I’ve had a lot of questions from fellow drummers regarding the best ways to record drums and different drum mic techniques. I’ve outlined the ways I prefer to mic and record drums in a previous entry titled “Upcoming Recording Session.” Granted, my techniques may vary a bit from other engineers and I’m fine with that. As recording engineers, we need to find the techniques which work best for us as individuals not for somebody else. So, to answer the question that I’ve heard so many times, “How do I get professional sounding drums in my project studio?” If you don’t have a bunch of cash to spend on high quality preamps, converters and computer recording equipment, check out the amazing FXPansion BFD2 Drum Instrument Software. Keep in mid here that you will likely need a drum set controller of some kind such as the Alesis USB Pro Drum Kit or if you already have an electronic drum set or pad with midi out, the Alesis Trigger IO will suffice.
The BFD2 software is just as dynamic and expressive as the real this without the headaches of microphone positioning, dynamic processing, gating etc. All of that stuff has been done for you by the professionals at FXPansion. Click the above link to BFD2 and scroll to the bottom of the page to view videos outlining the process of making one of the finest pieces of drum software available.
-Ryan
Tags: Digital-Recording, Drum-Software, Drums, Electronic-Drums, FXpansion-BFD2, Music-Software
