Advanced Drum Production Information

Real-world production techniques.

Recording drums that sound both hyper-polished and authentic has always been something of a black art — one that isn’t taught at any school, one that you could only learn from one of the few elite engineers scattered across the planet. Until now.

In this three-day class, free to watch while live, you’ll learn the real-world production techniques that producer Eyal Levi uses every day at Audiohammer Studios — on albums for bands like The Black Dahlia Murder, August Burns Red, Chelsea Grin, and Whitechapel. Eyal will show how to select the right drums for the sound you want, tune and set them up, and mic the kit. Oh, and did we mention that the legendary Sean Reinert (Cynic, Death) is the in-studio drummer?!

You’ll also learn how to use virtual drums, including when to use Toontrack’s Superior Drummer and other software instead of a human drummer. Finally, Eyal will reveal the closely-kept secrets for polishing tracks —everything from editing and sample replacement to layering samples. At the end of this class, you’ll know the trade secrets of high-end drum production and be armed with a toolkit for creating world-class drum tracks.

What You’ll Learn In Advanced Drum Production?

Day 1

• Class Introduction
• The Tone Pie and Process Overview
• Getting the Lay of the Land and Q&A
• Assemble Your Gear
• Drum Tuning Part 1
• Drum Tuning Part 2
• Fine Tuning Tones Part 1
• Fine Tuning Tones Part 2
• General Guidelines of Tracking Drums
• Tracking with Sean Reinert
• Pop Quiz

Day 2

• Basics of Superior Drummer
• EZDrummer vs Superior Drummer
• Constructing a Metal Drum Kit Part 1
• Constructing a Metal Drum Kit Part 2
• Constructing a Rock Drum Kit
• Grooves and Programming
• General Q&A
• Prepping Virtual Drums for the Mix
• Superior Review with Q&A
• Intro to Mixing and Drum Clean Up
• Interview with John Douglass
• Intro to Drum Editing
• Manual Editing Approach
• Editing with Beat Detective
• Editing with Elastic Audio
• Sample Layering
• Replacements
• Gain Staging and Bussing
• Mixing Essentials
• Compression and Parallel Compression
• Reverb and Automation
• Mixing Tips and Tricks

Day 3

• Bonus: EZDrummer – Introduction
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Intro to EZDrummer
• Bonus: EZDrummer – EZDrummer Foundations
• Bonus: EZDrummer – How a Drummer Plays
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Part Writing Part 1
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Part Writing Part 2
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Part Writing Q&A
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Intro to Grooves
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Writing from Scratch
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Intro to Fills
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Writing Fills
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Mixing in Your DAW
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Bussing and EQ
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Compression and Reverb
• Bonus: EZDrummer – Conclusion with Q&A
• Bonus Video: Editing
• Bonus Video: Toms and Cymbals
• Bonus Video: Snare Midi
• Bonus Video: Kick Midi

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