
Great video. And of course any video is improved by a mention of Deftones.
The happiest day of my life
Pre GGD misha!!!
Misha for president
verry usefull misha! thanks a lot :)
This is a great video. Thanks !!
Loving this!
for the love of god make more of these vids and never stop xD
I got Misha's Horizon Devices commercial.
Hey misha would you ever do a video on songwriting? perhaps some tips and stuff, I'd love to see more videos, all this stuff is the shit ✌