Mic-ing Drums with the PreSonus Eureka & ADL 600

[RandyLeeMcMillan]

Eureka is a great bass pre too.

[renthal971]

I wish I had that many Eurekas

[Gibson201]

@YaronFisherT It works for what it is, remember it's all preference, and this is for a "pop" drum sound.

[nodatesaid]

love eureka

[HEYJoeSergio]

lmao anybody else notice hes saying "A Wittle Bit"

[Onetruthrgv]

@HEYJoeSergio Yea I did lol

[Rikitocker]

Martin Atkins ( Killing Joke, PIL, PigFace, Damage Manual ) uses the Eureka and makes incredible use of it ... his drum tracks on Damage Manual are huge. Good nuff for me ...

[gregproaudio]

Fudge packer studio! Presonus blows!

What a waste.Just use a ISA 828 for less money and sound way better!!!

[rjmprod]

I don't think a lot of what you are saying here makes any real musical sense..to me, personally I think the drums sound is not all that good. But an ear is a very personal thing. Very nice and overall informative video. Love the studio, with the CR up a flight, ala EMI studio 2

[rockmetalblues]

how come the snare sounded like ass all the way up to the very end clip then it sounded perfect lol

[dhayzoos]

The Control Room looks so cozy!

[blasphyre]

imagimotion, you are correct, sir. :)

Chad

PreSonus

[ZinayH]

I have to have a very high ring on my snare, because of the style I play! XD

[mousepad1123]

are all dedicated drum mics xlr out? im a first time buyer and i was suprised to see a lack of info on musiciansfriend...

[rubentirado09]

Having a very good to great drummer is 35% what makes recording drum tracks professional, Mics and Mic Placement 35%, Room and Pre-amps 30%... Obviously you can get REAL pro results with the Eureka... The Eureka has always been and will be the Better/Best deal in a Channel Strip... Even though I don't like the P brand the Eureka is a great DEAL period...

[PattyWhomperOFFICIAL]

i call drummer abuse.... he has a software daw, he can tweak after its recorded, doesn't need the drummer to play for a million years... and burn through studio time...

[Mfiguk]

Cool vid but i dont trust the cheap presonus stuff, had a digimax fs and it let me down quite a bit, never again will i use presonus stuff

[justinpresonus]

@Mfiguk

What happened to your Digimax?

[PoloStudioBhz]

That's possible, but I have one Eureka and it sounds really transformeless... I like valves on drums, I'm sorry.

[musicianstl]

As you know, I believe the Hi-Pass goes from 10hz to 10k....there appears to be no on off switch for it so I HAVE TO to pick a setting.

My question is how do you use it when TRACKING VOCALS? How would you go about dialing it in? Also, not sure what you mean by "every time you sweep it."

[musicianstl]

I wish you would have went through every button and discussed them. In particular the Side chain compression. The manual doesn't EVEN describe that  knob!!! When the hey are you supposed to use it and how?!?!?

[naaapster]

@musicianstl

Picture the knob as a high pass filter, everytime you sweep it, it highpasses the signal to the selected frequency, now the reason you don't hear this is because that's why it's made, it's made to basically make the compressor react and compress as if it was listening to a highpassed signal to compress and create the noise reduction according the what it's hearing

..continues..

[naaapster]

@musicianstl , ...eg. you mic up a snare and then you set your compressor to compress the snare everytime it's been hit but the hit hat is so loud that the snare gets compressed when the hihat is playing, since the snare peak (strong) frequencies lay way lower than a hi-hats, you use the sidechain filter so that this hipasses enough of the highs of the hithat in the snare signal so that the compressor responds as if there was very little hithat volume before it got compressed, you get me?

[JKindDesigns]

Good stuff!

[Audiowithalex]

192 > Eureka

[moenmusician]

MAAAAN the high-hat is gooood!

[zapatero39]

i would pay to work there

[beyonce50]

set sounds so freakin good...what kinda snare

[ashley924lsu]

That is a great video!!! Very cool!

[supervillain004]

Great video! Really informative.

[NightsAngels]

this sounds like shit

[nootoons]

Read my previous comment first: Exploiting these mic choices is a bit arrogant, as are the instruments displayed about the studio. Presonus, you have very good equipment. Who's idea was this? A non-professional deep pockets wanna be somebody who has difficulty with pronunciation and lacking in presentation skills. Go get your gear from this clown, take it to a facility that will demo it in a very high end studio and a home studio as well. This demonstrates flexibility and application.

[nootoons]

As a Presonus Gear owner myself, all our gear is mounted in racks or cabinets. Notice all his Presonus gear is stacked, not secured, and will tumble into a pile at the slightest bump. Now tell me! What well trained engineer would misuse equipment in a non-secure configuration like that! This is obviously for temporary use and no preplanned management for video instruction/application. CONTINUED: .

[HoofSupport]

@nootoons ; you come across as an arrogant douchebag. happy new year.

[robdrums69]

I agree - money paid by presonus to have him do a video about their gear and use it.... trust me, it's called marketing LOL

[imagimotion]

I don't think his comment about the saturate is correct. My understanding is the transformer is always in circuit. The saturate adjusts the amount of current drain going through the FET amplifier for the preamp, which in turn adds even order harmonics like tubes do to create more warmth in the signal. Someone from Presonus should probably clarify that.

[toynoise]

...as if this guys chooses Presonus mic amps when the cameras aren't rolling!

[imagimotion]

Those ADL600s are sweet preamps. Plus, I know more than a few engineers use Digimax pres for live drum tracking all the time. Presonus makes great gear and is unfairly maligned in a lot of cases. Remember, it isn't always about the preamp. 90% of great sound comes from the mic and its placement, which is always a function of a great engineer. An engineer like Butch Vig could get great sound with Presonus gear, but someone with less experience couldn't even with Neve and API preamps.

[MrDrumbum911]

@toynoise presonus preamps kick ass!!! the eureka is a fantastic piece of gear check out some reviews on youtube

[Mechie1500]

Presonus iz Tha Shit!!!!!!

[ThaFreshOne12]

what was that thing that he used to calculate the bpm? I need to get one of those

[thesatsui]

I want that RCA mic! sexy!

[georgecochrane]

woah sweeet video!

[DJMNM310]

THAT DRUMMER IS FREAKIN BADDDD ASSSS