Nice, it looks very crashable.


By tape I mean whatever medium you're recording to, sorry, old habit.

I've yet to try limiting to tape, I'm going to have to experiment when I get home.  Thanks for answering my questions.

Oh, bugger - you added the cymbals already.  I was hoping you'd give a Peter Gabriel treatment to at least one of the tunes. 


Aw, that's easy:  drum solo.

Seriously - stuff the transitions.  Subtlety (much like romance) is dead - just scare the hell out of everyone by following the mellow tune with some quads, or maybe some Swiss army triplets around the toms. 


If you do get stuck picking out a snare for a tune, do a few rough tracks with the snares you're considering, and post 'em here.  Should be helpful, at least if you find getting a half-dozen conflicting opinions helpful. 

I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting one of your snare drums to fit the bill, but if you really get stuck, I'll have to lend you one of my Tempus snares, or the copper Yammy. 

Hi my friend James Walker and thank you for putting your stamp on my thread.  Yes I added cymbals but I did work out a 16th note heavy funk/rock groove where I am just playing the hats.  I recorded that already but I have to go back and listen to it- it's been awhile.

I really really like the sonor signature snare drum.  It is very dry and records wonderfully with "a signature" oddly enough.  I was listening to another tune I have worked on today and I concentrated on the snare sound... it's totally everything I like in a snare drum... (at this time  ).  You never get any symp. buzz either.

I'll post a Mp3 tomorrow for you guys, oh can't till I get my computer back, soon though... tonight I'm making chili and playing some keys.  

Oh, and to answer Jose's question:

I like the Midas.  It is very easy to get a good mix but always requires an increase in gain on the master/printing side of things since it is a live board.  One also has to be careful with the outboard effects as they can add noise very quickly (at least mine do  ).  I work in a minimalist sort of way so it's ok for me.  It  is nice intermediate board until I get a Neve or API if I can ever justify such an expendature.  But for what I do- it's pretty cool.  I can always mix in the computer with Cubase and use the automation and memory, etc... but I'm trying to stay away from that as much as possible.  It has a transparent sound, kinda warm sound with a very nice eq.  Mixed down it has an old school vibe to the sound.

Hi D.T.  Thank you for joining our thread.
Yes, I like the Novo.  Very clean china.  I sometimes put tape on it if I want to shorten the decay.  I also like to play it with a crash.  I have a cool coda I wrote with some nice drumming and china crashes I should post one of these day.  There James will find a nice wad of quads, sixes and in particular, a couple of 1/8 note flam tap fills that I am incredibly proud of.   

Hey there Felix, this is a cool thread!

You "Had an issue with the noble and cooleys..." That's pretty enigmatic! Care to add any detail, or shall we just use our imagination?

Good call Felix! Better to dial-in your Sonors to 95% and stay there, rather than to spend half of your time fooling with the N&C's to try to get that last 5% happening.

I swear, if you took a single sample note from a single tom from each of 100 drummers, from Buddy Rich to Bonzo... Ringo, Garibaldi, Gadd, Portnoy, Vinnie... Cobham, Weckl, Chambers, or Whitten on his new custom N&C's, or Mr. A on his hand-built micro-kit... you'd get 100 VERY different sounds, and all would sound cool in their own way! I'm a firm believer in the idea that the drummer makes the drum sound good, not vice-versa.

Very nice room. I love the slotted wood ceiling. Great idea. Also beautiful. I would love to stain something like that. I wish I had an upright myself. I so miss playing real pianos. Why do you still use an ADAT, instead of using your PC? I'm just curious. Alanis' first record was done in a home studio on ADAT. They can definately get some good sounds. I was considering ADATs for a while, but I can't break away from my unlimited tracks and infinate plugins in the box. We even have an old 8ch reel to reel here that I want to use, but it doesn't offer me the control my PC has. Presonus does make some good stuff. I got the TubePre for free with a mic purchase and it is a very nice little pre. I think it worked best as a DI for bass and I've been using it for my kick mic.

I'd love to see what everyone is working with in their home studios. I would also like to hear other people's method's of composing. Felix have you checked out the TapeOp croud?

Hey Felix,

I'm curious what sort of trouble you've had with trying to get a good sound from your Sonors. I assume you're setting them up well, with good heads, tuning, and dampening if needed. What do you think is the problem, or what aren't they giving you that you're trying to get?

My, that's a terrific control room.  And, the lighting is incredible.  I always like seeing photos of your studio.

No real questions yet; I'm sure I'll have some later.  Just wanted to register my thoughts.

Nice digs ya got there, Felix!  I'm jealous.  I'll bet its a nice place to get away to.

Do you have a video camera that you could give us a virtual tour of your studio? I love all the pics. Such a cozy looking space. I'm still blown away by the arch ceiling.