With Dawn and Tim, we had a break from drums, which was fine. But, ¿Dónde… is a punk rock song, and it needs drums. So, here’s how that went down!
¿Dónde Está El Baño? drums: rig run down
- ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA
- BandLab Link Digital audio interface
- Pig Hog 10ft XLR cable
- MXL V67G microphone
- Beyerdynamic DT-240 Pro headphones
- Vic Firth American Classic Extreme 5BN drumsticks
- Kolb Real Drum app
- BandLab free, online, in-browser DAW and companion app
Recording
Because the last drums session was such a faff, I was actually a bit nervous going into this session for Dónde…. But, I practiced as much as I could with Real Drum, strolled over to Astoria SoundWorks, and went for it.
When I got to room eight, I went about setting things up in the usual way. On this occasion, that meant…
- Firstly, following step one to set up hardware; in this case, that meant…
- Link Digital plugged into Chromebook
- V67G plugged into Link Digital
- D-240 Pros plugged into Link Digital
- Secondly, I did my admin; in this case, that meant…
- Opening the scratch track project in BandLab
- Exporting a mix down of the scratch track
- Creating a new project for drums
- Importing the mixed down scratch track
- Thirdly, I took a level
And, it sounded a bit like this!
However, I wasn’t completely happy with how it sounded. For some reason, the snare sounded really distorted. Although it sounded like it was clipping, as if the gain on the Link Digital was too high. But, even when I lowered it, it made no difference.
After significant tinkering – for example, moving the microphone, and tweaking the angle – I felt that it was in fact a rattly snare, and some tape might have solved it.
However, I had no tape, and this is light audio recording… so I just rolled with that punch, opting to figure it out later! Hah!
As with Seven Shades, some of the drumming was patchy. Therefore, I bodgered the drums track together from the five takes I managed to record.
Conclusion
Despite the distorto-rattling snare, the session was so straightforward, it’s not even worth doing a pros and cons table.
In conclusion, here is the drum track for ¿Dónde Está El Baño?
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