Dramatically Different Tunings for Recording Drums with Welch Tuning Systems
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- There are often quite a few different ways to approach a recorded drum performance; whether it’s focusing on the pocket with a minimalist take or maybe a bit more creative with some tasteful yet unique approach to a groove. One thing we don’t often consider is how the sound of the drums inspires the performance. This week, we decided to record some drums along with some Loop Loft samples performed by Charlie Hunter and take two vastly different approaches with two vastly different tunings thanks to Welch Tuning Systems.
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Signal chain:
Mics - Focusrite Clarett 8Pre USB & OctoPre - MacPro w/Pro Tools 12.8
Recorded at 48kHz / 24bit
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Full kit: AKG C414 (ear-distance)Snare drum & tom tom close mics: Shure SM57
Bass drum: AKG D112 (at mic port) + KAM R3 Ribbon microphone ~8” away from reso
Hosted by: Cody Rahn
Production: Ben O'Brien Smith @ Cadence Independent Media
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Charlie Hunter is a great musician. His stuff with Carter Mclean is some of the best music I've ever heard!
That low tuning is the best drum sounds I’ve ever heard
The 2nd tuning example,for me,sounded fantastic. Thankyou.😘🥁🌻
Your playing really shines along with the music.
Great playing,prefer the higher tunning.Great feel for the music.
Gorgeous, organic tone!
What really surprised me was how much clearer the bass guitar was when the drums were tuned higher
Yes! And that’s key- great drum sounds are almost always dependent on the context.
It’s funny you mention erings. Tape, etc being in bounds when it comes to the final sound. I was always made to feel that having tape on your drum, using rings, etc was blasphemy! I then saw a sonic highway episode and they showed Taylor Hawkins’s setup for a particular track and there was tape on the top and bottom of the floor tom, moongel on the rack and laundry in the bass drum and the drums for that track sounded absolutely amazing. I do feel you should learn to tune your drums and to get an open and dampened tone in kind but I see so many of these huge artists tweaking things with the drums in the studio and I realized it’s nothing but the final recorded tone when it comes to tracking. Hey if it’s good enough for the foo fighters then I guess it’s ok for me. Rock in guys and thanks for your continuous,inspiring me informative content!
Sending love from Italy...You're a great bass player too ;)
Hahaha thanks man! the secret is out :) -Cody
Nice kit. thanks!
Awesome!!
Definitely an overload of sympathetic snare buzz! Hey, I’d love an easy tune system but for me, these guys are not my cup of tea! Excellent demonstration though cheers… Keith
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Oh man I’m loving how fat these can get! Awesome tones and feel on the first pass.
Love these kinds of videos! What ride cymbal is that? I'm lovin' it.
Same one we've had on here for the last full season. Custom mod by Jesse Simpson. We'll be getting into all of these as part of our cymbal series exclusively available on our Patreon soon!
@@SoundsLikeADrum awesome!! I'll check that out. Thank you!
Welch!!!!!
I"m not great at tuning drums. Do you recommend I buy these drums? Would that just be the end of my tuning problems?
Could WTS drums be used for rock and metal?
Absolutely! There's nothing genre-specific about these drums.
I'm a fan of wide open drums, but there's something about these that just doesn't sound right to my ear. Especially the snare. I could maybe find something to like about this tuning system for toms. But, the construction and purpose of the heads on the top and bottom (or front and back) of a snare and bass drum are so vastly different, I struggle to see how this is even useable without lots of modification. And, honestly, at that point what's the point of spending 6 grand on a kit?!
Ok, looks like different heads for the up tuning. Sounds better,
Same exact heads. Just a change in tuning and removal of the E-rings. Not necessarily "better" but just different.
Sounds Like A Drum I disagree I think no E rings sound better .
Thanks for the video, imo, to much dampening, no resonance, imo
All depends on the character. That low tuning works perfectly with the muffling and that particular performance. The high tuning is open, resonant, and lends itself nicely to some more notes and general experimentation. The key here is that different sounds can all work as different approaches to a track and can also lend themselves to different performance approaches as well.
Removing rings, that’s why they looked and sound need different, I think that system has real possibilities. I watch the namm best of video, just a quick hands on demonstration of tuning, gave a few seconds of what you can do in a live or studio situation. Nice effort, I appreciate it......I went to their web site, not very fast, a bit clumsy, looks good but doesn’t work very well, maybe relay that to them.....best regards, Michael Welch, no relation, I don’t think.....
Love the video, would you mind checking our channel out and possibly leaving some feedback on how we can inprove? We are a southeast Missouri rock band and post gig and practice videos. Thank you!