I have ADHD and I love recording...not a good combination

[Mr. B.I.G]

I'm Eric, I'm 17 and I'm a lazy soon to be college student. Yes, I'm a lazy bum trying to finish my demo, but home recording is probably the biggest distraction on the planet for me since there's so many buttons, EQ's, effects, different parts, tempo issues, and holy shit! So I've decided to get help...starting by coming here, which is probably a bad idea considering I've been lurking around and some of you have a pretty bad track record with making me laugh but in the end you're helpful. I like Tech. Death Metal, Progressive Metal, and my guilty pleasure, Glam Metal usually what I need help on is drums and how to get the perfect drum sound and that's why I'm here.

Due to my current and...actually long time addiction to hair metal and 80's hard rock, I've become accustomed to...gated reverb and the HUGE drum sounds of the 80's. That snare kills me EVERY time, its so amazing. I can listen to Kyrie all day and never get tired of how awesome the drums sound, same thing goes with Def Leppard and I dont give a damn if you dont like them, WINGER, fuck everything else but damn those drums sound good. I have in my arsenal, FL Studio, and EZDrummer but I can probably get whatever I need from G.C since I have friends that work there so what I need to do is figure out how to do those amazing gated reverb snares of the 80's are achieved through VST's. Since..I live in an apartment and I dont have the big parking lots needed to record drums in haha.

Thanks a lot in advance guys.

Eric.

[Audio~Geek]

gated reverb = reverb + Gate

enjoy!

[Mr. B.I.G]

Originally Posted by Audio~Geek

gated reverb = reverb + Gate

enjoy!

Yeah I know, but still...how specifically? How much attack, how much release, how many db's on the compressor etc. Whats a good place to start, I know that its up to taste and all, but I still would love to know how to get a good start on it.

[Audio~Geek]

Well if you noticed the links in my signature, I gave you all the information you need.

I'll link directly to my Understanding Reverb article and the podcast episodes that are relevant.

Reverb Article
Audio Geek Zine Blog Archive Audio Effects Explained Series: Part 2 - Reverb

Reverb Podcast (same content but with discussion after)
Show 012 - All About Reverb and Great Live Acoustic Guitar Tone The Home Recording Show

Noise Gate Article
Audio Geek Zine Blog Archive Audio Effects Explained Series: Part 5 - Noise Gates

Gate Podcast
Show 015 - Noise Gates Explained and Computer Maintenance The Home Recording Show

[Vulconizer]

Welcome to the forums, firstly.

Nextly ( is that a word? ) if you want to do big, huge gated drum sounds, then you should probably get a few different reverbs and gates. Take some time to learn as much as you can about how they work and how they sound.

Then comes the fun part...


Experiment until it makes you get up off yer ass and jump around while cackling madly. Then you know you're on to something. As opposed to being on something, like snorting window cleaning fluid or whatever the flavor of the month is.

Muwahahaha. Anyone see my bottle of Windex?

[Mr. B.I.G]

Originally Posted by Vulconizer

Welcome to the forums, firstly.

Nextly ( is that a word? ) if you want to do big, huge gated drum sounds, then you should probably get a few different reverbs and gates. Take some time to learn as much as you can about how they work and how they sound.

Then comes the fun part...


Experiment until it makes you get up off yer ass and jump around while cackling madly. Then you know you're on to something. As opposed to being on something, like snorting window cleaning fluid or whatever the flavor of the month is.

Muwahahaha. Anyone see my bottle of Windex?

Oh yeah I saw it around the hall somewhere, I think some homeless guy took it haha. Anyway, thanks for the help guys, its definetely working.