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The mic technique that you'll use for your kick drum will vary depending on the type of music that you play. Find out about kick drum mic techniques with help from a Grammy nominated record producer in this free video clip.
One great thing about a sequencer is that it allows you to layer drum patterns any way you'd like. Layer drum patterns in a sequencer with help from an audio engineer with a degree in Audio Recording from California State University Dominguez Hills in this free video clip.
Making a drum beat in Logic is actually one of the more basic aspects of the program in question. Make a drum beat in Logic with help from an experienced audio engineer in this free video clip.
Keeping drums from sliding off the stage only requires a few basic tricks. Keep drums from sliding off the stage with help from a private music instructor in this free video clip.
When it comes to the drums, precision is key. Learn about drum exercises to improve precision with help from a professional drummer and instructor in this free video clip.
A wide variety of different drum techniques use ballads. Find out about drum techniques with ballads with help from a professional drummer and instructor in this free video clip.
Drum fills aren't nearly as complicated as they may initially sound. Learn about drum fills for beginners with help from a professional drummer and instructor in this free video clip.
SureTrak is a commercial project management application developed by Primavera Systems. In SureTrak, project managers can keep track of deadlines assigned to project goals. By default, SureTrak expresses elapsed and remaining time in days. You can, however, force SureTrak to use hours when displaying elapsed and remaining time by editing the program's user preferences.
Changing a door's handle from left-handed operation to right-handed is simply a matter of orientation. Removing the door lever itself, rotating it 180 degrees and installing it on the other side of the door will cause the lever to be inverted, yet it will still operate the latch mechanism in exactly the same manner. The keyholes and the decorative affects of the lever and will be upside down, making this not necessarily a practical method for latches or knobs with writing on them. The process requires only very simple equipment and little or no experience.
Techniques for setting up overhead drum microphones are as varied as the performers. The method of miking comes largely from the personal preference and experience of the sound engineer. Overhead techniques provide an advantage over close proximity miking since you will capture the entire sound of the drum as an audience would hear it. There are some basic principles to keep in mind when setting up overhead microphones for drums. Following these guidelines will help you create a strong, full drum sound.
Musicians use digital recorders to create tracks of recorded sound from musical instruments. Depending on the type of digital recorder, such as a Fostex MR-8 digital multitracker, some instruments won't have the full musical range when recorded. This is due to not having enough channels to mix the drum sounds in with the other instruments. To avoid this issue, you can record the drum session and save it as a .wav file format on your computer. You can then import the file onto the Fostex digital multitracker recorder.
Drum limbering exercises are a great way to work out your hands. Find out about drum limbering exercises for the hands with help from a director of personal training in this free video clip.
Adobe Soundbooth is professional audio editing software that allows you to isolate beats in a sound clip for further editing or removal. When you import a sound clip into Soundbooth, the sound clip and audio waves appear in a timeframe. The Time Selection tool of Sounbooth allows you to select specific ranges of sounds and beats from the timeframe.
Frigidaire manufactures consumer washing machines available in top loading and front loading models. Regardless of which model you own, you can encounter leaks during the use of the washer. If the leaks are restricted to when the drum fills, you can look for the cause on your own and take measures to resolve the problem.
Hand drums, which are traditional in many Native American cultures, are somewhat challenging to make. However, once you complete a hand drum, you will have not only a high quality instrument, but also a work of art. Hand drums can be made from many different materials. Most traditional hand drums, which are often used in spiritual ceremonies, are made from some type of animal hide, such as cow or moose hide. When lacing a drum, it’s important to use rawhide. Since it’s the same material as the drum skin, it will expand and contract equally, making a tight drumhead.
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets the requirements that employers must meet regarding payroll records, minimum wage, the use of child labor and the payment of overtime wages.The law applies to nonexempt employees who work for companies covered by FLSA. The law requires that overtime wages must be paid to covered employees who work more than 40 hours in a week at the rate of 1.5 times the regular hourly rate.
The tambora is an African-Caribbean percussion instrument that is used mainly for traditional music and merengue music. Unlike many other types of drums, a tambora is meant to be be placed on the lap of the player and held in position on its side. Both sides of the drum can be played at the same time. Mastering the art of tambora is not easy, but practice and focus can make the task possible.
The Kontakt software sampler allows you to import samples of recorded audio and then play them using MIDI. Each set of MIDI-controlled samples is called an "instrument"; a set of two or more instruments is called a "multi." A drum multi, for example, contains a set of different drum kits. Create a Kontakt drum multi that contains a different instrument for every set of drum samples that you have and then use this multi to quickly access the specific drum kit that you need.
Drum majors are instrumental to guiding and directing performers of a marching band. The drum major is responsible for keeping the tempo, conducting the marching band and giving orders for how to march, when to stand at attention and bring horns up to playing position. Drum majors do not play an instrument in the ensemble, but they must memorize all conducting patterns for the entire show.
Even though "Angry Birds" is a simple game to understand -- the objective is simply to destroy pigs with flying birds -- completing the task at hand can be a challenge. The game is designed to make pigs difficult to access and destroy, and you are limited by a predetermined number of birds in each level. Level 12-9 in the "Ham 'Em High" world gives you three birds, and the help of some dynamite, to destroy nine pigs. There is more than one way to complete each Angry Birds level, and one method for level 12-9 is relatively easy.
Groudon is the guardian of Fogbound Lake in “Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time.” You must beat him near the end of chapter nine to progress through the game. He is a Ground-type Pokemon, which makes him more vulnerable to Water, Grass and Ice attacks. The only noteworthy ability Groudon has is Drought, which changes the weather to sunny and halves the damage of Water attacks. Beyond this ability, the only reason Groudon is any more threatening than normal enemies is his higher than average attributes. The difficulty of this fight varies based on which Pokemon you selected as your…
If your band has graduated to playing larger venues, you’ll need to achieve a greater degree of volume to satisfy the larger audiences that come to watch you. By miking up the drums, you not only generate more volume from the kit, you can control its volume relative to the other instruments on stage. There are multiple drum techniques to suit a variety of applications. The size of venue you play, the amount of microphones you have access to and the sound you want to create dictate which technique is right for you.
Drummers use mallets, sticks, beaters and brushes to play their instruments. However, it is sometimes necessary -- especially with instruments like bongos and congas -- to use the hands to drum properly. There are several techniques that make it possible for you to create dynamic and engaging drum rhythms. Take the time to learn each pattern effectively.
Minitab is a statistics analysis application which allows you to create several different types of charts, among which dot plot charts. Inserting a dot plot chart in a report or study is an effective way to graphically represent small and medium-sized statistics data sets. You can make a dot plot chart by using one of Minitab's graph features.
Standard drum beats or grooves can be heard in every type of music from rock to pop to country, jazz and death metal. Some drummers refer to these basic beats as "million dollar beats," as over the course of a career you can make that much money playing the basic grooves of Western popular music. Playing the same beats the same way could get boring after a while -- spicing up your standard drum beats with accents and fills will keep you interested and engaged in the music.
Procrastination not only reveals lack of self-discipline, but it can also increase the amount of stress you face in the long run. Whether you’re working on a school project or household chores, a few changes in your habits can help you manage your time more wisely.
Learning the drum part from one of your favorite songs involves careful listening to pick out the bass drum pattern. The bass drum should be audible in the mix, but may be hard to hear if it was mixed at a low volume or is buried under several other instruments. Like any skill, it takes practice to pick out the bass drum pattern. With careful listening and knowledge of typical drum parts, figuring out bass drum patterns becomes easier.
It’s relatively easy to separate the beats from a song using an editing technique called “phase inversion.” Often when a song recording is mixed, the song’s vocals are set equally on the left and right stereo channels. The instrumental components of the song, however, are often panned some degree to the left or right of center. When a song is mixed this way, using phase inversion to invert one of the stereo channels works to cancel out any component of the song that is exactly the same on both channels. Thus the vocals are stripped from the beat and the…
The Ableton Live digital audio workstation includes a built-in drum machine that you can play using an attached MIDI controller. Ableton's Drum Rack software instrument plug-in allows you to load a set of drum samples into the program, then trigger them as desired, using the controls on a MIDI device. You can use any type of MIDI controller—from a realistic MIDI electronic drum kit to an inexpensive MIDI keyboard—to make beats in Ableton.
Drum rudiments are exercises for drummers, typically played on a snare drum or practice pad. Learning them increases your drumming skills, as the 40 rudiments cover a variety of areas, such as single stroke rolls, double stroke rolls, flams and drags. The skills learned from mastering these rudiments can be applied to the drum set, concert playing, marching drumming and any other area of drumming. Through smart, regular practice you can get better at playing drum rudiments.
Sometimes a drum beat or pattern is so good, you want to hear it by itself. Although it's not the easiest process, isolating the drums from a song is possible if you have the song in its original, nonmixed form. Since multitrack audio-editing programs are capable of playing individual tracks, you can solo the drums or mute the other instruments to hear all or some of the drum parts. If you just like the tom fills or the snare and kick drum, you can isolate those as well with a few clicks.
Part of the fun of playing drums is creating your own beats. It’s also part of the challenge. For a rock drummer, you may be used to playing heavy beats, blazing-fast fills and thunderous cymbal crashes. But that probably won’t work for an acoustic song. However, with acoustic songs you still do the same basic things you do with any type of song: listen to the song, adjust your playing to the style and aim to help the song. Once you’ve learned the basics of playing a drumbeat, you can start making a beat for an acoustic song.
Bongo drums provide a steady, earthy beat to any song. Whether played alone or in conjunction with other instruments, percussion instruments such as the bongos create a natural sound that is pleasing to the ear. However, with constant contact to the head of the bongo when playing, the skin eventually becomes dirty. Clean a bongo drum skin with simple items from the home to keep the skin in good condition.
Using the tools provided in GarageBand 11, the default music editing and creator software package installed with Mac OS X, is straightforward once you know where to find the buttons. However, you may not be happy with your first creation, because creating a beat, which is a form of music, is an art. Creating beats that you like takes some practice, and the more beats you make, the better you become at composing various sounds to your liking.
Reggaeton began as Spanish reggae in Panama. The music eventually became reggaeton in Puerto Rico. In the 1980s, Vico C mixed reggae and hip-hop to craft the early reggaeton sound, which ultimately produced Reggae Rap in Spanish. Mixing the music and vocals often follows the producer or artist's vision for the song and vocal, but features almost equally the heavy snare drum machine beat, or "riddim," used in almost all reggaeton recordings.
Mastering counts and time signatures is an important fundamental for every beginning drummer. A 4/4 measure, the most common time signature in music, contains four counts per measure -- counted simply as "1, 2, 3, 4" -- with each count representing a quarter note. The top number indicates the number of notes per bar; the bottom number indicates the type of note. A 16th note is counted in the same manner as the quarter note, but further breaking each quarter note into four; the 16th note derives its name from the fact that a 4/4 measure can contain a maximum…
Digital Performer allows users to create drum beats by using MIDI software instruments. These drum beats appear as notes on the MIDI track though they still sound like drum hits. You can edit beats by opening a specific region of the MIDI drum track and selecting notes to move or length. Users can also adjust the timing of the notes by using the "Quantize" function.
"Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" features a large collection of treasures for adventure seeker Nathan Drake to find, all of which are located in various places throughout the game. While some of these treasures are positioned in obvious locations, others are more well hidden. The more treasures you find, the more trophies you earn throughout the game.
An audio gate plays and mutes an audio signal based on a set of specified parameters. When the gate is "open," the audio plays; when the gate "closes," the sound stops. Applying a gate to a vocal track creates a stuttering effect. This production technique is used in many genres of electronic music, and is especially common in trance tracks. If you are running the Ableton Live digital audio workstation, use its built-in gate plug-in on vocal tracks; you can also use the StormGate1 or Gat'r VST plug-ins to gate a vocal.
Thrash is a type of metal known for its fast, driving drums, aggressive vocals and thunderous guitar riffs. Bands known for their thrash style include Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. Like in other genres of music, thrash drumming gives rhythm and power to the song. Thrash drumming is a mix of steady time-keeping, explosive double-bass playing and powerful crash cymbal hits. One you’ve learned the basics of drum set playing, you can begin learning thrash beats.
Soul is one of the most distinctive forms of popular music. From its roots in gospel and blues it gave birth to much of the modern R & B and pop music we hear today. Some stylistic motifs in soul music occur again and again. Dramatic horn stabs and muted guitars all accompany the trademark Motown beat. A sampler such as Akai's MPC2500 can easily replicate such a beat, giving you access to that classic sound.
The early rappers had it easy. Give them a sampled drum loop and a microphone, and they produced a song. Now, listeners expect better production values, but the beats still reign. Laying down a tight drum track takes more than sequencing a few kicks and snares. However, with a few production techniques, a rap producer can build a solid foundation for any song.
Pro Tools is an industry-standard digital audio workstation. With it, you can record, edit, mix and master your music using your computer. Strike is a drum-sequencer plugin that enables you to program beats and grooves using an intuitive drum-kit interface. Drum rolls add intensity and dynamics to a groove. The Strike editor permits you to add these to default grooves in order to customize them to your own preferences.
Drummers use blast beasts predominantly in certain heavy metal genres such as death metal and grindcore. Perfecting any blast beat technique takes practice, concentration and patience. As a metal drummer, understanding and perfecting a blast beat with the flying fingers technique can greatly improve your speed and overall accuracy.
Get lights to react to a drum beat if you wish to do lighting for a party but don’t want to control them manually. A light working to the beat of a drum in a song is a common technique used for lighting at parties, because the speed of the movement of the light matches up with the speed of the song. Do this yourself by either getting a DMX software controller, a light with a “Sound-to-Light” mode or a physical DMX controller.
Bronze Nazareth is perhaps best known for being the producer behind the famous hip-hop group, The Wu-Tang Clan. Hailing from Cedar Rapids, Michigan, Bronze Nazareth made a name for himself building beats for his own use as well as for some of the biggest names in hip-hop. With a signiture sound and structure, Bronze Nazareth's production skills stand out thanks to a variety of beat-making techniques.
Drumming is a vigorous activity, and prolonged drumming has the tendency to vibrate things off of shelves and kick up a good dust. Over time, layers of dust can build up on the drum set and begin to hamper the sound of the kit, as well as dulling the appearance of the finish. There are several solutions for drummers wishing to clean their drum kits that are both cheap and easy.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an adventure game released by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 game console. As Link, the hero of the game, you traverse dangerous temples, fight monsters and defeat each temple's monstrous guardian, or boss. The boss of the Shadow Temple is Bongo Bongo, a shadowy creature who can be defeated only by using the Lens of Truth item that you acquire earlier in the Shadow Temple.
At the preschool level, children are developing their emotional, social, physical and cognitive intelligences. Play is how preschoolers learn to express and build on these intelligences. Preschool classroom play activities provide measurable objectives to effectively gauge how well the children are developing in all these areas. Teachers and parents can use the objectives to understand whether children need additional support meeting developmental goals.
In a basketball game, you won't always have the choice as to which side of the basket you want to approach for a lay-up. Constricted time or an opposing player could force you to the left side of the basket, even though you're right-hand dominant. Don't be tempted to perform this lay-up with your right hand. Knowing and practicing a left-handed lay-up gives you more confidence and a better chance of making the shot when you're in a pinch.
