Art of Drum Layering

Description

The Art of Drum Layering presents a detailed and thorough exploration of the processes and techniques involved in layering drum sounds. With audio and image files accompanying all the examples, this book demystifies the technical and creative processes involved in mastering the confusing subject of drum layering.

 Detailed explanations of all processes used understanding frequencies and sound, the constituents and manipulation of the sound's dynamics, processes such as EQ and compression, a thorough exploration of effects and how to use them to shape drum sounds, the enigma that is filtering the Art of Drum Layering leaves no stone unturned.

 The Art of Drum Layering also addresses the thinking and creative processes required to develop simple drum beats into fully focused 'songs', employing an explanation of the elements used and how they are best layered for optimum effect.

 Irrespective of your music genre, this book is a must if you are serious about the building blocks for genre based drum sound management.

CONTENTS:

1 Structure

2 Frequencies

Sound. Frequency. Bass. Midrange. Treble. Amplitude.

3 Attack, decay, sustain and release - ADSR

4 Creating ADSR components

Cut, paste and tail off. Attack. Sustain. Release. Using the ADSR tool.

5 ADSR extraction layering examples

Cut and paste. The pencil tool. ADSR envelope reshapes.

6 Layering entire and complete waveforms

Layering frequencies. Clashing. Summing. Masking. Timeline and size of waveforms. Masking example.

7 Using tones as layers

Create a tone using Sound Forge. Kick sample. Creating stereo image and width. Adding space and depth with noise. Layering a snare sound. Adding a brown noise layer. Creating new textures. Layering a hi hat sound. Layering a short triangle sound.

8 Dynamics: compression

Compression - why use it? Threshold. Ratio. Attack. Release. Gain reduction. Side chain. Output control. Peak/RMS. Knee. Stereo/dual channel compressor. Multiband compressor. Limiter. Reshaping a kick drum. Changing the tonal quality. A more rounded sound. Using extreme settings. Multiband compression examples. Dynamic with MBC features.

9 Dynamics: equalization

Corrective EQ. Creative EQ. Filter shapes. Parametric. A bright acoustic kick sample. Emphasizing the second band. Boosting frequencies. Graphic EQ. A pseudo band pass. Attenuating the mid. Creative EQ. Adding warmth. Adding a low punch to the kick. Adding colouration to a snare.

10 Stems and tree

Group processing. Parallel compression. Using the copy technique.

11 Creative layering

Layering a single shot kick. The slap back effect. Delay pan in stereo. Adding a slap back to a snare. How to get a really deep kick sound. Using a filter to treat the cloned layer. Add a wah wah effect.

12 The last word

Index