That kit is SO damned sweet and the shell sizes are perfect. My set up is the same except fo ar 20"x14" kick. The ride cymbal is pronounced 'Buy - Zance" The raw drum tracks off the JH24 sound amazing.
I loved that little Gretch kit, I’ve been looking at smaller kits for a while. I love the old Ludwig’s and I’ve been looking at a newer Gretch kit. I know I definitely want smaller shells as I already have an awesome slamming Rock kit. I’d like to have a few kits for options, but I don’t have the room to store them.
Love your videos man always cool to see your pro home studio setup a bit in depth with a lot of details (I discovered your channel with the console to tape a while ago) ! Can we contact you if we need consultation for technical informations ?
Those drums sound so great, man. Can you explain something to me? I’m looking into buying an analog board and a tape machine (never recorded seriously that way before), but I would have thought you’d track through the board and then send to the external hardware as inserts. But is that more of a mixing mindset? My guess is that, because you have all these amazing pres, that’s why you hit them first and go straight to tape? But was that a common practice back in the day? Sorry, man-just trying to figure this stuff out. Great vids, by the way. I had almost given up on thinking I’d ever be able to record to tape (I’m old school-in my 50’s and watched the whole transition into digital over the years and have just thought it was too expensive, etc.), but your videos have given me new hope, man. I’ve been shopping used consoles and tape machines lately! Anyway. Thanks for any reply, my friend.
Thank you! Back in the day 1960’s-1990’s the standard was you buy a console and tape machine you use the console’s preamps to record to the tape machine. Then come mix time you send the recorded tracks back through the console summed to a stereo track. The outboard gear would get inserted in certain channels during a mix down. Also, they would track with compression lightly used on the vocals as they were recorded, bass, etc… When you hear the drums at the end of this video. Know that there is nothing on them at all. It’s just the tracks I recorded played off the tape machine back through the console. No compression, No Eq, No Reverb, etc… I will use compression, eq, and verb when I mix these tracks but for this video, you’re only hearing the raw tracks as they’re recorded. When you record to tape, there is natural compression, eq, and that beautiful harmonic content that gets added to the tracks. It’s a natural glue’ing effect. It’s organic and sounds musical. So when I do track to tape come mix time I don’t use as much compression or eq as I would if I tracked to digital as the tracks already sound great. I do use the preamps in my Mci console a lot, but they are heavily colored and have a major vintage vibe’y sound to them. It would work for this style of music but it’s not my first choice for all the styles I do. And I do many different kinds of rock, punk, indie, americana bands. Plus I love preamps owning over 70 preamps from all sorts of different consoles. Neve, api, Calrec, Telefunken, Langevin, & Mci. I don’t use all of them because I just don’t need that many, but love all of them. If you have any questions when searching for your set up. Reach out. And let me know you end up with, and how you like it. Steve
@@RiotHomeRecording thanks, Steve. That’s super helpful. And I will reach out. I appreciate that. I’m not ready to buy yet because I’m only going to be able to come up with the funds when I sell my house in the near future. So, I’ve got time. I’m just trying to get an idea about what I could afford. I will tell you that I’ve been looking at these Tascam MS-16 tape machines because they seem reliable and perfectly adequate while still being affordable for me, but I’m not sure about a console. I kind of feel like a vintage one might be more of a challenge to maintain than a newer one. I’ve been kind of considering one of these new Trident boards because that would leave me enough cash to invest in some more outboard gear and mics. Have you had any experience with either those Tascam machines or the Trident boards (the 68, 78, or 88)?
And that is how drums are supposed to sound.
Agreed!
The 🐐 does it again, showing us the ropes the right way NO BS just raw facts I love it
Thank you!!
That’s some awesome information thank you!!!!
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Another great vid. one of my absolute fav channels on youtube. Looking forward to the rest. cheers
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Awesome sounding! Analog rules. U cannot get this sound strictly in the box, great job
Wow already sounds like an album
Love this channel thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
love your clear video's. Well done & thanks, Mate.
Thank you!
Great content, great tones.. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Excelente!!
Thank you!
setup is soooo sick
That kit is SO damned sweet and the shell sizes are perfect. My set up is the same except fo ar 20"x14" kick. The ride cymbal is pronounced 'Buy - Zance" The raw drum tracks off the JH24 sound amazing.
I loved that little Gretch kit, I’ve been looking at smaller kits for a while. I love the old Ludwig’s and I’ve been looking at a newer Gretch kit. I know I definitely want smaller shells as I already have an awesome slamming Rock kit. I’d like to have a few kits for options, but I don’t have the room to store them.
@@RiotHomeRecording "room to store them" ... that is a big problem lol
Very nice!
Love your videos man always cool to see your pro home studio setup a bit in depth with a lot of details (I discovered your channel with the console to tape a while ago) ! Can we contact you if we need consultation for technical informations ?
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rocnroll brotha!!!!
Yes sir!
How much is tape nowdays? Back in the late 80's a roll of 2 inch was 200 bucks.
Those drums sound so great, man. Can you explain something to me? I’m looking into buying an analog board and a tape machine (never recorded seriously that way before), but I would have thought you’d track through the board and then send to the external hardware as inserts. But is that more of a mixing mindset? My guess is that, because you have all these amazing pres, that’s why you hit them first and go straight to tape? But was that a common practice back in the day? Sorry, man-just trying to figure this stuff out. Great vids, by the way. I had almost given up on thinking I’d ever be able to record to tape (I’m old school-in my 50’s and watched the whole transition into digital over the years and have just thought it was too expensive, etc.), but your videos have given me new hope, man. I’ve been shopping used consoles and tape machines lately! Anyway. Thanks for any reply, my friend.
Thank you!
Back in the day 1960’s-1990’s the standard was you buy a console and tape machine you use the console’s preamps to record to the tape machine. Then come mix time you send the recorded tracks back through the console summed to a stereo track. The outboard gear would get inserted in certain channels during a mix down. Also, they would track with compression lightly used on the vocals as they were recorded, bass, etc…
When you hear the drums at the end of this video. Know that there is nothing on them at all. It’s just the tracks I recorded played off the tape machine back through the console. No compression, No Eq, No Reverb, etc…
I will use compression, eq, and verb when I mix these tracks but for this video, you’re only hearing the raw tracks as they’re recorded. When you record to tape, there is natural compression, eq, and that beautiful harmonic content that gets added to the tracks. It’s a natural glue’ing effect. It’s organic and sounds musical. So when I do track to tape come mix time I don’t use as much compression or eq as I would if I tracked to digital as the tracks already sound great. I do use the preamps in my Mci console a lot, but they are heavily colored and have a major vintage vibe’y sound to them. It would work for this style of music but it’s not my first choice for all the styles I do. And I do many different kinds of rock, punk, indie, americana bands.
Plus I love preamps owning over 70 preamps from all sorts of different consoles. Neve, api, Calrec, Telefunken, Langevin, & Mci. I don’t use all of them because I just don’t need that many, but love all of them.
If you have any questions when searching for your set up. Reach out.
And let me know you end up with, and how you like it.
Steve
@@RiotHomeRecording thanks, Steve. That’s super helpful. And I will reach out. I appreciate that. I’m not ready to buy yet because I’m only going to be able to come up with the funds when I sell my house in the near future. So, I’ve got time. I’m just trying to get an idea about what I could afford.
I will tell you that I’ve been looking at these Tascam MS-16 tape machines because they seem reliable and perfectly adequate while still being affordable for me, but I’m not sure about a console. I kind of feel like a vintage one might be more of a challenge to maintain than a newer one. I’ve been kind of considering one of these new Trident boards because that would leave me enough cash to invest in some more outboard gear and mics.
Have you had any experience with either those Tascam machines or the Trident boards (the 68, 78, or 88)?
Love it🫶
Sounds great, but that guitar is painfully out of tune.
It’s a scratch track already redone.