mono drums

almost all my drum samples (single shots/hits) are in mono. i think u can get your drums to bang more when they are in mono. Anyone else only use mono drums? i figure the beat will be in stereo when its done, so...

i usually have all my drums and baselines in mono while the other samples are in stereo.

is this the common theme?

kinda half'n'half for me. I'd have a Kick and a snare in mone maybe, and hihats / overheads in stereo.
Usually just layering stuff you know?
samples, frequencys, bitrates, pans, pots..

-niN wrote:overheads in stereo.

I usually knock everything out in mono but if I do end up doing overheads, its always in stereo

tyrone_biggums wrote:is this the common theme?

yes, it is.

Gotcha...just seein what y'all do with your drums!

-niN wrote:kinda half'n'half for me.

samples, frequencys, bitrates, pans, pots..

same here its good to try both gives your drums more depth its not always ideal to use just one it can sound flat

I think it stems from the fact that drums will respond better when played out on a club soundsystem in mono, so it's been common practice for a while for the more crucial bits to be straight down the middle.

Personally it bores me sh*tless. I'm listening more and more to certain records just because they're mixed in an interesting way now.

scoobylol wrote:I think it stems from the fact that drums will respond better when played out on a club soundsystem in mono, so it's been common practice for a while for the more crucial bits to be straight down the middle.

Personally it bores me sh*tless. I'm listening more and more to certain records just because they're mixed in an interesting way now.

yeah good points. one record that comes to mind with the percussion and drums mixed differently is the doom and danger mouse record...danger doom, a lot of the drums on that record are panned left or right, in some cases the entire drum kit is panned to one side as opposed to just the hats or snare, etc.

maybe a dumbass question but..

What are overheads? I know this term is used when mic'ing live drum kits but how does this pertain to making hiphop beats?

I guess why people sample mono is because usually when sampling from vinyl there is one side ( left or right) where the drums or sample is loudest, most punchy without to many other stuff sounding at the same time.
I know that's why I sample mono. Atleast the drums, and a majority of the time melodies and other stuff as well

Solowbeats wrote:maybe a dumbass question but..

What are overheads? I know this term is used when mic'ing live drum kits but how does this pertain to making hiphop beats?

because it's another tool in the shed... use it or don't

i tend to keep things like kick snare down the middle and hihats and perc i keep stereo.

Thing is, most of the time with sampled drums ITS ALREADY BEEN MIXED AND PANNED.

Why go ruin a engineer hard work by making them mono again?

One side is usually diff to the other (l and r) sometimes the left side might have elements the right side dont even have, so you take that

These are the two things i usually consider before making the choice to L+R=Mono

Then again, it really is a sample by sample consideration you should be making.

mr_debauch wrote:

Solowbeats wrote:maybe a dumbass question but..

What are overheads? I know this term is used when mic'ing live drum kits but how does this pertain to making hiphop beats?

because it's another tool in the shed... use it or don't

That doesn't answer my question i'm afraid. HOW would you program "overheads" ? Do you use the drum sounds you're working with at that moment as source for an extra layer of overheads?

Please explain, Coz I never heard of it before

Yeah, well, I just said overheads because I'd use a track in a similar way.
Overheads are the mics placed ver the drumset ( like you said ). So ur gonna have a lot of HighHats on that track´, but still some of the rest of the drumkit.
Sometimes when I'm workin with a chopped drum break, I'd use it to add some "room" to the whole drum ensemble..
Just like u'd use the overheads, in relation to the close mic'ed tracks.
get me??