Studio Series - Recording Drums
Logic Pro 503
Get the knowledge and skills needed to mic, record, and mix pro-sounding drums with Apple's Logic Pro X in this advanced course. Audio engineer Joshua Carney will show you how it's done!
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Course Outline
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Section 1: Introduction to Drum Recording
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Section 2: Close Miking Techniques and Shootouts
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Section 3: Distant Miking Techniques and Shootouts
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Section 4: Recording and Editing Drums
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Section 5: Mixing and Processing Drum Recordings
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21
EQ on Kick Mics
06:18
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22
EQ on Snare Mics
02:57
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23
EQ on Toms and Hi Hat
05:27
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24
Noise Gate and Remove Silence
05:59
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25
Compressor on Kick and Snare
06:03
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26
Compressor on Toms
02:58
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27
EQ and Compression on Overheads and Room Mics
06:45
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28
Drum Replacement and Layering
04:58
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29
Bus Processing with Track Stacks and Aux Tracks
05:12
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21
EQ on Kick Mics
Course Overview

Let's be honest, there's nothing like the sound of a well-recorded and mixed acoustic drum kit. But to get that pro-sounding drum sounds, you need to have very specific skills under your belt. This in-depth course by Logic guru Joshua Carney will give you all that knowledge!
First, Joshua gives an overview of the various ways to mic a drum kit. Using a vast range of microphones, he thoroughly explains and demonstrates all the essential miking techniques you need to master. In different mic shootouts, he reveals his favorite mics and techniques for recording each element of the kit.
Next, you dive into Logic's Group recording, Take Folders and Comping features. Joshua shows you how to record and edit perfect takes... You learn everything about mixing and processing drums, from EQing, gating and compressing the drum elements to replacing drums and bus processing.
So get ready to learn all about the art and science of recording drums, right here, right now in this detailed course by audio expert Joshua Carney!