Groove3 – Recording Live Drums on a Budget (TUTORIAL)

By | October 13, 2025

 

Release Year: 2013
Manufacturer: Groove3
Website: www.groove3.com/str/recording-live-drums-on-a-budget.html
Author: Kenny Gioia
Duration: 01:41:15
Type of Material: Video Lesson
Language: English

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Description: Multi-platinum engineer and producer Kenny Gioia is back with another course. This time, he’ll show you how to get killer drum sound on a budget that anyone can afford.
Kenny will start with an introduction and walk through setting up live drum recordings with one or two microphones. He’ll then cover the different types of microphones and preamps, their use, and drum muting techniques.

Kenny will review recording levels and explain how to avoid phase issues. After the drums are recorded, Kenny will show you how to edit them. Finally, Kenny shows you how to add samples manually and with a trigger plugin to quickly create a huge, natural swinging drum sound.

Kenny Gioia multi-platinum producer and engineer is back with yet another power packed assortment of tutorials, this time showing you how to get killer drums sounds on a tiny budget that just about anyone can afford. Get ready to bang out big beats that won’t break the bank.

Kenny starts with an introduction and goes through the setup for recording live drums with only one or two microphones. Next, he talks about the different types of mics and pre-amps to use, as well as proper dampening techniques for the drums.

Kenny then looks at recording levels and how to avoid phase issues as well as how to track the actual drum performance. Kenny switches to the computer after the takes are recorded and shows you how to edit them with both a warp based editor and a hit point type editor.

Lastly, Kenny shows you how to add samples manually and with a trigger type plug-in to quickly create huge, natural sounding drums that will rock the house.
If you need to record your own drums and don’t have a million dollar mic locker and pre-amp stash, this collection of video tutorials will get you there on a dime!

Contents :
01. Introduction 06m:16s
02. Microphones & Preamps 03m:17s
03. Drum Dampening 05m:18s
04. Recording Levels & Phase / Polarity 15m:36s
05. The Performance 07m:48s
06. Editing with Elastic Audio 11m:26s
07. Editing with Beat Detective 13m:20s
08. Kick Samples 12m:28s
09. Snare Samples 11m:17s
10. Tom Samples 14m:28s

Sample files: not provided
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1024×768, 4:3, 30.000 fps, ~258 kbps
Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, ~127 Kbps, 2 channels


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