Further MULTITONE STUDIOS Recording Sessions Info...
Multitone Studios sports an industry standard Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 audio interface allowing for up to 8 simultaneous inputs to be recorded at once. Unfortunately, due to space and noise limitations of the room (this is a bedside recording studio after all), I regrettably cannot record your drummer's own personnal drums. But never fear...
I have an electronic drumming solution:
Drums at Multitone Studios however can still be played and recorded as you would on a real kit through the combination of my electronic drum kit (with real drum hardware, real-feel mesh drumheads, real brass cymbals and proper drum sizes) and FXpansion's BFD2 or ToonTrack's EZ Drummer software which both use MIDI to replace your strokes with a variety of different professionally sampled drum kit sounds.
Because I use BFD2 and EZD, I am able to reproduce the tones of top-notch classic and modern signature drumsets easily and realistically. Note: These are real, professionally recorded drum kits sampled at world class recording studios, not cheesy keyboard imitation drums! In order to obtain an equivalent drum sound you'd have to visit a studio that has access to tens of thousands of pounds worth of microphones and drum kits! Another great advantage of playing in your drum track in MIDI is that minor mistakes or miss-hits can easily be corrected without needing to repeat that last almost-perfect take. Don't like that snare sound? No problem, I can replace it on the fly...
Alternatively, if you don't have access to a drummer when you need your recording done, drums can be manually tracked prior to your arrival following submission of an earlier recording of your song (best way to go if you're on a time limit or trying to fit in as many songs as possible into a single recording session).
But I'm a massive analogue fanboy! Are digital drums really any good?
Using an electronic kit with a drum sampler really is the way of the future for recording drums, and many current chart artists use this approach today. Studio drums are often triggered with pre-recorded samples during post production, so why not just use them right off the bat? Still not convinced? Go take a listen to some samples and decide for yourself...