Voodoo drum sound

Joemamma · 20th March 2007

Hello Russell,

I'm a big fan of the drum sound on D'Angelo's Voodoo album!

The kick drum on "Chicken Grease" is the coolest kick drum sound EVER!!!

I was wondering how much of the sound on the drums is the real/unprocessed acoustic sound, and how much is processed (filters, gates, transient designer, comp, etc)?

I'm trying to figure out "how much" you have done to the sound to make it sound like that!

Any info is much appreciated!
Anders

Russell Elevado · 22nd March 2007

hey anders,

how have you been?
please check the latest thread i started called "drum talk...".
Drum talk...

"chicken grease" in particular was heavy eq'ing and filters. no envelope filtering on that one.
for voodoo the only processing of the drums were eq/compression.
exceptions are the "booty" drums and "the root" in sections. those drums went through a guitar amp, most likely a mesa boogie 1x12 tube. i don't recall the model # though.

cheers

Joemamma · 23rd March 2007

I've been fine, thanks! Glad to have you back on GS!

Thanks for answering my question! Great tweaking on "Chicken Grease" I must say!
It's really cool that you're so open and honest about everything! Very inspiring!

To me Voodoo proved/proves that it is possible to make awesome sounding drums for r&b/hiphop with real live drums!
I used to make drum beats with samples and loops spending hours/days/weeks tweaking, trying to imitate a real drummer... Not any more!
Now I resort to the real thing!

Thank you!
Anders

20th March 2007	#1
Joemamma Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 666 Thread Starter	Voodoo drum sound Hello Russell, I'm a big fan of the drum sound on D'Angelo's Voodoo album! The kick drum on "Chicken Grease" is the coolest kick drum sound EVER!!! I was wondering how much of the sound on the drums is the real/unprocessed acoustic sound, and how much is processed (filters, gates, transient designer, comp, etc)? I'm trying to figure out "how much" you have done to the sound to make it sound like that! Any info is much appreciated! Anders __________________ HighHouse http://highhousemusic.blogspot.com (Blog on sound, music, etc.)

22nd March 2007	#2
Russell Elevado Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2006 Location: i'm a gypsy Posts: 230	hey anders, how have you been? please check the latest thread i started called "drum talk...". Drum talk... "chicken grease" in particular was heavy eq'ing and filters. no envelope filtering on that one. for voodoo the only processing of the drums were eq/compression. exceptions are the "booty" drums and "the root" in sections. those drums went through a guitar amp, most likely a mesa boogie 1x12 tube. i don't recall the model # though. cheers __________________ russ elevado

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23rd March 2007	#3
Joemamma Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 666 Thread Starter	I've been fine, thanks! Glad to have you back on GS! Thanks for answering my question! Great tweaking on "Chicken Grease" I must say! It's really cool that you're so open and honest about everything! Very inspiring! To me Voodoo proved/proves that it is possible to make awesome sounding drums for r&b/hiphop with real live drums! I used to make drum beats with samples and loops spending hours/days/weeks tweaking, trying to imitate a real drummer... Not any more! Now I resort to the real thing! Thank you! Anders