Recording Drums With Adrian Bushby

Adrian Bushby has worked with Jamiroquai, Foo Fighters, Muse, Skunk Anansie and more — and recording drums is his specialism. In this SOS Video, Adrian talks us through his microphone choices, microphone placement and typical mix for a drum recording session with band Superglu. You can download the multitracks in a ZIP file to hear the results for yourself from this page: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniqu... Chapters Live Room 00:00 - Start 00:21 - Drum Kit Mic Placement 01:56 - Overheads & Coles Ribbon Mics For General Kit Sound 04:17 - Phase Considerations With Multiple Microphones 05:19 - Double Mic Toms 07:17 - AKG D190 08:18 - Three Kick Drum Mics 09:55 - Snare Top & Bottom Mics 11:06 - Extra Mics On The Drum Kit Control Room 13:00 - Processing Kick Drum - Blending Microphones 16:35 - Snare Drum Mixing 23:04 - Processing Overheads 23:42 - Checking Phase In Pairs Across Channels 26:48 - Processing Coles Ribbon Mics 31:36 - Blending In Room Mics 33:28 - Compression On Mix Buss 36:20 - Mixing The Toms 43:36 - Mixing In AKG D190 46:38 - Mixing Lomo Valve Mic 51:40 - Full Kit And Mixing In The ‘Crazy Mics’ 55:27 - Mix These Recordings Yourself ______________________________________________________ Subscribe to Sound On Sound: https://sosm.ag/subscribe Visit our main website (over 17,770 articles!): https://www.soundonsound.com ______________________________________________________ Get 50% SAVING off a Sound On Sound Digital Subscription. Go to https://sosm.ag/digital and apply Promo Code: SOSYT50 RECORDING TECHNOLOGY 2nd Edition FREE 170-page eBook https://sosm.ag/recording-ebook LIMITED OFFER - Get 50% Off SOS For Artists The Complete End-To-End Music Production Suite CREATE / PRODUCE / DISTRIBUTE https://www.sosforartists.com Like FACEBOOK:   / soundonsoundmag   Follow X:   / soundonsoundmag   Follow INSTAGRAM:   / soundonsoundmag