Free Training — The Studio Edge Vol 3
Drums Are The Hardest Instrument To Record. And Almost Nobody
In The Room Knows Why.
The problem isn't your microphones. It isn't your room. It's that the recorded drum sound is decided before a single mic goes up — and most engineers never start at the beginning.
I've spent 40 years engineering sound in commercial studios — working with CBS, Netflix, Alicia Keys, and Spotify. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona. Projects I have worked on have been nominated for a Grammy. I've been featured in Mix Magazine and Pro Sound News. And I've been teaching recording since before most YouTube "experts" picked up a microphone.
I am also a drummer. I've recorded and performed with Marc Storace (Krokus), Barry Sparks (Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker), Ted Nugent, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Les Dudek (Steve Miller), Pat Travers, Frank Marino, and Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy, Whitesnake). Which means I understand drums from both sides of the glass — not just as the engineer trying to capture them, but as the player who has spent a lifetime behind the kit.
In 2010 I created The Studio Edge — a professional recording curriculum built the way an engineer actually thinks. Not tips and tricks. Not gear worship. A real foundation.
You've probably been learning from the copies. This is the original.
You're in good company
Jim Pavett nails it man! The man knows his drums and is obviously quite a respected engineer here in the southwest. I will watch this again and again because Jim details everything you need to know about real drums and how to capture them in a recording. I am going out tomorrow and buy new heads and cymbals for my studio kit — I love the wood, but it wasn't until I watched this that I understood the relationships between drum shell and skin. -Blund69
WHAT YOU'LL GET IN THE FREE TRAINING:
Why three people are in every drum session — drummer, engineer, and studio owner — and almost none of them have the complete picture
The connected chain that determines your drum sound before a single microphone is placed — and why getting it right makes the engineer's job intuitive instead of corrective
The two ergonomic factors nobody talks about — and why cymbal positioning affects drum recordings the same way it affects live sound every night on stage
Why mic technique is the final stage — and how to choose the right configuration for the music you're making instead of defaulting to whatever you learned first
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As seen in and worked with...
Mix Magazine
Pro Sound News
CBS
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Grammy-Nominated
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Arizona