Wondering which drum heads to put on your studio kit? The truth is that there is no universal head that will suit every drum on every project. In this upcoming shootout, we will try a variety of heads on a variety of drums! Here are the kits we will be using: 1968 Ludwig Super Classic (22,16,13,12) 1992 Ludwig Super Classic… Read more →
Times change, but some things do stay the same. Take the MPC1000 ($1,499), the new junior member of the Akai MPC drum sampler series. Though it’s about the size of a high school math textbook, it packs some serious punch both sonically and operationally. This new MPC has some pretty heavy tradition to live up to considering that the MPC… Read more →
Kick It Up A Notch By Richard Alan Salz While the kick drum is rarely the defining element of a song, there are some songs that just wouldn’t be the same if they had a different kick drum sound. Could you imagine Led Zeppelin’s When the Levee Breaks with a dull and lifeless kick drum sound? How about Cameo’s Brick… Read more →
Dynamic Drums – by Richard Alan Salz The Heart of the Matter As a producer, I listen to a lot of demos and although the level of recording technology the average musician has access to has greatly improved in recent years, it doesn’t seem to have resulted in noticeably better productions. Why is this case? While there are many factors… Read more →