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What You Talkin' Bout, Willits? Part 13

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 – running time 06:39
Christopher tackles drum recording using a three-mic set-up. 

In this episode, Christopher returns to Sound Arts Studio to show us drum mic-ing techniques with Jeff Pierre, a 16-year-old drummer from Haiti who plays the tanbou segón

Tune in once a month as Christopher shows us some of the ways he produces his own music, as well as the many cool things you can do with recording software. According to Christopher, "I simply want to excite people's imaginations and creative processes so they can more easily create the sounds and music and art they love."

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Highlights

playing drums: 0:40
subtleties: 2:23
opel: 2:47
dynamic microphones: 2:08

Automatically Generated Transcript

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" Hi I'm Christopher woods. And we -- at sound arts studio and we're gonna first of this undrawn reporting specifically recording that pound boosting onus is the Haitian drone. And we have Jeff Pierre with us today Jeff is. Raw talent from -- the sixteen years old he's in town for a couple weeks injuring more shots in San Francisco. I'm I had the pleasure meeting him and I just know and again in the studio soon as possible so thank you Jeff if you've been chairman. So yeah when did you start playing drums. "

" Well did. She grew -- The world. Is well. -- And -- the between the envy I and it's of that Jeff you might tumble."

" Cool this strong is as beautiful job was involved in the creation of this stretching the goat skin. To mean it. You know all of this is a process that was involved and you know specific game one. And the spirit of the charm is connected Jensen this is Jeff's room. So we have -- three might set up here we have off port 21 with the thing has and he port 21 this is. Knowing men KM 140. And then down below here. We have just barely. Above the ground we have the benefit accuses mr. -- if you were recording base this Mike is. This is the dynamic microphones so this can take a lot of empathy had this tucked in pretty tight. Right in the middle game a lot of good overtones. On it's not it's not gonna get blown out very easily because of the dynamic microphone. But it also doesn't pick up the subtleties of like configured -- easy in his fingers is really really beautiful and really subtle as a lot of texture to it. Doesn't really pick that up with a good for like that from the base here -- like mormons like he's -- This. This is really good for the subtlety. And honest with close that the really since the -- actually ruled this off a ten vessels that means goods -- a little less sensitive. Brought an Opel a little bit so it's getting like the whole drama and we can still get a lot of detail and figures and then over here we gut. The way he -- strong it's just tell them a little bit forwards of the base comes up Bob and huge amount of basic and I'm actually. So we have this just talked -- does perpendicular. QB. To the drama it's kind of a weird you know anyone really think is the best we don't like -- actually worked really good. We get a common low when it comes by -- if -- just -- applicable patterns and then we'll take a look at the pro tools. And then we'll isolate these different microphones we can -- hear sounds."

" Or pro tools and get three different tracks industry likes. We've got four -- one KM 140 and in the beta VQ. And your. Husband along with the track that we're working on. I'm gonna so these different microphones you can hear the difference -- there's important envelope."

" Much help business Pope. Does to forward. And -- but if the polls. And here's the -- and things."

" But. We went images and actually that you -- so afterward and recording that you'd find homes and cool. Area. And the other thing you do you want to do with the mind boggling. Abuse and -- a mixture of your greens and made it is definitely -- Wimbledon -- you know it's going -- these -- wrong and and work zone. -- used just I'm monitor. -- plug into their. Book. But it's really mean it is possible with ugly opposition for all of this view an obvious -- process. --"

" So or reason this technique I'm just -- army can use this on any. -- And yes player around experiment 2000. People but."

" Hi I'm Christopher woods. And we -- at sound arts studio and we're gonna first of this undrawn reporting specifically recording that pound boosting onus is the Haitian drone. And we have Jeff Pierre with us today Jeff is. Raw talent from -- the sixteen years old he's in town for a couple weeks injuring more shots in San Francisco. I'm I had the pleasure meeting him and I just know and again in the studio soon as possible so thank you Jeff if you've been chairman. So yeah when did you start playing drums. "

" Well did. She grew -- The world. Is well. -- And -- the between the envy I and it's of that Jeff you might tumble."

" Cool this strong is as beautiful job was involved in the creation of this stretching the goat skin. To mean it. You know all of this is a process that was involved and you know specific game one. And the spirit of the charm is connected Jensen this is Jeff's room. So we have -- three might set up here we have off port 21 with the thing has and he port 21 this is. Knowing men KM 140. And then down below here. We have just barely. Above the ground we have the benefit accuses mr. -- if you were recording base this Mike is. This is the dynamic microphones so this can take a lot of empathy had this tucked in pretty tight. Right in the middle game a lot of good overtones. On it's not it's not gonna get blown out very easily because of the dynamic microphone. But it also doesn't pick up the subtleties of like configured -- easy in his fingers is really really beautiful and really subtle as a lot of texture to it. Doesn't really pick that up with a good for like that from the base here -- like mormons like he's -- This. This is really good for the subtlety. And honest with close that the really since the -- actually ruled this off a ten vessels that means goods -- a little less sensitive. Brought an Opel a little bit so it's getting like the whole drama and we can still get a lot of detail and figures and then over here we gut. The way he -- strong it's just tell them a little bit forwards of the base comes up Bob and huge amount of basic and I'm actually. So we have this just talked -- does perpendicular. QB. To the drama it's kind of a weird you know anyone really think is the best we don't like -- actually worked really good. We get a common low when it comes by -- if -- just -- applicable patterns and then we'll take a look at the pro tools. And then we'll isolate these different microphones we can -- hear sounds."

" Or pro tools and get three different tracks industry likes. We've got four -- one KM 140 and in the beta VQ. And your. Husband along with the track that we're working on. I'm gonna so these different microphones you can hear the difference -- there's important envelope."

" Much help business Pope. Does to forward. And -- but if the polls. And here's the -- and things."

" But. We went images and actually that you -- so afterward and recording that you'd find homes and cool. Area. And the other thing you do you want to do with the mind boggling. Abuse and -- a mixture of your greens and made it is definitely -- Wimbledon -- you know it's going -- these -- wrong and and work zone. -- used just I'm monitor. -- plug into their. Book. But it's really mean it is possible with ugly opposition for all of this view an obvious -- process. --"

" So or reason this technique I'm just -- army can use this on any. -- And yes player around experiment 2000. People but."

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In this episode, Christopher returns to Sound Arts Studio to show us drum mic-ing techniques with Jeff Pierre, a 16-year-old drummer from Haiti who plays the tanbou segón.

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