Im glad so many people agree with me like some of those videos with all the hacks dude really help when i gig and at home too but only the ogs will know what im talking about lol
So uh, I went over yonder to Nashville to help Ricky set up his studio and heres the results! Y'all best check out his channel to see the unboxing! ua-cam.com/video/IJi-OK0SBZc/v-deo.html
Buy some shitty earbuds at the dollar store, tape each ear to a drum, run them all into a 5-way splitter of something, run that into the shitty mic input on your laptop and record. No joke, my friend recorded an album like that with a bunch of yard sale trash instruments on a windows 95 pc running CoolEdit (old version of Adobe Audition) Suuuper lo-fi of course, but you can surprisingly get some usable enough sounds if your budget is really that tight, lol.
Cool vid, love seein you work with other people sometimes. One thing I'd love to see you try and build are DIY Octobans or DIY Roto Toms. I've been thinking about building some because I can never find used, big rotos in my area for cheap; but I just don't know where to start with it.
Really nice video! Another tip I can give to people with smaller drum rooms (especially if the roof is low) is to use a Mid/Side configuration in front of the drumset instead of the A/B OH you are using here! Have given me some really nice results!
Nice....but please for the love of Mike get the desk with the monitors out of the corner. He's going to have tons of problems mixing if he leaves it there....
This actually sounded pretty good to me. Especially considering the mics you were using. I’d love to see how a bass mic on the floor Tom, a sub kick, and a Shure sm57 on the snare would of sounded... also somee604’s on the racks. But kit to kit I think Rickys sounded best! Lol his toms definitely seemed lively! Great video thank you!!!
Please do a video on what to do with drum shells. You might have already done that though. I bought a used set at a garage sale. They gave us a bunch of scrap drum pieces. And shells...lots of shells.
hey man, I use the fluffy side of velcro on the back of the foam and then use "3M command" strips to hang it. then you just pull the tab of the command strip when you want to remove the foam which leaves nothing on the wall :)
David.. please please please post a general video of you tuning heads i have a bop kit I need to properly tune. I know there is a lot of info on this already, but I only like to hear your voice. Much love. Your videos are super tasty.
What works in place of legit soundfoam? Could you maybe do a future video trying out various DIY substitutes for soundfoam? Like the old egg carton method.
Egg cartons don't do shit. Old towels work great though, possibly better than auralex. Something to keep in mind is that foam anf towels are too thin to do anything for bass frequencies, they only tame high end flutter. You might want to look into rockwool bass traps if you want to treat a room properly
I agree 100%. The foam honestly was mostly an aesthetic investment. For those non-musicians, the studio foam backdrop adds a lot of value in the looks department. Certainly some cheaper options to explore.
Nice work, great vid. Just curious.... is there a method behind your placement of the tiles on the wall? It looks like there’s some spare space on the left of on the left of the wall and on the right you right out of space. Is it centered around the kit for camera angles?
Nice video, i would say that the bass tom doesn't sounds great, that's too bad 😕 I don't know how many time you spend on the mix or if the bass tom was tuned great so well, i think it deserve to fix it 😅 After all thank you for your videos i really like them, your tips are very usefull !
I actually don't use a bottom head on my floor tom (going for a more vintage sound). What I ended up figuring out later was placing the mic inside the drum instead of on top of the head is WAY better. Mic placement makes all the difference for that issue!
Hi David, I have a question. I am 13, and a percussionist in band, as well as an enthusiastic musician in general. A few years a go I decided to buy my own drum set, however, being 11, I only decided on the crappy 260 dollar gammon one on Amazon. I loved it for a few years, however recently it's started to fall apart (which makes sense.) The kick drum pedal is screwed up, the hi hat isn't tall enough, all the heads are flimsy, and the cymbals sound like garbage. I've decided to upgrade it (at least a lil) so I decided on replacing all the heads (ambassador coated for snare beater side, ambassador hazy for snare snare side, and g2s for floor and Tom, as well as a new kick drum head, forget the name) Meinl hi hats and crash, sabian ride, new kick drum pedal, and gilbratar hi hat stand, as well as new cymbal stands for the assorted new cymbals, which comes out to about 500 dollars (Christmas money to the rescue!) Obviously I can't spend thousands on a pro kit at 13, but I at least wanted a little upgrade for the time being, so I thought this was a good fix. So my question(s) is, are there any things I should change before I order? Also should I get new resonant heads for the toms and kick? I was only going to get beater sides for those, so do they make a difference? Thanks. Also fellow commentators plz feel free to help as well I could use it
Hello, I am also a drummer of similar age. I would personally wait and save for a new set. I got a Yamaha stage birch custom I believe it is called with some zildjian cymbals and pdp hardware after years of playing on a shitty electric. That was all for a bit over a grand. If I were you I would just hang tight and save since you’re practically half way there. Also, maybe this is just me, but when I play on other kick pedals it feels like shit. I invested in a DW5000 pedal and I love it. Hope that can help
Yo David, big fan of the channel, been watching for a couple years now. Anyway, is there any tips you can give me on recording a drum kit with only one mic? Thanks man
foam paneling and monitor foam are a waste of money imo. You can make absorption panels out of rockwool insulation inside a wooden frame and I've heard (haven't tried it myself) that a mouse pad is good enough isolation for studio monitors. I know everyone on the internet thinks they're an expert and I'm not, lol, just my opinion
The budget for gear is one thing, but the budget for buying a house to put a studio in is where the real problem is lol
Ha! Yeah that is a good point 😂
Super relatable.
My drums have been sitting in my apartment closet for a year now😕
Corey Walvatne look at Stephen Clark on UA-cam, he does drum videos on living in an apartment and tips and tricks :)
@@coreyw5981 Don’t let that stop you, good tuning on remo silentstrokes, or even a trigger and mix of acoustic and electric are great for recording
Nice video but........
Bring back the dollar tree drummer please David
Lol
YES
I agree. I miss the MacGyver Dave who made something from nothing that we drummers could use.
Im glad so many people agree with me like some of those videos with all the hacks dude really help when i gig and at home too but only the ogs will know what im talking about lol
The way the foam touches the end of one wall but not the other is purely infuriating...
We meant to put the cut offs from the other corner on that side but we completely forgot!
@@rdavidr lmao
It's killing me with my OCD
Have you ever considered making a bass drum into the largest snare drum ever I think that would be cool to see
He'd likely have to make his own snare wire strand for that. Not saying he couldn't do it, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be easy
David you should make a video on how to Make a built-in muffler on a drum
So uh, I went over yonder to Nashville to help Ricky set up his studio and heres the results! Y'all best check out his channel to see the unboxing!
ua-cam.com/video/IJi-OK0SBZc/v-deo.html
Nice idea. But what if my budget is 3 dollars
I guess just hang the 3 bucks on your wall...
Get closed cell foam for free off craigslist then make bass traps from them!
Also free rugs help the floor
@@rdavidr I tried that and my room sounds like a million dollar drum studio. Life hacks my dude
Buy some shitty earbuds at the dollar store, tape each ear to a drum, run them all into a 5-way splitter of something, run that into the shitty mic input on your laptop and record. No joke, my friend recorded an album like that with a bunch of yard sale trash instruments on a windows 95 pc running CoolEdit (old version of Adobe Audition) Suuuper lo-fi of course, but you can surprisingly get some usable enough sounds if your budget is really that tight, lol.
The most important conclusion of this video is that everyone needs a rototom.
#MakeRototomsTheNewCowbells
Pretty awesome studio. Shows you don’t have to go all out to get good results.
less is more!
I love how Ricky has a nice Shine kit that re-customize. Love his studio studio!
Appreciate that so much! Worked hard on redoing those shells.
Thats a beautiful drum set
Re-customized the shells myself!
This is so cool! Two of my favorite drummers together!🤘🏻
Great video! Great information and Thank
You for posting.
Random question, when are you gonna do another Dollar tree drummer video?
The foam is off center, you have no idea how much it's bugging me. I'm not at all OCD but it's so easy to do so why not do it!
Cool vid, love seein you work with other people sometimes.
One thing I'd love to see you try and build are DIY Octobans or DIY Roto Toms. I've been thinking about building some because I can never find used, big rotos in my area for cheap; but I just don't know where to start with it.
Really nice video! Another tip I can give to people with smaller drum rooms (especially if the roof is low) is to use a Mid/Side configuration in front of the drumset instead of the A/B OH you are using here! Have given me some really nice results!
love the feel of this video, you two work well together!!!
David your channel is the best drum channel ever existed.
Please return dollar tree drummer
You’re the man, buddy, thanks!
Nice....but please for the love of Mike get the desk with the monitors out of the corner. He's going to have tons of problems mixing if he leaves it there....
4:27 haha poor guy haha dude is a powerhouse on drums though. Very cool video. thx broskis. \m/
This actually sounded pretty good to me. Especially considering the mics you were using. I’d love to see how a bass mic on the floor Tom, a sub kick, and a Shure sm57 on the snare would of sounded... also somee604’s on the racks. But kit to kit I think Rickys sounded best! Lol his toms definitely seemed lively! Great video thank you!!!
Awesome very cool!
You in Nashville ?? Man would like to meet you.. I live in Nashville
Please do a video on what to do with drum shells. You might have already done that though. I bought a used set at a garage sale. They gave us a bunch of scrap drum pieces. And shells...lots of shells.
Love that drum groove at the end
That foam must be something else of that little bit made a noticeable difference. I have 3 by 5 foot rugs on my walls and its still ear splitting.
hey man, I use the fluffy side of velcro on the back of the foam and then use "3M command" strips to hang it. then you just pull the tab of the command strip when you want to remove the foam which leaves nothing on the wall :)
This is an awesome channel
You guys are funny and lethally skilled. My commendations.
David.. please please please post a general video of you tuning heads i have a bop kit I need to properly tune. I know there is a lot of info on this already, but I only like to hear your voice. Much love. Your videos are super tasty.
Dude, Ricky is the reason I bought a drum kit
Killer.
@@RickyFicarelli thanks for the reply man!
What works in place of legit soundfoam? Could you maybe do a future video trying out various DIY substitutes for soundfoam? Like the old egg carton method.
Egg cartons don't do shit. Old towels work great though, possibly better than auralex. Something to keep in mind is that foam anf towels are too thin to do anything for bass frequencies, they only tame high end flutter. You might want to look into rockwool bass traps if you want to treat a room properly
Here you go mate: ua-cam.com/video/pABvTWSxOes/v-deo.html It works just perfect!
Cool guys!
my God, cutting one side of the rooms foam and not the other! I couldn't deal with that! It has to be balanced and consistent or I cant relax.
Good video and great results. A lot of bang for the buck with the audio interface and mics, but $279 for 12 pieces of foam?
I agree 100%. The foam honestly was mostly an aesthetic investment. For those non-musicians, the studio foam backdrop adds a lot of value in the looks department. Certainly some cheaper options to explore.
Nice setup!
Keep it up your the best dave
Post moree
Nice
Nice work, great vid. Just curious.... is there a method behind your placement of the tiles on the wall? It looks like there’s some spare space on the left of on the left of the wall and on the right you right out of space. Is it centered around the kit for camera angles?
Centered for the kit, just for looks mainly. We were going to put the cut off on the other side but completely forgot!
Fair enough! Figured there was some logic to it!@@rdavidr
You should try and set up as many drums/accessories on your kit
Bro ur the besttt post moree
Still a bit "live" in there. Throw some bass traps in the opposite corners of the kit.maybe some auralux on the ceiling.
Nice video, i would say that the bass tom doesn't sounds great, that's too bad 😕
I don't know how many time you spend on the mix or if the bass tom was tuned great so well, i think it deserve to fix it 😅
After all thank you for your videos i really like them, your tips are very usefull !
I actually don't use a bottom head on my floor tom (going for a more vintage sound). What I ended up figuring out later was placing the mic inside the drum instead of on top of the head is WAY better. Mic placement makes all the difference for that issue!
Any budget ideas for soundproofing so that my neighbors don’t hate me? 😅
Hi David, I have a question.
I am 13, and a percussionist in band, as well as an enthusiastic musician in general. A few years a go I decided to buy my own drum set, however, being 11, I only decided on the crappy 260 dollar gammon one on Amazon. I loved it for a few years, however recently it's started to fall apart (which makes sense.) The kick drum pedal is screwed up, the hi hat isn't tall enough, all the heads are flimsy, and the cymbals sound like garbage. I've decided to upgrade it (at least a lil) so I decided on replacing all the heads (ambassador coated for snare beater side, ambassador hazy for snare snare side, and g2s for floor and Tom, as well as a new kick drum head, forget the name) Meinl hi hats and crash, sabian ride, new kick drum pedal, and gilbratar hi hat stand, as well as new cymbal stands for the assorted new cymbals, which comes out to about 500 dollars (Christmas money to the rescue!) Obviously I can't spend thousands on a pro kit at 13, but I at least wanted a little upgrade for the time being, so I thought this was a good fix. So my question(s) is, are there any things I should change before I order? Also should I get new resonant heads for the toms and kick? I was only going to get beater sides for those, so do they make a difference? Thanks. Also fellow commentators plz feel free to help as well I could use it
Hello, I am also a drummer of similar age. I would personally wait and save for a new set. I got a Yamaha stage birch custom I believe it is called with some zildjian cymbals and pdp hardware after years of playing on a shitty electric. That was all for a bit over a grand. If I were you I would just hang tight and save since you’re practically half way there. Also, maybe this is just me, but when I play on other kick pedals it feels like shit. I invested in a DW5000 pedal and I love it. Hope that can help
hey david you have the presonus 1824 in the vid but then in your sweetwater link it is the presonus 1810? is there a difference?
Yes Paison 🤘 checking out your channel now,new subscriber!
It would make a good video if you took all the drums you have and put them on the same kit
Yo David, big fan of the channel, been watching for a couple years now. Anyway, is there any tips you can give me on recording a drum kit with only one mic? Thanks man
He just finished with helping Casey with studio stuff and no this
eyyyy david! I was wondering if you would mind if I sample some of your drumming?
go for it!
@@rdavidr thaaaank youuuu so much!
Yo David can you make a homemade drum skin?
Yes!
Yes!
KITTY!
Yeah!!!!! ROTO TOM RICKY!!!!!!
ha!
I like “Learning Dramatization” haha
Awesome. I'm the 500th like
you should combine all your drums into one mega set for 200k
Shouldn't foam go in the corners before anywhere else?
Any suggestions for daw, compressors, or noise gates? I'm kinda new to recording drums.
Any specific strategies for soundproofing/acoustic panelling?
How much did that equipment cost?
You didn’t say how much everything costed
check out the link in the description!
Hi David, what is your computer setup pls? Thanks!
0:48 turn up your volume really high. You can hear someone wisper something about david
Petar Kostrevski fuck you
"As you can see he's super famous" *shows silver play button*
Oh UA-cam culture, what have you done?
If you couldnt tell, that was a joke...
@@rdavidr as was my reply. Sorry rdavidr for the confusion. Keep drumming on
ricky looks like george harrison
It costs much better to use Yamaha ead10
Not quite my tempo.
What is the kitties name? 🐱
Ozzy!
@@RickyFicarelli what a cutie.
Can you make a marching snare plz I ask in every video
@Solitary Pringlez he doseint have to March in it he could out it on a stand and play it you know
@Solitary Pringlez Is also a kind of snare and it can be a new thing to make then from a concert snare
5:40 I see Mike Mangini auditioning for Dream Theater.
I see a pretty average drummer and I am sad they didn't choose Marco Minnemann
@@jooplin That was many years ago. Can we move on?
@@jooplin dude how on earth is Mike Mangini average
@@thomaskennydrums Didn't say mangini was, I think Ricky is
@@RandyHanley Honestly I can't but I love how a drummer like Marco still developes his style
😮😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
3:43
I like ur video
It’s me, I’m headphone user
Hi Everyone!
Hi
What was the budget?
The ballpark we were shooting for was $1500-$2000 as far as recording gear/setup.
my nigga
Less mics
rdavidr, you have afro on preview pic)
did he just say, Cae-juns? Its pronounce Ca-hone.
0:47. Shame on you, my volume level is minimal.
Is it just me or does Ricky kind of look like Taylor Hawkins with black hair?
Tom Cascone are your eyes working?
yoo yooo man plz give me free stikers
foam paneling and monitor foam are a waste of money imo. You can make absorption panels out of rockwool insulation inside a wooden frame and I've heard (haven't tried it myself) that a mouse pad is good enough isolation for studio monitors. I know everyone on the internet thinks they're an expert and I'm not, lol, just my opinion
I'm still not cool with them calling themselves "engineers"... Theres nothing engineer about someone who takes orders on the phone.
George Harrison is that you?
272nd
Not really on a budget using Shure 🤔
Hey Ricki,im a drummer who has a vowel ending in my last name, Italian?RDavidar send me some stickers, please?
Italian drummers unite.