Producer Jerry Stucker Shares his Sampling and Triggering Techniques Recording drums in the studio is far from a snap. Close mics on the toms, kick drum, and snare may introduce signal-phasing gremlins that can interfere with producing a muscular drum sound. The sonic environment in the studio itself can rain hellfire if flutter echoes, standing waves, and other sonic anomalies bleed into the microphones and mess with the tone of the kit. And then there’s the subjective element of pleasing the drummer and the band, because how many times have you heard a drummer complaining about how his or her drums were recorded and mixed? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could banish vile drum tracks to Never-Never Land and replace the garbage with sounds that make you smile? Yeah. That can happen, and it has been happening for quite a while now. Drum-replacement software allows creators to basically swap […]