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Tips for a tighter sound? (self.drums)

submitted 1 year ago by MicrosoftSam to c/drums

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I've been drumming for a while but wherever I hear myself in a recording my sound is a little sloppy and never very tight, in terms of both timing and intensity of hits. Besides the obvious practicing rudiments and using a metronome, does anyone have any suggesting for how to improve on this?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A fun thing for metronome practise: try to do less and less beats in the metronome. Not 4 quarters, but only 1 and 3, or only the first quarter note. Or half time the BPM even. With only 1 beat per 2 bars to give the timing you really have to keep track of keeping the time in between the beats.

[–] MicrosoftSam 2 points 1 year ago

I found metronome apps that let you insert gaps where the metronome doesn't play, which seems similar to this. Thanks!