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1.1 Values of great drum sound |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2 Why bother with drum tuning? |
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3 | (3) |
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1.3.1 Educational approach |
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1.3.3 Interviews with esteemed professionals |
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1.3.4 Companion software and examples |
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1.4 Don't forget to listen! |
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2 Drumhead Vibration And The Science Of Sound |
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2.1 Sound sources, acoustic transmission, and sound reception |
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10 | (2) |
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2.2 Evaluating frequencies |
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12 | (2) |
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2.3 The single most valuable musical acoustics theory! |
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14 | (3) |
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2.4 Measuring and analysing drum modes |
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17 | (2) |
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3 Tuning The Pitch Of A Cylindrical Drum |
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3.1 Exploring the pitch range of a cylindrical drum |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (3) |
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4 Lug Tuning And Clearing The Drumhead |
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4.1 Evaluating the first overtone of a drum |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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4.3 The sound of a uniformly tuned drumhead |
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31 | (1) |
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4.4 Lug tuning with assistance |
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32 | (4) |
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5 Tuning The Resonant Drumhead -- What, Why, And How? |
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5.1 Harmonics and in-harmonic overtones |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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5.3 Controlling overtones and intervals with the resonant drumhead |
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40 | (4) |
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6 A Holistic Approach To Drum Tuning |
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44 | (9) |
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44 | (3) |
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6.2 Setting the fundamental pitch |
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47 | (1) |
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6.3 Implementing lug tuning and resonant head tuning |
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48 | (1) |
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6.4 Damping and decay times |
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49 | (4) |
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7 The Wonderful World Of Drumheads |
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7.1 Guitar strings on steroids! |
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54 | (2) |
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7.2 The drumhead equation |
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56 | (2) |
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7.3 Drumhead types and features |
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58 | (3) |
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7.4 Resonant drumhead selection |
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61 | (1) |
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7.5 Experience drumheads! |
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62 | (2) |
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8 Timbre: The Truth About Drum Shell Vibration |
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64 | (12) |
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64 | (3) |
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8.2 Tuning fork example with mass loading |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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8.4 Loading the drum shell |
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70 | (3) |
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8.5 Bearing edges and precision manufacturing |
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73 | (1) |
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8.6 Considering the drum shell vibration frequency when tuning |
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74 | (2) |
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9 Tuning For Different Musical Styles And Genres |
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77 | (1) |
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9.2 Drum sizes for different music genres |
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78 | (3) |
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9.3 Pitches and intervals on the kit |
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81 | (3) |
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9.4 Tuning suggestions for different genres |
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84 | (4) |
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9.5 Drumheads for different music genres |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (7) |
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10.1 Key aspects of snare tuning |
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90 | (1) |
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10.2 Holistic approach to snare tuning |
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91 | (2) |
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10.3 Manipulating snare drum timbre |
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93 | (2) |
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10.4 Comparing snare timbre example |
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95 | (2) |
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11.1 Kick drum tone and dynamics |
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98 | (1) |
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11.2 Drumheads for the kick drum |
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99 | (2) |
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11.3 Kick drum tuning range |
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101 | (1) |
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11.4 Controlling the kick drum timbre |
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102 | (2) |
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12 Production And Preparation For Drum Recording |
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104 | (12) |
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12.1 Production and pre-production |
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104 | (2) |
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12.2 Setting standards and getting results |
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106 | (2) |
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12.3 Choosing and evaluating the recording space |
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108 | (5) |
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12.3.1 Room size and dimensions |
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108 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Room materials and reverberation characteristics |
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110 | (1) |
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12.3.3 Sound isolation and background noise levels |
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111 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Suitability for a room's use in a recording project |
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111 | (1) |
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12.3.5 Positioning drums within a room |
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112 | (1) |
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12.4 Tuning and performance for recording |
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113 | (3) |
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13 Fundamental Technologies For Drum Recording |
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13.1 Microphones and transducers |
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117 | (4) |
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13.1.1 Dynamic microphones |
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117 | (1) |
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13.1.2 Condenser microphones |
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118 | (1) |
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13.1.3 Ribbon microphones |
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119 | (1) |
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13.1.4 Other audio transducers |
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120 | (1) |
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13.2 Microphone characteristics |
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121 | (3) |
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13.2.1 Microphone polar patterns |
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121 | (2) |
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13.2.2 Other microphone characteristics |
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123 | (1) |
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13.3 The complete recording signal chain |
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124 | (3) |
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125 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Microphone preamplifiers |
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126 | (1) |
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13.3.4 Recording with signal processing effects |
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127 | (1) |
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13.4 Monitoring and foldback |
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127 | (4) |
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13.4.1 Control room monitoring |
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127 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Headphone foldback |
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128 | (3) |
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14 We Need To Talk About Phase! |
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131 | (15) |
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14.1 What exactly is phase? |
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131 | (3) |
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14.2 Time delay and comb filtering |
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134 | (5) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (4) |
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15 Microphone Techniques For Recording Drums |
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15.1 Microphone placement approaches |
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146 | (1) |
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15.2 Stereo recording for drums |
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147 | (14) |
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15.2.1 Defining the stereo field |
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147 | (4) |
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15.2.2 Spaced pair technique |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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15.2.4 Blumlein pair technique |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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15.2.6 Mid-side technique |
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156 | (3) |
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15.2.7 Baffled omnidirectional pair technique |
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159 | (1) |
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15.2.8 Decca tree technique |
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160 | (1) |
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15.2.9 Left-right-centre technique |
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161 | (1) |
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15.3 Using spot microphone techniques |
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161 | (5) |
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15.3.1 Kick drum microphone technique |
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162 | (2) |
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15.3.2 Snare drum microphone technique |
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164 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Tom drum microphone technique |
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164 | (1) |
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15.3.4 Close cymbal microphone technique |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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15.5 Microphone choices for recording drums |
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167 | (2) |
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15.6 Developing a personal approach |
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169 | (3) |
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16 Mixing Drums: Balance And Dynamics |
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172 | (15) |
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16.1 Balance, panning, and bussing |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (8) |
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16.2.1 Compression and limiting |
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177 | (5) |
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16.2.2 Gates and expanders |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (3) |
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17 Mixing Drums: Creative Processing |
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187 | (18) |
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17.1 Equalisation and spectral processing |
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187 | (5) |
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17.1.1 Cutting low frequencies |
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189 | (1) |
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17.1.2 Treating the fundamental and overtones of each drum |
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190 | (1) |
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17.1.3 Adding attack and presence |
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190 | (1) |
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17.1.4 Controlling high frequencies |
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191 | (1) |
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17.2 Using reverb to regain authenticity |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (2) |
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17.4 Distortion and enhancers |
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197 | (2) |
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17.5 Sequential and sidechain processing |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (2) |
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