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Treating drum sounds in the room

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Treating drum sounds in the room

Larry: I found a place in the room where I want to record the drums, right? I've got Dave here to play the drums for me. Now, one of the things you should think about is do you treat the room? I know this sounds a little crazy, and here we are, like in a better recording space than a nice studio. But it's really fun to take some elements in and bring him in and change up the way the drums actually sound in the room. Now first, I want to hear a little bit of the drums as they are naturally. We're going to record these with just the overhead mics too, so you hear a real clean, straight sound of what the drums are in this space. Are you ready? Just give me a little bit. (MUSIC). Cool. Thank you. So, that's what the room sounds like as it is, with the drums over here in this spot. Now, what's going to be really cool, come, come and help me do this, Dave. We gotta move these. (INAUDIBLE) put some gobos in around the drums. Usually, I put them in in a V-shape back here. So Dave's going to…

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