CD Project Update #2 – Drums, Drums And More Drums
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All of the drums tracks and the guide bass tracks for the remaining 9 songs on my preliminary song list for the CD project are now done and with that, a major part of the recording process has now been completed (with a huge sigh of relief).
In CD Project Update #1 I mentioned that the concept of recording a guide track to a click and then using those tracks to record the drums separately rather than recording everything live was very new to me and therefore, something that I felt a little nervous about.
I mean, I’ve always thought that I keep good time however, I also know that ProTools does not lie. Thankfully Tim was able to use my guide tracks to his advantage and have all of the drums recorded without any major hitches getting in the way.
I’ve always been fascinated with recording technology and how you can manipulate a recorded track to correct things such as shifting an element of a track like a bass drum, which was played either a little early or late. It’s amazing what you can do but I promise you, no autotune will be used on this recording.
Another thing that fascinated me was the difference a variety of snare drums makes to a drum track. In the recording Tim used four different types of snares and would change them around depending on the song we were recording at the time such is his dedication to getting the right sound for the song.
All in all I’m very happy with what’s happened so far and look forward to getting stuck into my bass tracks next Wednesday because once the rhythm tracks are all sorted, the real fun begins with the layering of guitars (acoustic and electric), keys and vocals.
Peace,
Corey 
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