The Bonham Drum Sound ?
While we would all love to be able to record John Bonham in a big room with nice room mics to get that “John Bonham drum sound,” the reality is we have the drummer we have, often recorded in a small room with only close mics. In a new video I show you some tricks you can easily do with plug-ins to help get your tracks closer to that classic sound.
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Enjoyed the Bonham Drums video. Transient Designers are the bomb. Thanks for the help Ronan.
BTW is there an EQ ‘trick’ to get the Kick and Bass guitar to play well together – that is, a way to get them to blend without creating a huge wave build-up of volume?
Thank you, Ronan, for another excellent video; I appreciate the time, effort, talent, and sharing spirit required to produce this work.
Best,
Harold
hey man! That was WAAAAYY more than just a “little helpful” this was one of the coolest things you’ve ever shown here on RBC! Well…actually the dogs were the coolest…I use PLL Comp lots, but this was a way I’ve never actually seen before! Thanks a bunch! Oh…and hi from snowy Saskatchewan!
Better !
super cool vid,
always enjoy the info.
i hope to go to the italy bootcamp someday.
its on my bucket list eh eh!!
great shows
Hey Ronan, I’ve done a similar thing where I just send Kick, Snare, and Toms to an AUX with similar plugs, that way i can avoid the cymbals as much as possible from pumping. Great trick with the SPL, I’ll have to try that. Thanks for posting.