HOW CAN I ACHIEVE THIS DRUM SOUND ???
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 8 Jan, 2026
Hi !
I recorded a DRY drumset, it sounds good, but I am trying to achieve the thick and crispy sound in this particular clip. What do you think is involved ? Decapitator ? Level loc ? Guitar amp ? Any tip ?
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- KVRian
- 792 posts since 9 Feb, 2019
It´s hard to tell what tools they might have used, but the Result is a massive bass boost and I suppose it was a modern multiband tool because it sounds very clean.
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- KVRAF
- 20940 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Sounds like XLN Audio Vintage Dry.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
he's been trying to play the drums all day
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- KVRAF
- 2877 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit SW US
WHAT? My ears are ringing from all that racket.
Have you searched out articles (SOS, Mix Magazine, TapeOp?)
Have you searched topics here and GearSpace?
Have you watched any interviews with mix engineers?
Have you searched out articles (SOS, Mix Magazine, TapeOp?)
Have you searched topics here and GearSpace?
Have you watched any interviews with mix engineers?
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- KVRian
- 623 posts since 31 May, 2004 from Germany
The snare sounds very muffled. I remember having heard a snare sounding like this in an episode from Sounds Like A Drum. Search those guys at YouTube, great stuff, helped me a lot.
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- KVRer
- 20 posts since 16 May, 2005 from Warsaw, Poland
Hi,eldongeoffrey wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 5:34 pm
Hi !
I recorded a DRY drumset, it sounds good, but I am trying to achieve the thick and crispy sound in this particular clip. What do you think is involved ? Decapitator ? Level loc ? Guitar amp ? Any tip ?
The sound you're looking for comes mainly from a heavily dampened, low-tuned drum head.
So, just put a towel on each drum. You can hear the classic “sound of a towel” there. In other words, it’s a typical “dead sound.”
Alternatively, a few drum gels for each drum, roughly half an inch to an inch from the rim. Let's assume a minimum of three per drum, spaced approximately 4-6 inches apart circumferentially.
Ofc, don't put a towel on the kick, but you might put more blankets or pillows in it.
Tune the snare drum quite low, as well as the toms, and muffle them as I mentioned.
Then redo the drum recording (In a standard system - close-ups, overhead/s, room/s). That's it.
* I assume that this will be played by a drummer (in the sense of a correct articulation). But regardless of that, drums prepared in the manner described are ready to sound as they do in the clip shown. And drummers should typically know how to achieve this sound too, btw.
Best of luck!
Kuba