New drum room/mic setup = new vid!

[Steve Holmes]

HD version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwNbHcGVTW0

Still wanting to get more pop from the snare at this point, overall I'm pleased with this sound though. T-Bo just got a sweet new cam so we want to try a 2-cam thing in there. Maybe a lesson or something. Should be fun! (BTW he was the camera guy on the original blushda vid years ago).

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[Julián Fernández]

Nice! Sounds so much better than the previous vids...

[janne jansson]

Great playing and sound!

[Cymbalfeltfetishist]

Sounds great! Steve can you talk about your bass drum sound in the vid for a second? Great thump and attack. What kind of beater surface (plastic, felt??)- what kind and how much muffling - and the kind of heads/do you use one of those flampatchy-thingys. Thanks for any info. I just got a set of the Recording Customs but maybe I should have got the PHX's huh? ha

[Juan Expósito]

Much better now.
It has more clarity, better sound articulation and it sounds big.
What sound adjustments/changes did you do from your previous videos ?

[sjj123]

Much better.....

Steve..at 4:16 where your alternating kick/crashes w/ R & L hands are the notes paradiddles?

[Clint Hopkins]

Steve, being the player of your caliber, this is how it should be- nice sound!

I'm not just saying this but the tom sound reminded me at times of 'Against the Clock'.

Thanks for sharing!

[Julián Fernández]

Much better now.
It has more clarity, better sound articulation and it sounds big.
What sound adjustments/changes did you do from your previous videos ?

Yes, please do share!

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks guys - honestly I just kept messing with mixing with garage band until I found things that worked for my ears. Some low EQ on the kick and FT are key to give them the thunder I like. I'm using a "classical warm" compression preset on the master track which makes a large difference. Adjust levels and panning, that's pretty much it. In hind sight standard panning is backwards for this vid due to the angle, I should have reversed it but whatever.

Much better.....

Steve..at 4:16 where your alternating kick/crashes w/ R & L hands are the notes paradiddles?

Those are just R llrr L rrll etc.... that sticking over 8th note trips, or 16ths works well (double stroke = 2x the subdivision you're playing).

[Steve Holmes]

Sounds great! Steve can you talk about your bass drum sound in the vid for a second? Great thump and attack. What kind of beater surface (plastic, felt??)- what kind and how much muffling - and the kind of heads/do you use one of those flampatchy-thingys. Thanks for any info. I just got a set of the Recording Customs but maybe I should have got the PHX's huh? ha

Really it's nothing fancy. Stock head. Standard beater (Yamaha pedal). I actually have a bathroom rug in there because I like the rubber bottom, keeps from moving around. There is a patch on there (comes with the head). The head is over a year old at this point (all my heads need changing).

I played RC's for over 10 years. They are awesome drums. Still have them