Recording Drums With Adrian Bushby
Adrian Bushby has worked with Jamiroquai, Foo Fighters, Muse, Skunk Anansie and more — and recording drums is his specialism.
In this SOS Video, Adrian talks us through his microphone choices, microphone placement and typical mix for a drum recording session with band Superglu.
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Chapters
Live Room
00:00 - Start
00:21 - Drum Kit Mic Placement
01:56 - Overheads & Coles Ribbon Mics For General Kit Sound
04:17 - Phase Considerations With Multiple Microphones
05:19 - Double Mic Toms
07:17 - AKG D190
08:18 - Three Kick Drum Mics
09:55 - Snare Top & Bottom Mics
11:06 - Extra Mics On The Drum Kit
Control Room
13:00 - Processing Kick Drum - Blending Microphones
16:35 - Snare Drum Mixing
23:04 - Processing Overheads
23:42 - Checking Phase In Pairs Across Channels
26:48 - Processing Coles Ribbon Mics
31:36 - Blending In Room Mics
33:28 - Compression On Mix Buss
36:20 - Mixing The Toms
43:36 - Mixing In AKG D190
46:38 - Mixing Lomo Valve Mic
51:40 - Full Kit And Mixing In The ‘Crazy Mics’
55:27 - Mix These Recordings Yourself
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