In this video, Chris shows a couple of simple tips when importing drum tracks into a new session. Getting tempo mapping from the recorded drums, as well as gain staging with one quick operation.
Chris & Jody pull up a seat with drummer Christopher Allis for an unfiltered look at life as a career musician. From his earliest gigs to performing with some of the coolest artists on the circuit, Christopher shares the journey that shaped his sound and his approach to both live performance and recording. You’ll hear about the lessons learned on stage, the subtle art of making a recording session click, and the little steps in-between that separate the hobbyist from the pro. Packed with insights that will inspire drummers, producers, and gear-heads alike, this is the first half of a two-part conversation that grooves as hard as the man behind the kit. It was so juicy that we had to split the episode into two parts. This here is the first half.
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Gear we used: Jody’s Mic & Voice Chain: Telefunken C12 – Groove Tubes Vipre – Apollo – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA Studer A800 Jody’s Channel Strip: iZotope RX Spectral DeNoise – iZotope RX Mouth DeClick – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA 1176E
Chris’ Mic & Voice Chain: Slate ML1 – Apollo – UA – Slate VMR (FG12, FG73, API Eq, SSL 4kE) – iZotope RX Voice – DeNoise Chris’ Channel Strip: Eventide Precision Time Align – iZotope RX Spectral DeNoise – iZotope RX Mouth DeClick – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA 1176E
In this video, Chris shows how to use side-chaining on a vocal delay to help it tuck under, and not smear, the lead vocal. Making use of the compressor release time, will allow the delay to be present during breaks in the vocal in a musical way.
