Recording - January 2018 - 8

RECORDING
Reviews
32 Earthworks DK7 Drum Kit System.

January 2018

Features
12	 2017	AES	Convention	Report.

A quick look at new gear from New York's recent
AES show.

The crystal-clear Earthworks sound in a full-featured
setup for any drum kit, complete with two brand-new
mic designs.

REPORT BY MIKE METLAY

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

34	 Soundware	Showcase:	Spitfire	Audio	Hans		
Zimmer Percussion Professional.

24	 Recording	Drums:
	
Advice	For	The	Drummer	And	The	Engineer.

Getting fantastic drum tracks starts with the
person playing the drums and ends with the person
recording them. A session drummer who's also an
engineer has great advice for both sides of the glass.

A huge, impeccably recorded library of cinematic
percussion sounds... organized in a way that even
beginners can use it creatively in no time at all.

BY PAT BAUTZ

REVIEW BY DARWIN GROSSE

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36	 DPA	Microphones	d:vice	MMA-A.
	

With	smartphones	becoming	a	frequent	tool	for	field		
recording and news gathering, an ultra-miniaturized
mic interface with pristine audio quality is a
welcome innovation.

28	 One	Kit,	Two	Mics,	Lots	Of	Inspiration.

In this era of massively-miked kits, it's easy to
forget that many great recordings were made with
only a couple of mics. This handy technique
combines affordable mics with sample replacement
to create great-sounding results from resources
anyone can afford.

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

BY PAUL VNUK JR. AND DAVID BLASCOE

38	 Keith	McMillen	Instruments	BopPad.

KMI's revolutionary Smart Fabric technology makes
the jump into the world of percussion, creating a
portable, affordable, incredibly musical electronic drum.

62	 Studio	101.	Part	1:	The	Essence	Of	Sound.
Welcome to Recording's new series on studio
basics for beginners! We begin our journey with
an understanding of what sound is, and how we
turn moving air into electricity.

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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40	 Arturia	DrumBrute.
	

This all-analog drum machine provides a rich organic
sound,	flexible	programming	and	playback	options,		
multitrack recording capability, and much more.

BY DARWIN GROSSE

70	 2017	Annual	Index.

Let's face it... sometimes it's handy to have
everything listed in one place so you can look up
that review, interview, or article you remember
reading. You're welcome!

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

42	 Plug-In	Outlet.
40

Boz Digital Labs Manic Compressor and Transgressor;
Goodhertz Vulf Compressor; Softube Tape; Waves Torque.

REVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR.

50	 iOS	Music	Tools:	New	Gear	For	The	New	Year.
Blue Raspberry iOS/USB microphone/interface; Hooke
Audio Verse wireless binaural mic/in-ear monitors;
IK Multimedia iRig Pre HD and iRig Pro I/O portable
preamp/interfaces; Patchrat studio gear
documentation app.

Regulars
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Fade	In.

10	 Talkback.
56	 Readers'	Tracks.
BY MARTY PETERS

72	 Fade	Out.
42

Interviews

A Transformative Weekend:
The 2017 TAXI Road Rally.

18	 George	Massenburg	Goes	All	In	On	
Superior Drummer 3.

GUEST EDITORIAL BY AARON J. TRUMM

The world-famous engineer, inventor, and educator
talks about doing a drum sound library his way, with
unprecedented results. Also: a quick chat with Toontrack's
Mattias Eklund on the digital side of this
massive undertaking.

65	 Advertiser	Index.
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