Hi Friends! In this video I'm recording a very particular Drum sound at Studio One at Sunset Sound. We were going for a classic Motown/Stax and Atlantic sound for these tracks, no hole in the kick, toms with little sustain and cymbals with a lot of personality vs a splashy wash! Which studio would you like to see us record at next? Let me know below! Be sure to check out the Cheap vs Expensive Drum recording Video here:- kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4GAvM5uYsTgZso.htmlm24s

@blakecurtis7809

5 жыл бұрын

Electrical Audio in Chicago. Steve albini. Or Trident studio in California, Juan Urtega. Juan mostly does death metal bands, he did do a Ted Nugent album. But he does outstanding work.

@MuricaMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@MorbidManMusic +1 for that! Would be hugely interesting to see how the pros get on in our makeshift studios. Would definitely learn a ton from that!

@BrandonKraemerbk

5 жыл бұрын

@@blakecurtis7809 +1 for a Steve & Warren summit at Electrical Audio. Pack some black coveralls Warren ;-)

@ewancunningham

5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see you record in my tiny home studio, it's got some real challenges like the lack of any sort of floor space and sensitive neighbours!!

@danpeltier1354

5 жыл бұрын

MY STUDIO WARREN AHAHA

That snare sounds so damn great through the 47's capturing the high room.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Big River Records thanks ever so much my friend! You Rock!

The complete breakdown including real time isolation of mics and boosts so that we can see/hear is such a gift! Thank you SO MUCH for ALL of your content @Warren Huart The knowledge and experience that you share with us is very appreciated! :)

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Newsky79 that’s very kind of you! This is exactly why I do this my friend!

The 67 on the wall sounded incredible!! Was not expecting that at all!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi ihave2feet thanks my friend!

This is a REALLY good breakdown, especially allowing us to hear the various mics in isolation as you go around the kit. Thanks!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Adam!!!

@darlenesheffield9835

5 жыл бұрын

I agree Adam !!

My gosh -- quality -- that room sounds amazing.

5:49 - What size it is? - Twenny - so Twenty - Yeah...

When you fired up the mono talk-back mic it sounded like an old Motown recording all by itself. What an amazing room and assortment of gear. Thanks for sharing! Your channel rocks even when you're off on vacation.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks ever so much! I Really appreciate it! Yes, lovely to be on holiday!!

@nickwallette6201

5 жыл бұрын

Reminded me a bit of Robert Plant's Manic Nirvana. Man I love the sound of that record. SO good.

@TresSeaver

5 жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same: that talkback was perfect all by itself for that sound.

That 67 room mic has the vintage vibe in spades!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

J.P. Winter Sichelschmidt thanks ever so much my friend!

as a keen hobbyist, making pretty awful tunes using PC based tools like "Reason" with a novation keyboard, I simply LOVE these videos from Warren, super informative, super clear to understand and brilliantly produced, also great hearing pro's converse in the true language of the pro studio.......brilliant vid and once again thank you..

Another fantastic and ridiculously helpful video Warren. Honestly, I've learned so much from you you practically produced our last album! Please never stop doing you.

@catfinger

5 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, am in band

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Murica! That's great to hear! This is why we do what we do! You rock my friend!

@johnjones833

5 жыл бұрын

Truth. Blessed to have u on KZread

@MuricaMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro thanks so much!

@bgmmusic9522

5 жыл бұрын

Same

My favorite type of videos from @Produce Like A Pro I know it's not the exact same thing because it's plugins but I start with Waves 550As on each drum as if they're "tracked" with them.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew Arbogast that’s fantastic to hear my friend! Glad to be able to help!

I Love API550's for mixing. They just makes you work fast , straight to the point , and no frequency fuckarounditis syndrome. LOL

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I hear you Isaac!

When I was a working engineer, the drums were always my favorite thing to record. I recorded alot of metal/hard rock, and the setup I developed for the kick drum was- 1. No outer head on the kick drum. 2. A sandbag placed inside the kick with a Shure PZM mic sitting on the sandbag. 3. An AKG D 112 or Senn MD421 or Shure Sm7A inside pointed at the beater. 4. A condenser mic about two feet in front of where the outer head would be. 5. A tunnel made from packing blankets covering the kick and all mics on the kick. With a setup like that, I would get a super fat and isolated sound every time.

@jorrickthole6505

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree on the no resonator. For metal it makes the kick controllable and less boomy. Less gating necessary. And a fuck ton of parrallel compression 😁

Between you, Beato, and Neely I’m learning so much. It’s like one on one courses with the best professors on KZread. Thank you for all your hard work.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Sam Gunn wow! Thanks ever so much my friend! I really appreciate it!!

@burnradio9681

3 жыл бұрын

Who's Neely? Sounds like something I want to check out too :)

I can't wait for the Sunset Sound drum multisamples you've announced.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Coming soon my friend!

I love the idea of being able to just quickly and tactilely get so much done. Thanks Warren'

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Audrey Sims thanks my friend!!

Been a Pro Engineer for a long time but this is lovely to hear. Great studio and of course a marvellous engineer.Thanks.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much my friend!!

Something I would like to see discussed is the use of tape on cymbals. You see it all the time in videos but people rarely discuss in any sort of detail. Maybe for a future video? Cheers.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Gribb 59 absolutely my friend!

what a big booming sound you got from the cute lil kick!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi ADRIAN WAGNER haha exactly!

@mark52111

3 жыл бұрын

$40 vintage Japanese kick drum, with budget/student lugs (6). Sounded amazing. Love it.

Brilliant, got my old engineer juices flowing. Thanks for sharing and from such a legendary studio too. Lovely to see the old AMS reverb and delay boxes in the racks as well. 🙌

There are some small kicks, like Khruangbin uses (really small ones) and they have such a great tight and boomy bottom end. I love the sound of those kickdrums.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!! I appreciate your insight!

Did anyone else notice the irony of a million dollar studio and a $70 kick drum purchased on Craig's list? Reminds me of Eddie Van Halen's guitar used on the first Van Halen album (also recorded at this same studio) was something under $200.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim, thanks for your comment! Instruments have never had to be expensive to be great! The 'Stairway To Heaven' Acoustic, Danelectro, Silvertone, Harmony, 70's Yamaha Acoustics, some of the best cymbals with tons of character are the cheap Paiste Cymbals from 70's and early 80's, the list is endless! Heck one of most famous mics ever of course is the AKG D19, The Beatle mic, that was AKG's base level dynamic! One of the Basses that we used that day was made of plastic and was $40 when new!

@TimKaseyMythHealer

5 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Yes,, the Danelectro (played one of those in a music store a few years back) had more character than any guitar I've ever played. The sales guy knew this and thought I might like it. It looked so cheap with that metal round bar for a pickup.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed@@TimKaseyMythHealer! Most of my favourite instruments are fairly inexpensive or home made! Think the 'Red Special' Brian May's guitar for instance!

@jppagetoo

5 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Ding! First Queen reference on this video! Do I win a prize for finding it first?

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

jppagetoo haha a big pat in the back! Haha

Matt is one of the coolest people in the world. Plus he's an amazing drummer

Very well broken down and great explanation on how you got the drum sound! So fun seeing Sunset room 1! Good stuff Warren. Thanks!

Great, great information that connects drum part to microphone choice to location to EQ. BTW, I was blown away by the sound of the high room mics. I was drooling all over my screen :-). Thank you Warren!

This is brilliant! Having a video that you can hear each drum individually in realtime is so helpful...Thanks mate :) x

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

gagsmedia so glad to be able to help my friend!!

Great breakdown Warren, thank you. This drum kit in this room sounds awesome.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed Marc! You're very welcome!

I love the overhead only sound of that kit, it's so lively. I'd just roll that way :)

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Great overheads in that amazing room, with a great drummer who plays evenly!

When Warren is really pissed off with you, you'll hear him saying "You're like 400 Hz to me!" :)

In a session like this, do you record all the settings of the control room gear on paper so you can recall it? What would be really interesting for some of your audience is to see a diagram or a recall sheet of your setup.

Love Sunset Sound, always learning something new!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

It's such an amazing studio John!

That was awesome. Thank you for this!

Your videos are amazing by the way!

Cool Warren, hope you're well dude. Keep the passion! DC

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much David!!

Nothing like a clean and organized recording studio 👌🏽

Flipping brilliant!!!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend!!

Thanks this was great!!

love all these video's! Thank you Sir!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Awesome video! Love hearing those overheads and rooms isolated. There is something special about the api 550s. I only use plugin versions but a little mid scoop, top and bottom boost just sounds so good.

love these.... i so would love to have been there to hear you guys change out drum sounds per song and why and the reasons ...great work as always guys

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Marvellous idea Kip!!

This is a great video - thank you for sharing!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks very very much Warren for this golden video!!! I hope to record in the future there too (maybe with you and David, I keep that open..;) ) I feel blessed that I could record in the famous Wisseloord Studio 1, Hilversum, The Netherlands in my mid twenties with Epica... I really enjoyed the crew/studio-environment there too.. In the morning they even tuned my drumkit, that kind of professionalism and higher standards and working TOGETHER for the bigger picture is what I love man!!! Later I worked as a sessiondrummer with Hot club de Nashville ( Dave Pomeroy/Pat Bergeson , who worked with Vinnie too...) Moral of the story is: They all were very friendly, passionate, talented, blessed and no ego... My deepest respect for anybody!!! (I hate bragging and jealousy, its a waste of time..) And this awesome PLAP Academy too!!! Let, s help eachother the best we can!!! :) :) Have a good holiday Warren!!!!

Thanks for your vídeos. They inspired me. Cheers from Brasil.

I used the hi-hat doublemiking trick the other day in my studio I really really love the sound

Wow. That snare was popping with the high room mics.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clay! You Rock!!

AWESOME!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

Great up and personal session, thanks dude.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Vance Dylan you’re very welcome!!

Really interesting video and a great breakdown and isolation of each mic set. Those high room mics sounded incredible.

@darlenesheffield9835

5 жыл бұрын

I agree !!

Warren...this is freaking awesome. thank you. I now need to upgrade from my 8 channel interface...I needed a good reason to do that, and here it is

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

haha!

Amazing as always!!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Mauro!!

There is some magic with those API EQs when boosted at higher frequencies. They seem to just create air out of nothing. Love them for that on bass.

So good!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel Duskin thanks ever so much!

Had a slight time warp.......for a moment I thought that was a young Levon Helm sitting behind the kit

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Marc Clement wow! That would be amazing!

@darlenesheffield9835

5 жыл бұрын

I am very sure the drummer would be very pleased to hear that comparison!

Great insight Warren, thank you!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Marty!!

Thanks for this terrific breakdown Warren! This will be a big help for my next live drum session!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever son much Dave! You Rock!!

what an amazing video, not just information wise but insight wise, i don't quite know how to put my finger on it but you do vids sometimes that slot perfect puzzle pieces into my knowledge and feel library, being knackered after a long days work its great to feel inspired and re energised when it all just makes a bit more sense!! thank you

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

TheLeon1032 wow! That made my day my friend! Thanks ever so much!

I love all of your videos ! But this one by far one of your best videos! The hands on approach will really appeal to everyone ! Hint hint

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you ever so much Glenn!

Slumming it again Warren, I don't know how you work in such poor conditions!! Great video btw!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

haha Julian!

Enjoyed watching this video! Yes it would be interesting to see you do a video using old cheap microphones and minimal microphone setup ,etc. I love the Motown and James Brown ( early 60s / early 70s) recording sounds, it would be interesting to see how you can reproduce those sounds ! Thanks for the inspiration Warren, good job !

holy shnizzle im looking forward to this!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

TheLeon1032 haha thanks

That room sounds gorgeous!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

I agree Charles! Amazing Studio!!

Warren, love these videos! Great to see techniques that people can perhaps apply to their home studios to improve their skills! Thanks a million!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Roy!!

@royglennie

5 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Nae probs, it's the truth haha! I've used various of these golden nuggets of info myself!

57 n 58 always great

How to mix drums step one: Cut 400hz

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Niklas Airaksinen pretty good start to remove the low mids! Typically I cut 350 in the actual mix! However 400 as a fixed point on the @sunsetsoundrecorders console is a great start!

@sinenkaari5477

5 жыл бұрын

Low mids in my mixes is the thing i started to focus on more about one year ago becouse of your videos

@neilregan2488

5 жыл бұрын

That was my take away too, other than when recording place mics all over your house and possibly put one in your neighbours backyard, get the real feel of the neighbourhood in your mix.

@sinenkaari5477

5 жыл бұрын

@@neilregan2488 i need to try this now. Thanks

Those micstands are so cool

Wow, thank u!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Kriss! Thanks for watching!

thank you Warren

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Dan! Thanks for watching!

Hi Warren. I would love to thank you for such a high quality content and your passion to this art called music. I wanted to ask If there will be episode with Lenny Kravitz. That would be great to see his equipment and outstanding amount of memorabilia and also the passion and unique style:)) all the best Daniel

My favorite big studios in the world, Sunset Sound, if you follow the podcasts they make are mind-boggling, what is made there is enormous, back in the day. And I'm happy Paul keeps it open. A big giant left us the Capitol studio's, that's sad. Back then these studios were open 24/24 can you imagine that? And still these API consoles, I'm in love :) errr I can't believe they have a Behringer 8024 in there, still. With the AES/ EBU option they sound decent, but those analog converters are sssssssssssssss so not usable. I have still a 9024 and a 8024, but they are used to filling up rack space.

That talkback mic sounds great on it’s own!

Must admit, seeing you in action in that live room out of that control room totally changed the effect of my initial bias. You mixed down your image. That kick drum miking is fierce. I think that (what I believe to be Ambassador Fiberskin) no hole worked well to my (I know you r ears find it plastic) Yamaha HS7s, like a kick ass. the tuning of that immaculate response Fiberskin being lower ( what I believe lack to a lot of tom tuning these days) resonate over the kick tone and the bleed to everything else. This is to be cataloged for further use. No muffling? Even the snare harmonics blend in and are great . The zilds constantinople , mate are multi character! A ride and a medium ride of those would do any gig, with those thousand tones. And the irish Jameson under my words may explain me admitting I totally changed my mind about you. Well done. You can rest assured of a job well done, mate.

I really enjoyed how you soloed the various mics and let the drummer play.

@Producelikeapro

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Great video as always. Would love that desk in my basement!

@darlenesheffield9835

5 жыл бұрын

We ALL would!

@nixc1972

5 жыл бұрын

@@darlenesheffield9835 I heard it's PLAPs next giveaway.

Other than the Frey, what other drum tracking records you’ve track I can listen to on iTunes.? Love your work. I’ve watched your drum sessions over and over..! I’m glad you uploaded this one. Much appreciated brother. Cheers from Tampa, Florida.

the kick sounds larger than life, holy shit! 😵😵🥴🥴

@Producelikeapro

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks ever so much

Neat trick, different hat cymbals.... :)

A Mazing!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

$$ . . . YOU ~ ROCK ! !

That drum sound is amazing. I especially love the sound of the cymbals, the snare and the floor mics, literally throwing some Neumanns on the floor. One question: What made you print the EQ? I've never seen you at Sunset Sound printing the 550As before. Thanks for answering and sharing! You rock!

Hi Warren, great videos btw. They've been super helpful & they're always thorough which is amazing. These are the best videos for learning drum micing. I was wondering if you have ever thought of going over drum sounds from specific acts/ artists? I've watched so many drum micing/ recording vids of yours that I feel like I have a good idea of what the kit is going to have on it & what it will sound like at the end. It would be great to hear an experts advice for obtaining other drum sounds though. For example would be Tame Impala, as far as I understand its a super simple set up as far as mics. I've seen some people get pretty close to his sound but id love to see if you could do any better. Obviously this is just a suggestion of something id personally like to see but I think theres a lot to be learned by us & you if you gave it a shot. Thanks again for the great content!

Fantastic video ! Thanks Warren for all. It's really amazing to see all your settings. I'm going to try this the next time I record the drum of my boyfriend 😜

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephanie! Please do! Let me know how it goes!

The 67S sounded amazing on the overheads !

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Love those mics!! Truly amazing!

You are insanely helpful to amateur and semi-professional engineers. I am baffled by every new video you make. Thank you so much! Quick question; Can you talk more about how professional studios do routing? For example, I always see mixers with musicians in your videos at pro studios, which are I assume for headphone mixes. Not necessarily this sort of routing but I think a general video about pro studio/console routing might be helpful for a lot of people. Also is that a Cloud CL-2 I see with the Coles :P Wonderful work as always. Thank you so much!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for the kind words Yigit!

His style of playing reminds me of steve jordan, great drummer and drumsound, you both in your own special way..!!! (ow, thats funny, now I hear on the vid his steve jordan snare signature...coincidence..)hahaha...Great work guys!!

Just brilliant! I know you don't work in home studios but would you consider doing a budget drum home studio video to show what you would do in that situation. Dealing with room acoustics and dampening as well to get a sound you would find acceptable. It's a long shot but I'm all outta Neumanns and my Coles is in the shop too.

That kick sounds great in that room.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

parnelli jones thanks ever so much my friend!!

@nickwallette6201

5 жыл бұрын

It really does. I *LOVE* that it's a cheap clone bought for peanuts on Craigslist. For one, it shows what you can do with skill and good tuning. Second, it's just inspiring knowing that there are professionals out there holding on to the "if it sounds good, it IS good" philosophy, rather than getting wrapped up in pretense.

And Mutt, great!

ohhh wow. I have 3 42's and I got rid on a floor tom I might try one on bottom of the rack tom to try to cancel some of the cymbals bleed out

I liked everything save for the fact that the positioning favoured the snare in the middle and the kick a little offset to the left. I generally prefer to set an axis where the kick and snare are 'aligned' in the middle. Just a personal preference.

Wow that was fantastic. Wow that was a lot of mics just for drums lololol. In my current situation, live drums is not an option, but it is fascinating none the less.

Wow, the amount of money recording those drums is insane! Sounds amazing. That kick is huge. I was surprised at how much tome/ping the snare had from the top mic, but blended all together it masked well.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi vutall thanks for your comment! I thought about the money aspect and then realised something very important and powerful! This studio has been around since the late 50’s and these mics are the same mics they have had for years! So for value for money I can’t imagine anything better!

@nickwallette6201

5 жыл бұрын

We live in a time of empowerment for amateur musicians, and it's nice to know you can squeeze a good sound out of a budget setup, but c'mon. If you have a $1M mic locker and racks of vintage gear, are ya really going to pull out the Shure PGs? nawwww... :-) It may only be 20% better than a rig 1/10th the cost, but if you can, you should, right?

yayy!!!! the context of letting us hear the mix of mics whilst hearing the seperate drums being hit is so vital, is tuning a problem? no all sounds good through the mics, great context!! bloody neumann tho!!

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Hi TheLeon1032 thanks my friend! I’m so glad to be able to help!

Hi, a bit late... I'm wondering, is the talkback mic one of the accessible 414's still being made? Or is it a vintage one? Do you remember the exact model? Cool sounds btw. What a magic room!

Great video! A question, is the bass drum (kick) set-up backwards on purpose, if so why?

Warren, how on hell do you have time for all this! Really appreciate it.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

Rolling Tones aw shucks! Because I love being able to help!

Have you ever done a video of hardware compression?

wow!! amazing low end. I guess that's the room where the doors recorded their first albums.

@Producelikeapro

5 жыл бұрын

SAC Studios yes! Most of their albums were done in this room!

@sacstudiosargentina

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Warren, you are my master.

When setting the under snare mic, are you miking the snares or the head? Are you keeping the bottom mic the same distance to the batter head as the top mic or equidistant to the bottom head as the top mic is to the batter head, and then reversing phase?

How about using a boundary mic inside the kick? My other teacher at university uses a Shure Beta 91 as well as regular mica and a subkick for his kick sound.