1 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,480 OK, so in this video, I'm going to show you how I would use samples 2 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,320 to augment and reinforce some of our drum sounds. 3 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,120 In an ideal world, it would be nice to get away with never 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,320 using any drum samples. 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,320 But part of the modern day recording is that we have this technology available 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,800 to get the most for what's best, ultimately for the song. 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,000 So I like to use drum samples in a way 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,560 where we can reinforce the sounds that are already there 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,480 and try and make the best of what we've got. 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:38,320 OK, so in the last video, 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,600 we were looking at some editing in this one, I'm going to go over 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,840 some of the mixing practices I've done and on their drums, 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,440 so I'll just quickly play you where we left off. 14 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,480 So this was a raw drum sound, if you like after recording. 15 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,120 Which is'nt bad, 16 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,880 as I say, that is as we recorded originally 17 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 and then we've come to this, this is our mixed drum 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:15,640 sound. 19 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,120 So there's a lot more crisp, 20 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,000 quite a nice, snappy sound, which is great for this style of music. 21 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,280 OK, so I'll just go over a few things that we've done now. 22 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,480 There is a couple of samples added in with some of this purely 23 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,720 because recording these days, obviously, it's 24 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,600 great to be in a real nice studio with a great sounding live room. 25 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,400 Great mic preamps, great EQ's compressers and recording 26 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,760 with all that equipment on the way into pro tools, 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,760 but it's not always a practical option for everyone else. 28 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,120 So for us, recording in a fairly small sort of office space, 29 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,320 you know, 30 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,080 using an old digital format, we've used some effects on the way in 31 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,960 to give us a similar kind of sound in some aspects. 32 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:21,720 But samples will really help transform any home or project studio recording, 33 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,320 it will step it up a level to make it sound that little bit more professional. 34 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,240 So it's something I'm quite a fan of doing. 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,080 I tend to just do it on the kick and snare, 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,800 but sometimes in this case I found that the Toms benefit from it as well. 37 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,800 So what I'll talk about in this video more than anything is the samples. 38 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,920 And then in the next video, 39 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,960 I'll go into more of the general EQ that we've got going on. 40 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,920 So on the kick drum, this is our raw kick with some processing on. 41 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,600 As I say, the next video will go into what I'm doing on these two. 42 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,760 So it's not about Saturday, it's all there, 43 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,840 but once we have to sample, it really helps cut through. 44 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,040 I just play you the sample on its own. 45 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,080 So it's quite a tight. 46 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,160 It's got a little bit roominess to it, 47 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,080 and that really does help with that 48 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,080 base drum. 49 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,000 So again, without the sample. 50 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:39,800 And then with. 51 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,000 And it's 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,360 a similar kind of thing, but a snare so the snare. 53 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,440 That's our raw near top and bottom, mic. 54 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,080 I've got a noise gate going on, which I'll explain later, 55 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,680 but again, on its own sounds, OK. 56 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,920 Add in the sampling with it. 57 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,960 It's got a lot of punch, a lot of crack. 58 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,640 And again, a little bit more roominess to that as well. 59 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,760 So a sample on its own, sounds like this. 60 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:23,840 And then back blended with the snare. 61 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,080 So I play that with all the drums again. 62 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,880 And if I just mute these samples on the kick and snare 63 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,440 so you don't hear those at all, you'll see what I mean. 64 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,640 So if we mute those now. 65 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,320 So that's with no kick and snare sample. 66 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,520 And then we put them back in. 67 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,200 It really helps reinforce the overall drum sound. 68 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,000 Now it can be very easy to completely replace a kick drum sound 69 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,960 or a snare sound. 70 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,320 But I like to use them blended in with the originals 71 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,320 because the originals will always have that human feel element to them 72 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,320 that sometimes you don't get with a sample, 73 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:21,320 but by adding these and it just helps push that over the edge. 74 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,720 And for me personally, I think it helps create a more professional overall sound. 75 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:29,320 We have got some going on the toms as well 76 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,320 where we're actually blending these sounds. 77 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,560 So if I just play this section here. 78 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,160 A little bit further back. 79 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,240 So we've kind got a like 70/30 blend on there, 80 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,840 so 70% sample sound with 30% of the original sound. 81 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,280 And again, it's just helping create a nice 82 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,680 overall fatter Tom Sound, which does ultimately cut through 83 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,640 the mix a lot more on this. 84 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,200 So the whole, 85 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,520 which ultimately does cut through 86 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,000 the mix a lot more for this style of music. 87 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,680 So the whole thing again. 88 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,440 And that's working quite well when we bring that in 89 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:39,440 with the guide instruments, obviously these will get rerecorded at some point. 90 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,560 But just for a little bit of context. 91 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,760 Starting to slowly 92 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,920 sound like a more complete sort of song idea now. 93 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,600 OK, so in the next video, I'll talk a little bit more about 94 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,600 some of the EQ and dynamic processing that we've got going on. 95 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,640 But this one is mainly focused on samples 96 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,440 to give you an idea of how I like to use those.