Now um we will do an all maple thoma that's the same dimensions, but it has a little bit different head because it's also less plies um it's a little bit thinner of a shell and there's another head that I know that I like on it. It has the same snares though, so it's going to be similar in the way it's set up, but this has a ream oh, emperor x, which is just a little different honestly couldn't tell you the exact difference between the heads I find that I can get a little more thump out of an emperor x andi has a little less crack I feel like the controlled sound has more mids and has kind of a nice woody sound to it, but this drum is very woody sounding itself, so it does not need the head that has the more mid range is sound about the same amount of moon gel on that um just because I know that's what I'm going to do in the end and that's a thomas starr classic maple from the mid nineties there a little bit different drum now they make him thicker now, but I do like this trump and it ...

looks like that had got put on backwards, but we'll pretend like it isn't what's and it's also tuned to the exact same numbers on the drum doll uh, because the head is a little different the pitch is slightly different. Um it's also eighty six on top in seventy six on the bottom make a marker here thomas stark classic mabel I love tom listeners talking make some of my favorite snares and they've made a lot of innovative snares over the years very, very cool company um just like the monarch that I showed you there's not a lot of drums that air quite like that. Really? There is no other drum that's quite like that that's that's a signature that's a player simon phillips is drum to signature snare what when he was playing for taba and uh it's really need is a really cool drum that he developed with them this one's about as basic as it gets, but it's also a very cool drunk so need the monitors and play the same beat and you can hear that mabel is a little more lively. It's got a little more bucket to it but it has less of that like hard mids which are cool about the monarch which comes from the building and the different reinforcement rings. The reinforcement rings are a lot thicker so there's more wood on the monarch so where the reinforcement rings on that air thinner although I believe that the new tom a maple snares are more like the monarch and the reinforcement rings but I could be wrong yeah I think there which is which is cool which I like and I should probably get one of those sometimes soon I just have I got that drum when I was like fifteen as well and just it was attached in my heart but we don't have to use it about that attach play it back and you can hear that that head itself brings in a little more low in which I like for that drum um but it also but and the drum itself has a little more low in and a little softer overall but on by low and I mean kind of that bucket he sound that three hundred hertz two hundred hertz era area but the thing that I have always noticed about this drum and you can hear is that from hit to hit it just naturally doesn't sound quite as consistent so it even I mean it sounds pretty consistent here but if you have a drummer who's less consistent than kj it may not be the best choice yeah but yeah I heard a big difference between the rebels shot and the non rem shot versus the other standard yeah very a little difference yeah the other stare stays consistent on state has a wider tuning ranges well even though I'm not going to demonstrate that right now because of the wood and because of the way it's made it has a wider tuning range but in this snares defense non rem shots actually sound really cool in this snare and have kind of a thirty sound without being tuned super low because that's not low tuned I mean it feels pretty solid on the top right yeah but you can hear that kind of bucket e um splatter sound that's the monarch it's a lot tighter than a lot more consistent I'd say overall the more sophisticated especially a snare drum as the more you can do with it but maybe the lest less vibe overall room vibe has like an older job there's less you could do with it it's got mainly just one sound and that might not be you know the best for like the close might be really good for like the yes exactly and it and it depends on the song and the player and all that stuff also this drum has die cast hoops which him which which affects the sound it's a little hard to compare this drum to that drum hope wise but this drum with uh triple plant oops is just out of control because it's already kind of lose sounding and triple flinch can give it a little bit more of open sound it is just a little too much which is why I keep die cast hoops on it as you can hear even without room mike's just the overheads there is more of like a space filled by this drum as to where the bigoted and maple drum is a little bit tighter. Focus sounds more like in your face, which would be way better for, like ghost notes and aggression type stuff. But if you just have, like, a mid tem bowed rocker, this could be really cool. Snare. Yeah, it's, a little more, uh, is good for the open sound, I think. Yeah, yeah, that has a nice open sound, too.

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In the past In the past 10 years, Producer/Engineer Kris Crummett has worked with hundreds of bands and labels around the globe. He prides him himself on his ability to work efficiently anywhere while still having Interlace Audio as his

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Kevin Howard

Kris is methodical and goes over everything related to drum recording in great detail. He covers heads and even how much moon gel he uses for damping the heads, Mic placement, shell choice( size, wood etc ). Listen to Dance Gavin Dance to hear some of his work. I found this class to be super informative and very practical in it's approach. Thank you Kris !

Mike

this is a great class! i play drums personally, and i love percussion! he also teaches well

Brent HALENKAMP

This is an amazing class! Kris is a very scientific instructor. This really opened my eyes to the drum recording process. Take Notes!!!! There are about a thousand unique facts and techniques that you should know. This will help you to record drums correctly at the source so that you can minimize the amount of digital destruction you will do later and thus get a "Professional" sound.

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Choosing a Snare - Tama Starclassic Maple 14x6.5

Choosing a Snare - Tama Starclassic Maple 14x6.5

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9. Choosing a Snare - Tama Starclassic Maple 14x6.5

Lessons

Class Introduction

Drum Head Replacement and Tuning

Choosing the Right Drums

Choosing a Kick Drum - DW 22x18 Evans Coated

Choosing a Kick Drum - DW 22x18 Clear Remo Powerstroke

Choosing a Kick Drum - DW 24x18 Clear Remo Powerstroke

Choosing a Kick Drum - WFL 26x16 Clear Remo Powerstroke

Choosing a Snare - Tama Monarch 14x6.5