Waves Does Tape and New Bundles
Waves has announced a new plug-in developed with producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Hendrix, Zeppelin, and many more), MPX Master Tape. MPX... Read more »
Drums News
Jun 10, 2011, 8:00 AM
Jun 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Louder Sound Without Compression
Want to make a mix seem louder without resorting to heavy compression or limiting? One trick is to try adding some boost around 2kHz. This is... Read more »
Jun 2, 2011, 8:00 AM
Win a Yamaha DTX900K
Don’t miss this opportunity to win a fantastic electronic drum kit from Yamaha. One lucky winner will become the proud owner of a Yamaha DTX... Read more »
May 19, 2011, 12:00 AM
Drum Damper
How many times have you been in the studio recording drums and ended up with toms that are too resonant or that have too much ring? The solution... Read more »
May 17, 2011, 7:28 PM
Tama Starphonic Snare Drum Demo
Tama’s U.S. Division Manager, Terry Bissette, joined us at Sweetwater Headquarters to give us an in-depth demo of the new Tama Starphonic series... Read more »
May 17, 2011, 12:00 AM
Key-holing
Metal-to-metal wear that occurs in the hole where a cymbal mounts to its stand. Eventually a slot will wear next to the original hole, giving... Read more »
May 5, 2011, 12:00 AM
Learn to Tune Drums
Our friends at PreSonus have put together a video on tuning drums featuring legendary drummer Jonathan “Sugarfoot” Moffett. In addition to... Read more »
Apr 26, 2011, 12:00 AM
Board Tape
1. In the old days, an audio tape that was recorded directly from the outputs of a live sound mixing board. Typically the sound quality was less... Read more »
Apr 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Musician’s Essential Toolkits, Vol. 1 – Drums
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong — and probably at the most inconvenient time and place. However, a corollary... Read more »
Apr 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Felt
A soft circular pad, usually made of felt, and placed on a cymbal stand. Felts are used in two locations: underneath the cymbal, they cushion... Read more »