How To EQ Toms - Drum Lessons

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[kpec]

Something I learned is that low end clarity is scarce. It's either deep toms or bass guitar. I prefer bass on the bottom when I record so I usually have trebly-sounding hard panned toms. That way the chords are supported by the bass and the toms have clarity in the fills or beats. That goes also for the bass drum, it has to have a high end attack to poke through. But if it's a drum solo, yes I go for a full deep sounds.

[BennehWennehDrumBoi]

These episodes are great! Really clear and detailed, much appreciated :)

[Ankylophobia]

I'm not sure I agree with ALL the sounds he pulled out of the toms, but I did learn a lot and now I can apply what I want to my kit. Thanks dude

[highfructosefun]

All this time I thought my floor tom sounded bad because I was comparing it to an edited sound, but after hearing it unedited it sounds a lot like yours and I'm really happy :D

[zepproxx]

I work with a lot of live drummers and none can tune their drums.

[whenmountainsmove]

You are such a humble, awesome dude. Thank you so much for cranking out content that is so helpful!

[aaronSPSS]

good shout on panning the drums to the players perspective. never thought about doing that before will be from now on :)
great vid guys

[zvukoper]

I can swear I heard the legendary gain knob "cracking noise" :) Have it on old Behringers and Mackie too :) It is something that appears after some years of frequent use :)

[lorenzo]

thanks i also use a mackie 8 bus 32 channel mixing console at church and it awesome

[greensleeves]

Great video, and lots of good advice. Gonna check out some more vids. Thanks!

[InDoe]

THX a lot.. im about to start recording a demo for my band.. this will help us!! :)

[BitterrootRambler]

We record everything flat and then eq during mix down. we use a hybrid mixing desk that allows us to reroute all signals back into the console from the DAW and mix out of the box. their way is fine unless you make a mistake or change you mind on how you want something to sound. then your forced to either retrack it or use treatments to change your sound back.

[coffeehigh]

the best sounding mic is the one on the camcorder.  stick that one on the drums, remove all the other mics, and you'll have something.

[mesatost]

WOW! I don't even play drums. I'm a guitarist. However, I just subscribed yesterday and I'm finding your EQ and mic placement tutorials invaluable for great drum tones. I'm psyched to try them out next time I run sound. You guys are great.

[leroywesley]

It All Sounds Really Good if we got to believe the audio engineer i'm glad mixing is a taste thing!

[callummcrobbie]

Joining the keyboard warriors!!! Personally I think you'd be better with 904's or beta 98amp microphones. Using 604's which are inherently dull microphones are making you eq more. By eq'ing channels you are changing the phase relationship between each mic/instrument. You're always much better finding the right mic to get the right sound - after the musician can create an amazing tone, of course!

[jthunderbass]

The overtones just kill me!!! Awesome video though. DW drums truly rock! My first step with drums, either live or in the studio is make them sound there best before I even touch the console. That goes for everything too, guitars bass and anything else.

[illumicaust]

I'd love to hear some flat/EQ comparison at the end.

[andygingerichdrums]

Great video! Thanks so much for this content. I wish you would have shown your bottom mic placement and mic choices.

[cameronjohnson]

Great video guys. In fact all of the EQ'ing vid's that I watched were very helpful. As a guitarist, you have helped me get a good starting point on eq'ing VERY usable drum sounds. Subscribed. :)