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Originally Posted by HeavyG  Being a drummer...I am a bit partial (some would say a purist) to a more "natural" method of drum performance capture. I cringe when I hear about engineers inserting samples, millions of plug ins, manually displacing beats...I mean, this is the rhythmic equivalent of pitch correction. I love my engineering brothers in arms...but this in my mind is why music today sounds so damned NEUTERED. I think we can get so caught up with all the tools that we have...we forget that it is really about the artist and capturing a PERFORMANCE. Not your performance in front of a computer...but a drummer's performance. This is why I prefer the "Glyn Johns" method (or what Mike Tarsia refers to as the "Open and Natural" method). To me, this focuses on getting a "snap, crackle, and poppy" overall kit sound at the SOURCE rather than using manipulation.
Try getting away from the close micing method and getting more ambience and room tone in your kit sound palette. The best drum sounds in my mind are still captured this way...instead of created with a pc.
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i agree, i love naturalism,...but the rality is so much more drab.
noone wants to sound like the doors anymore, they all wanna sound like nickelback in terms of the mix.
the sessions i loved the most were the ones in which i manipulaed the 2-buss an let it ride,...awesome.
but i usually fidn myself slaving over beat detective and sound replacer for hours.
one good point however is, backing off your close mics just a little cna have a huge affect on the fatness of that sound.