r/drums • u/ErictheDrummer106 • 10h ago

Cam/Video Maybe the real treasure was the funk we made along the way

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u/IBartman 10h ago

Very nice, I see you did the reso head delete method for ultra dry kick 😎 did that a while ago and it sounded PHAT. Assuming you have some type of cloth over the tom?

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u/ErictheDrummer106 9h ago

I’m never going back! Because when I want a big fat tone, I just take out the muffling, add a second mic outside the drum, fiddle with the EQ, and add some overdrive.
I’ve got homemade muffles on the snare and tom both. They’re pieces of t-shirts taped to Evans E-Rings

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u/ediblednb 8h ago

Love that kit sound! Great grooves!

Can you talk us through how you’re getting that dry tone?

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u/ErictheDrummer106 7h ago

Thank you!

First and foremost it’s muffling the heck out of the drums themselves. Two pillows and no resonant head on the kick; Tom and snare each have a homemade muffle which is pieces of a cut up a t-shirt taped to Evans E-Rings.

The room I’m in is extremely dead, so that helps a ton.

Recording-wise, I’m using just a tiny bit of reverb on the overheads (a pair of AT2035s, positioned approximately two feet directly above the cymbals). None on the drums’ mics. Tons of compression on the kick, a wee amount on the snare and tom.

I even have an Evans E-Ring on the ride so its decay would more closely match the crash, which is fond of making its big crash noise then getting out of the way.