PUREMIX Start to Finish Greg Wells Episode 5 Recording The Drums [TUTORiAL]

In Episode Five, Greg Wells sits at the drum kit in the live room of Sunset Sound's legendary Studio A to lay down a powerful drum track for Bryce Drew's song "Lucky Number" Watch as Sunset Sound Engineer, Zach Zajdel: Chooses microphones Goes over microphone placement and setup Dials in the initial drum sounds Checks phase relationships between microphones Positions stereo sets of microphones to reflect the stereo image of the kit Then, watch as Greg: Reviews and adjusts the drum sounds to taste Compresses and EQs the mono kit microphone Performs the drum track Uses beat detective to edit the drum performance Uses parallel compression and EQ to make the side stick and snare drum sound larger than life Times a specific snare reverb for the bridge