5 Gallon Buckets and Boxes for drums

My first "official" pop band was called the "Utensils".

I played a rack of tuned 5 gallon buckets and some other kitchen stuff.

Like you say it's easier than ever these days.

Actually using cardboard boxes and wooden boxes and plastic buckets does seem to be all the rage today... in some genre's of music....especially in film & TV...all going for that "cool wow factor" sound. 

I guess you could do as you say and use replacement to pop in sampled really good sounding drums. It sure would save money that way.

Well instead of buying a DW or Gretsh or .... in a Studio series

How this guy has his set up, you could put cheap mics right inside the buckets just to get that click into Sonar. Load up your favorite Steven Slate or ??? and convert it to a real nice sounding kit is kinda where I was going with it  No need anymore for all this money spending on that certain piece of high dollar whatevers.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAyWnVq-hlQ

to capture a signal that you can convert over in just minutes to a World Class sounding Drum Kits.

Um. In Sonar??


How would you do this (in just minutes)?

I Haven't done much with X1 but, I just assume that Audio snap is just as lame as it is in 8.53. Am I wrong? Did they fix it in X1?

I have done what you propose using Melodyne. Which works out pretty well. Usually just for real basic kik or snare.

All the drummers I know drum on everything. I mean everything. It is sometimes fascinating the range of tones different objects make when hear a drummer clinking away.

To answer your question, I would argue that for some people, doing it "real" is more meaningful than "faking it". Its not just about perfection of tone. It is about the spirit of musicianship.

I seem to recall Cakewalk had a video like that for Sonar 7.

Cheers
Shad

mike_mccue


There part that fascinates me is that you don't really need to replace percussion tones.

You can simply record a good sounding cardboard box and a tin can and have it sound great as well.


best regards,
mike

Well yeah, if you use ARC. Otherwise it sounds like a box and a tin can.

Hi digi2ns I think it also depends on the style of music you are talking about as well. For rock and pop and for many styles I guess what you are talking about is quite possible. But for other styles of music it may be impossible.

eg my son is a modern Jazz drummer and a very good one at that and he is now playing in some of the finest modern Jazz ensembles in the country. (Australia) What he does in those situations is so intricate and involved, the playing absolutely transcends the concept of creating a similar part using SD3 or anything else. It is simply impossible. You could never do it in a million years and even if you could it would take a month to emulate what he does in the first 30 seconds of as tune so then you have got to ask why would you do it? And you wouldn't, that is the answer.

That is why Jazz is so unique. You cannot really recreate the sound tracking parts one by one, using a click track or anything else. It goes right back to the way it has always been done, put a bunch of great musicians in a room together and let them go for it!