Winter NAMM 2012: Audix FP QUAD
A simple 4-mic bundle designed to make miking drums easy, Audix’s FP QUAD drum mic pack promises to be a cost-effective alternative to the... Read more »
Drums News
Jan 17, 2012, 8:57 AM
Dec 27, 2011, 8:00 AM
SSD4 Holiday PreRelease Arrives!
After three years of development, version 4 of Steven Slate Drums Platinum is here! The new version contains 100 preset drumkits, including the... Read more »
Dec 13, 2011, 12:00 AM
Kick & Bass Reverb
Q: I read the Tech Tip from last Friday about panning the kick drum and bass guitar to the center of the mix. I have a similar question: some... Read more »
Dec 13, 2011, 12:00 AM
Drum Fill
A fill that is played on a drum kit or using drum sounds. Read more »
Dec 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Kick & Bass Panning
Q: Why are the kick drum and the bass always panned to the center of mixes? A: In the “old” days of vinyl records, the low-frequency instruments... Read more »
Dec 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Cool Tool: Pearl Throne Thumper
Electronic drum kits are awesome for so many reasons — controllable volume, direct feed to a PA or DAW without microphones, sonic flexibility,... Read more »
Dec 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Fill
1. A musical passage or interjection that falls between melodic phrases. A “fill” can almost be thought of as a very brief solo that fills in... Read more »
Dec 6, 2011, 8:00 AM
Sweet EZX Deals
Toontrack EZdrummer is an incredibly powerful but simple to use drum and percussion virtual instrument. Now you can expand your EZdrummer... Read more »
Nov 21, 2011, 8:00 AM
SamplePad
Alesis has announced the SamplePad, a new electronic percussion instrument that has 25 percussion and drum sounds built in, plus the ability to... Read more »
Nov 17, 2011, 8:00 AM
Percussion Pack Price Drop
The name says it all. Everything from Latin, world, and drum kit percussion-centric instruments…all in one killer expansion pack. And now, the... Read more »