Record drums FROM HOME (5 things you need) 

#1 is a computer #2 starts at 5:29

I'd say skip the mic stands for, lets say toms, go with the clip ons, sound fine and not a mess. Most importantly, cheaper 😜

i recently did a drum battle event, and I had to live record 8 drumkits I've never seen my CPU get gangbanged and my laptop has a Ryzen 3900X

Just a correction, the pre-amps don't convert the signal. That is done by an ADC (analog to digital converter). The ADC is the part of the interface that converts the signal. the pre-amps condition the analog signal, but their output is still analog

I'm still in the planning stages but this was certainly helpful!! Good tips, and nice chops too mate.

Wow, as an older drummer getting back into it I really needed to hear the basics That was well thought out ! Thank you very much !!

Exactly what I needed.

Awesome video! Gracias por la inspiración! 💪🏽

Thanks man, this is definitely the most helpful video I've found on this!

Fantastic info, thank you!! Really gave me a good start.

Thank you for the hard work and sharing the info!

Creating a home studio, starts with good instruments. If you sound good in the living room, you will sound good on stage. You can buy less expensive recording gear by having a great instrument for sure. I highly suggest at least 16G on the computer. U-Phoria by Behringer makes a great interface the mic pre are awesome. Reaper is my DAW of choice. Tim is spot on with drum mics. The Sennheiser e609 for guitars amps works well. Mic placement and getting your recording gains set for good headroom for the mix is a good idea. Peace guys and gals Tim is the man!

Just checked out your video ! Best one yet ! I’m a drummer and I wanna record drums with good audio ! This helps a lot , thanks !

Great video man, really helpful and thorough info.

Great video Tom. I wouldn't also need a mixer? Why or why not.

I consider this my christmas present from Tim Buell 🥰🥰

I really appreciate all these videos. Love the podcast, too. Kind of random, but I really liked Stephen Taylor's old Gigging Drummer videos. He'd do a little vlog and then most of the video would be him playing the live gig. Even if it was mostly the Nashville scene playing 3-4 hour long cover band sets. He mostly does the teaching videos now (you might edit them even), so he doesn't put that type of content out anymore. Do you ever do that stuff or know any other drummers that have that type of video there? Thanks! :)

I'm thinking on buying a Zoom LiveTrak L8 as my drumming interface. I'm about record an album with acoustic drums. Am I taking the right choice? Does that work for what I need it? Nice video

Love the opening disclaimer

Great video!

1. 1:27 2. 5:30 3. 7:32 4. 9:41 5. 13:19

Super helpful video as someone who has been wanting to make some drum covers. I did research on mics and audio interfaces years ago then never went ahead with it because it was way too expensive and I was in college not working. Now I'm working and it's Black Friday so decided now is the best time to look. So far it seems like my plan is to get a Shure SM57 for the snare, ($110 with stand, cables, and clip), a Shure BETA 52A for the bass drum ($180 including stand and everything), a Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD USB Audio Interface ($149) and then for the overheads, the SE Electronics you recommended were a bit too expensive for me so I plan to go with the Rode M5's instead ($150 for just the mics no stand vs the SE Electronics being a bit over $500). That would keep me at under $600 for everything I need (excluding recording software which I might use Garageband if possible for free).

Thanks so much!

thanks for this

Great video! Do you have any recommendations on specific audio interfaces to check out, particularly for 6 -7 drum mics and potentially more for rest of band?

Thanks for information It's help me up to record my drum cover video

Thaaaaanks!

Great stuff.. Just getting into recording for my own band.. any advice on mixing and compressing drums?

Great info! What kind of drums are you using and what kind would you recommend on a thousand dollar budget? Thanks.

Dude your tom sizes are freaking awesome

Can we use FL studio as well..?

How do you think an sm58 would work for an overhead mic?

#1 computer 1:19 #2 audio interfase 5:29 #3 Daw (Software) 7:35 #4 microphones 9:45 #4.5 mics recomendations 11:18 #5 experiment 13:18

I have a fire wire... plugged it in got one kick drum done... that's when I found out how picky fire wire and chip sets where... maybe I'll try again this weekend....

I hope you see this. Will a usb condenser microphone plugged in the laptop running threw audacity work?

Thnkx bro

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Thanks really helpful

bro how to make copyright free drumless track. how much we should pitch up or pitchdown the track

Hi Tim, Got my Computer geting my M Audio interface Since I'm using edrums I don't think I'll Need mics anyways..

In my opinion, for beginners, id recommend the audix d6 for the kick drum. If you can tune your bass drum well, then you will have Great sound out of the box with minimal eq to work on.

I just bought a HP Chromebook. What DAW would work best with it? Also i use a Zoom Q2N but I really want to record with tracks and other music. Im just starting the RU-vid thing. I have a channel as well. very good video!

Would you use a audix kick mic for recording or live only?

Do you know of any good beginner 4 piece drum sets under $800? My son is wanting a drum set for his birthday coming up and I am on a budget.

Quick question, Would the iRig Guitar interface work as an audio interface?

So my interface (TASCAM US-144) only has 2 XLR inputs, but I have a Fostex 450 8 channel mixing board. Is there any way, for example, when I'm using more than 2 mics at once (Drums) I can go into the mixer, and then run 2 channel stereo into my interface, then ultimately my PC. Seem like when I try this I'm getting heavy distortion even at low levels. (Not overdrive distortion). Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I’m fairly new to this. I have a drum Set in a concrete basement with shure beta 52 on the kick but I can’t seem to get a good kick sound. Any tips? (I use ableton)

May I use my Samsung Chromebook 4 for number #1

Will a 8 channel mixer work for an interface?

When recording drum covers through my sound board I don't get my Eq effects 😢

Cake walk is fully free as well and Pro Tools First

For all those wanting a DAW that is amazing and doesn't cost a lawyer's salary is REAPER. It's only $60 and you don't have to pay for it. You can keep hitting the "Still Evaluating" button if you really want to. REAPER can run on anything as it's very lightweight. Hell, I used it on a Raspberry Pi for a while before moving it over to my PC.

You mentioned using Audacity as a DAW for recording drums - I want to do just that but there is some doubt about whether audacity can accept more than 2 channel inputs from an interface - can you clarify please

only my eyes saw McGuire in his face?

Audio-interface to lap top software

Hi my name is Hudson . My dad put a drum solo video on you tube when I was 11 he just used his camera but now I want to start posting different drum stuff will the zoom q2n 4k work ok or do I have to Start buying all the stuff in your video I just watched . If you feel like checking it out its 11 year old Hudson rocks the house on RU-vid thanks take care.

Nice X-wing! i have the same one

Hi Tim!

Will a Chromebook laptop work?

Can anyone recommend me studio quality mics?

Quick question so in studios do they record drums in one take (whole song) or do they normally record it in parts of the songs (chorus, bridge, verse, etc) ? Just wondering so I could do it from home and get the best sound .

Came for a drum tutorial, got a computer and distrokid video instead.

If mics hold their value so well as you say then why pay almost full price for a used mic??? A used mic you really have no idea how well has been treated? Just say'n - great video and much appreciate the advice.

Can I use GarageBand if I just wanna make drum covers? I already know how to use iMovie pretty well, but I don’t know if I could use GarageBand for drum covers? 🥴

Cool video.

Allllll this stuff... to make 3-4 minute videos?

Dude, you glossed right over the toughest part to get rolling... the computer you choose and a PC will get you nowhere FAST. You have to have a MAC. Come on Tim, you know that using a PC to recording requires jumping from 400 firewire chords into all kinds of issues with memory and plugins. Your video would be a lot easier if you just said, GET A MAC whatever you do to start. You will have Final Edit Pro, which is a MUST for drum cover videos editing and all that. Try doing any of that on a PC and you will find you are wasting TONS of time. Mics and drums are the lowest priority. Your recording platform, which must be Protools if you plan on mailing any tracks to others to play on...and not Audacity or Cakewalk.

Apple is for people who don't know how to build PCs

voice crack at 6:15 L

The crappy thing about Distro kid (that I think is total BS) is that if you don't pay the annual fee, they remove your music from everywhere. What happens when you die? You have to have someone pay that fee forever? I don't think that is a good business plan..

As someone who edits video, those transitions between each point where you’re playing drums are absolutely worthless

#5 should have been monitors or headphones i think !