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Behind The Kit 47

Go Behind the Kit for everything drums: from tips on technique and recording, to gear guides and much more! The drum throne awaits.
1 month ago Behind The Kit

How Motown Made It Work: Drum Recording

All eras of music teach us lessons about recording, playing, and mixing. When it comes to tracking a drum kit, something changed in the 1950s and early ’60s in Detroit, where the Motown sound was born. Modern recording has migrated from the expensive studio spaces of the past into basements, garages, and bedrooms all over […]

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3 months ago Behind The Kit

Five Drummer Gifts You May Not Have Thought Of

Let’s face it, there are little to no silent nights when you’ve got a drummer in the house. By their very nature, percussion instruments are a loud and disruptive family. But even though the journey to drumming mastery is filled with groans from non-drummers, the payoff is a well rounded musician whose instrument of choice […]

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7 months ago Behind The Kit

Want a Big Drum Room Sound? These Three Tricks Will Save Your Mix!

Not everyone has access to a perfect live room with 20-foot ceilings and sound treatment fit for an orchestra. But you don’t necessarily need unlimited space or money to achieve a huge, wide drum sound! Considering you’ve got your close microphones covered, there are a few simple tricks that can elevate your recorded drum sound […]

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9 months ago Behind The Kit

Your Drums Will Thank You for Choosing the Right Overhead Microphones

Let’s face it, we can’t all have microphone lockers filled to the brim with every modern and vintage mic option available. Most of us find a pair of decent overhead mics and stick with them forever, or at least until that sweet, sweet upgrade comes around. Today in studio we’ll be looking at three distinctly […]

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1 year ago Behind The Kit

Toms Sounding Thin? Elevate Your Mix with These Techniques!

Your kit is tuned up, you’ve got it sounding great, full, and resonant with every drum that you hit. But when you hit record in your digital audio workstation, (DAW) your toms sound thin, brittle, and not at all like the fat tones you’re hearing behind the kit! Today we’ll look at the solution to […]

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1 year ago Behind The Kit

Want the Cheat Code for Tuning Fat-Sounding Toms?

Every drummer wants their kit to sound fat and fantastic in a mix. There’s just something about an immaculately miked, mixed, and tuned drum kit that elevates any recording instantly. Unfortunately, many drummers miss out on this bliss after disregarding the very first steps when preparing for recording. Today we’ll take a look at the […]

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1 year ago Behind The Kit

Want a Full-Fledged Outboard Rig at a Fraction of the Cost?

Top-level recording studios all over the world have control rooms filled to the brim with expensive outboard gear, like compressors, preamps, and rack effect processors. Our home studio spaces are not as gear-filled but there’s still a ton of potential in them to track fantastic sounding records. A key to this potential lies at your […]

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1 year ago Behind The Kit

Push the Boundaries of Your Kick Drum Recording With a Boundary Mic

Having trouble getting your bass drum to cut through a mix? Maybe the low frequencies sound great on their own, but once you’ve got the full kit going, your kick is lost. All you need to do is push the boundaries of your kick drum recording with a boundary microphone. The little mic that could, […]

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1 year ago Behind The Kit

From Student to Master: The Ludwig Acrolite

The 1960s were a time of musical discovery. Think about the incredible acts that came out of that decade and then imagine all the young drummers that were influenced and grew up with that great ’60s music. If one thing binds nearly all 1960s recorded music together, it’s Ludwig snares. The Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum […]

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