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Originally Posted by bound  If the drummer can't record to click, and your beat detective works only on one track at a time, then you are royally boned my friend.  Seriously, is there nothing you can do to convince the drummer of the benefits of a click track? Maybe postpone the recording a week or two and have him practicing to a click track? |
haha amen. i've never actually used beat detective before, but i insist the drummer plays to a click anyway (in metal / hardcore at least) because it usually invokes a much tighter performance, which is key in this type of music. i always tell the drummer weeks before the session to PRACTICE TO A CLICK! go figure, most of them come into the studio with the "of course i can, duh" attitude, and when it comes down to actually recording to the click they realize its a challenge for them. i had one drummer who thought i was going to be in over my head "because of the complicated time changes in the songs", and figured he wouldn't need to play to a click. he was def suprised when I had a tempo map all laid out after about 20-30 minutes and gave him a loud ass click in his headphones (hey, i warned him...). go figure- he couldn't do it, and we had to record with no click.
i think im going to pick up the music production toolkit. seems like a worthwhile investment.