#136: Making No-Compromise, Premium Drum Samples - With Dave Piatek (Room Sound)
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09/21/22 • 98 min
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Dave Piatek and his company Room Sound set out to make the ultimate, realistic, authentic sounding, premium drum sample libraries.
I've been using them for years and keep recommending them for this exact reason. They are my favorite drum sample company in the world, absolutely sound like a drum kit and blend really well with your recorded drums. It's mind-blowing.
So, we were always wondering what they might be doing differently. What's the secret? How the hell do you make a library like that? Are there best practices for us to follow, when we create our own drum samples? Or when we use those samples?
This episode gives you the answers and boy, did we underestimate what goes into all of this. 😅
Dave talks about the mind-numbing, insane amount of tedious detail work that's part of creating these libraries, as well as the incredible process that they came up with to make sure they get it absolutely 100% right every single time.
He explains how they made the new Kurt Ballou Vol. 2 library that just came out (this is late summer 2022), how they kept the drums perfectly in tune, how they captured and cut 36000 (!) hits accurately and how they created a super versatile kit that combines multiple world class rooms (Steve Albini's Electrical Audio), mic configurations, processing chains and even recording mediums in one plugin.
This one got me really excited and I'm stoked to share it with you now!
-Benedikt
PS: Sorry again, Dave, for completely butchering your name! What an embarrassing way to start an episode 😅
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For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/136
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
Room Sound Premium Drum Samples:
https://theselfrecordingband.com/roomsound
BOOK A FREE IN-DEPTH 1-ON-1 FEEDBACK CALL WITH BENEDIKT:
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Benedikt's voice on this episode has been recorded with the Antelope Axino Synergy Core
--
Dave Piatek and his company Room Sound set out to make the ultimate, realistic, authentic sounding, premium drum sample libraries.
I've been using them for years and keep recommending them for this exact reason. They are my favorite drum sample company in the world, absolutely sound like a drum kit and blend really well with your recorded drums. It's mind-blowing.
So, we were always wondering what they might be doing differently. What's the secret? How the hell do you make a library like that? Are there best practices for us to follow, when we create our own drum samples? Or when we use those samples?
This episode gives you the answers and boy, did we underestimate what goes into all of this. 😅
Dave talks about the mind-numbing, insane amount of tedious detail work that's part of creating these libraries, as well as the incredible process that they came up with to make sure they get it absolutely 100% right every single time.
He explains how they made the new Kurt Ballou Vol. 2 library that just came out (this is late summer 2022), how they kept the drums perfectly in tune, how they captured and cut 36000 (!) hits accurately and how they created a super versatile kit that combines multiple world class rooms (Steve Albini's Electrical Audio), mic configurations, processing chains and even recording mediums in one plugin.
This one got me really excited and I'm stoked to share it with you now!
-Benedikt
PS: Sorry again, Dave, for completely butchering your name! What an embarrassing way to start an episode 😅
--
For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/136
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
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#135: How To Soundproof Your Studio - With Wilson Harwood
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Wilson Harwood of soundproofyourstudio.com built his dream home recording studio in his backyard.
Now he wants to teach you how to build a soundproof recording studio.
We brought him on to talk about this on the podcast, because soundproofing is a complicated process that only an expert who's done it can properly explain.
It's a topic that is very relevant for many DIY producers, bands and home studio owners, trying to keep sound from going in and out of the studio or jam space.
There is tons of information on the internet, but how do you know what to believe?
Have you read books and watched endless youtube videos, but still feel confused?
Do you wish someone who has already built a soundproof studio could guide you through every step of the process?
Well, you can stop searching and start right here with this free, in-depth conversation about all things soundproofing before you continue your journey by diving deeper into the amazing resource that Wilson Harwood has built for you.
Enjoy!
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For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/135
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
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#137: Can You Get "World-Class Mastering In Minutes?" With Jay Maas (Maastr.io)
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Jay Maas has made some of the most iconic, influential and important records in punk, hardcore and indie music.
He's worked with bands like Have Heart, Bane, Counterparts, State Champs, The Story So Far, Verse, Propagandhi, Somos, No Trigger, Polar Bear Club, Title Fight, Carpathian, Strike Anywhere, Drug Church, Make Do And Mend, the list goes on and on and on...
Almost 20 years into his career he started to work on a new project, called Maastr.io.
Maastr is an automatic online mastering software, that allows musicians and engineers to master their songs and collaborate efficiently in one place.
Knowing that existing automatic, AI-based mastering tools get a bad rep (often for good reason), Jay and Maastr set out to transform the audio mastering process forever.
So they built a new kind of intelligent mastering engine, constructed with the expertise of the industry’s very best talents to help you achieve sonically beautiful masters and professionally elevated audio in minutes.
And they didn't stop there. Maastr has a built-in collaboration platform that allows engineers and artists to easily communicate and iterate, all in one place.
I've been talking to Jay about it for a bit on my other podcast (Outback Recordings Podcast - Episode 54), when he had just started it (among many many other things, so go listen to that episode), then later I became a Maastr subscriber myself, mainly out of curiosity.
I've been testing it thoroughly over the past couple of months and had lots of questions about this fascinating tool, Jay's personal approach to mastering, how he uses Maastr and how it can help the self-recording artists out there.
So I just had to reconnect with Jay and bring him on this podcast, which was an absolute blast. He's not only brilliant at what he does, but super fun to talk to and an open book when it comes to his knowledge and what he believes in.
Enjoy this deep dive into AI-mastering, mastering in general and of course Maastr.io.
-Benedikt
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For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/137
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]
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