Snare on Tight – Damped + Undamped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nThis process enabled us to separate the snare off \u2018body + rim\u2019 sounds of the snare from the bottom mic \u2018wire\u2019 sounds; the Polyend giving great precision in terms of hitting exactly the same spot at exactly the same velocity. This meant the different recordings all line up perfectly and recombine into the multi-signal sound you hear in the instrument.
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ROBINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recording process itself was combined with editing concurrently – short takes of 30-40 hits were recorded, then edited manually using a proprietary tool for selecting identical round robins. If the take was not tight enough, then more takes would be recorded until the set of round robins could be completed. Balancing the timbral effect between the Accent and Normal layers was also a consideration here, and one or the other would also be re-recorded after auditioning the two layers playing together.
ECHO CHAMBERS<\/p>\n\n\n\nEcho Chamber 1, Rockfield Studios. Engineer Thighpaulsandra pictured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOnce all sets of bass drums, snares, rimshots and toms were finalised, we set off to Rockfield Studios in south Wales, to utilise their two amazing echo chambers. Inspired by a visit to Capitol? Studios in the 1960s, owners Kingsley & Charles Ward applied Welsh farmer know-how and built their own – 7 layers of lacquer on the curved plywood ceilings being the key to the reflective sound. Chamber 1 is a much bigger sound than Chamber 2.
AC-DR: Acoustic Drum Machine will be released in December 2023<\/strong><\/em>To create sounds for AC-DR we experimented for some time with alternative recording techniques for acoustic drums that step away from traditional studio drum mic-ing. Using a very dead recording space to give a crisp, dry sound was the first step. Tuning the drums towards the highest end of their range also takes them closer to the sound of classic drum machines: the 909 bass drum particularly has a very high pitch when compared to an acoustic bass drum, yet conversely is renowned for its deep, punchy sound. The way that this bass drum sits in a modern dance\/pop mix is largely down to its higher pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions\/2545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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