How to Record Electronic Drums - The easy way

[saturos13]

how do you sync the video and the sound together and does it record it with the MP3 if you're playing along?

[Awamriilovesdrumming]

from where can i get the wire splitter thing ?

like does it have a specific name ?

[TheDrummerBoy16100]

Will audacity record my ipod music as well when I record do I have to record it seperate

[98bforsy]

what software do you use?

[xxBASHIEExx]

when i record my signal is too strong.. help..

[DMromero100]

how does the sound from the drums end up in the camera recording?

[xitsKittox]

what drum set are you using??

[MayerEO]

thanks a ton, man :)

[pae04b]

Im glad this video has helped some of yall! Another great recording software is Reaper. I have actually started using reaper for my recording needs now days!

[costanj]

@pae04b hey 1 question do you get delay sound using the microphone jack because im using an aux cable from my electronic drums to my laptop and whenever i play the sound is like 1 second off and it throws my rhythm away

[Dagy19]

thanks man!! i made exactly what you did with my Alesis DM6 USB Express and it worked perfect! the only problem is that audacity sound is a little bit poor. do you know another software?

[Dagy19]

the green one is a male to male cable

[X4hunterx4]

It's just a aux cord.

[TheLameStation]

What is that green cord called???

[FrotchDrummer]

where can i get that green cord and that splitter?

[The420KushKing420]

can i have your old drums o.O i need another bass drum :D

[Kyleley]

I love how you have a perfectly good acoustic kit sitting over in the corner, but still chose to record the electric kit. . . .

[Forevertreedude]

If you have a mac, check out my video covering the same thing!

[MIN0Nz]

Will one of these work: Deltaco Multimedia-adapter Y-split 1x3,5mm till 2x3,5mm? (cost around 3pounds)

[MrT3m3]

the sound fuzzed a lot with audicity, then i tried to record with fl studio, problem solved.

[ANTTU24]

@MrT3m3 SAME HERE! :)

[tja17736]

@MrT3m3 studio? please tell me the full name of the program :D

[MrT3m3]

@tja17736 FL Studio is the full name of the program.

[tja17736]

@MrT3m3 thanks :D

[YaItsRiff]

@MrT3m3 fl studio is kinda hard to use bro, any website teaches how to use it? im new to this kinda stuff lol..

[MrT3m3]

@YaItsRiff at first connect your drums to mic port of your computer then press the picture of a michrophone in fl studio.then select "into edison audio editor/ recorder".then "audio input needed, please select an audio input first" pops up.Just press "ok" and select an audio input from the right and you´re ready to record.

[YaItsRiff]

@MrT3m3 thnk for responding, i hav did all the steps u gave me, but i have problem with selecting an audio input and i seemed to be stuck at the settings.. plus i feel like an idiot lol.. wish to hear from u soon..

Riff

[MarsayThe1st]

AWESOME. i really want to start making covers but my kit is in my room and my PC is in the spare room next door, so id have to record the drums just using the amp i have pluged into my kit, would that still work or would it make the quality sound rubbish???

[tja17736]

dont ever use audacity!!! it sucks 10x as much balls as your mom. jesus it sucks! i recored all i want by day to remember, and the toms sounds like.....bloooob, blooob, bOOOOMMMMM! it sucks!

[HappyTriggerXD]

its basically the same thing if i use garage band too right?? and what is that "splitter" actually called cuz im going to buy one. (the thing that connects 1 wire to 2

[HappyTriggerXD]

its basically the same thing if i use garage band too right??

[wezy99]

due nice vid! Really helped. How do you record the sound and the video on ur camera? do u buy extra wires for the camera or do u edit it afterwards. Plz reply as soon as possible!

[drummaDM10]

Where would you get the splitter?

[DillPickl5678]

@mrfriggypops wut cable did u use n is it available at bestbuy

[tja17736]

thanks sooo much!!!! i had the cord just didnt know the software. ty :)

[tja17736]

@mrfriggypops ok, i dont know what its called, but its the same size as a standard ipod input. does not matter the color. mine happens to be green, but my dads is white. it varies. look up what an ipod jack is called and then look up double male (ipod jacks name) cable.

[rawarck]

Hm, how come my soundcard broke when I did this. It makes a squeaky sound, and wont go away, tried everrrrything!

[superjerk369]

i did the same thing you did but when i tried recording it didnt sound like a drum set. it sounded like the sticks hitting the pads.

What could i do to fix this?

[movierobban]

Thank u so f*cking much :D

[95Ghosts]

please reply.

i have tryed this and no matter there the vollume levels are at it sounds way too distorted and im not shure what to do. would u like for me to send u a video with what i aam doing and a sample of the audio? i turned the mic on the drums and on the computer way down, way up, in the middle and all over and nothing seems to be working. ill be glad to send a video if u need it.

[tuty94fruty]

you can do this a lot easier with USB input and output

[munktorp]

beautiful explained

[cheeseface9696]

It takes a true pro to play drums in flip flops.

[rjj0311]

@cheeseface9696 Haha, i play bare footed.

[spparkie1]

You dont need the splitter. Just plug your headphone into the headphone input so you can hear u self drumming, and plug in the cable for recording into MONO input on the drum module and conect the cable with your computer mic. input. And if you want play with music, than you should connect you mp3/mobile/mp4... with AUX.IN input.

[rockarolla306]

I've tried basically this same method with crap success - I think my problem was from using the brain's Mono speaker output to my laptop mic-in port - the result was very muffled trigger sounds.

I'm guessing because those outputs need to be hooked up to a powered mixer to get amplified and the headphone output doesn't need amplification? Maybe someone else around here knows what I'm talking about.. Yamaha DTXtreme IIs is what I'm working with

[LuiDeca]

i have a roland td-4, but my pc dosent seems to open this window

[ghoticov]

When I record my drums there is a delay from when I hit the drum and when it shows (and sounds) in Audacity. Anyone know why that would be?

[331awd]

I have a TD-20 electric set. I would like to start recording/video taping stuff. I may even do a lesson series. How do I get all the sound and video in sync just as you have in this video?

[KlaudiaWorld]

hey could you help me? I did this and my audio laggs abit :( 

[ganjaking187]

i want to put electrics drums through a acoustic amp and then mic amp but the sound of me hitting the drums gets picked up by condenser mic lol anybody got any ideas?

[KaneCharlesworth]

is the AUDACITY program safe?

[DaniLaGreat]

@KaneCharlesworth yes. it is SAFE

[TheDrummerBoy16100]

@KaneCharlesworth should be 100% safe IF you download it at the main website that you can download it from. All other websites might hold a virus within Audacity so becareful where you download from. I recommend Cnet.com or audacity's main website to download Audacity audacity. sourceforge. net

[iraniandrummer97]

hey,

i'm getting an electric drum kit soon and i wanted to know what i needed to record them. so i basically need an audio cable, an audio splitter, a way of listening to the actual drums and AUDACITY? Please reply ASAP!

[noahgarret]

But what you can do with this method is save the file you just did and use Frooty lupes and edit from there..

[noahgarret]

Could you do that with guitar too... Like from amp headphone jack using splitter to computer?

[dreendroid]

i do the same...but dude.....how about the video synching?

[vilvil21]

i had to change it to a mono microphone mode to get clean recordings

[noremac91]

To expand on this technique a little; since he's only using one input, the drums are being recorded in a mono signal, what you can do is buy an interface with two or more inputs and record the left and right outputs from the drum brain, allowing you to record the same panning that you hear in your headphones from the brain.

[NickWishesHeWasCool]

Is it possible to record this way with a 1/4" to USB too for a Mac?

[stereosrock100]

U KNOW HOW I CONNECT MY IPOD TO PLAY SONGS N PLAY THE DRUMS AT THE SAME TIME~

WILL IT RECORD MY SONG TOO?

[shaneydude11]

FOR EVERYONE WITH NOT CLEAR RECORDING SOUND: Go into control panel, sound, recording, properties, enhancements, and uncheck both noise suppression and accoustic echo cancellation. atleast i know this works for W7, hope this helps!

[EkuahifyanNemesis]

@shaneydude11 Hmm doesn't seem to be possible with my micorphone input. However, it is possible when I choose the built-in microphone which is beside my webcam in the screen. I don't know why I don't have an enhancement tab when choosing the regular microphone input. I have even tried recording through the usb adapter from my logitech headset, but still I can't choose enhancements. Any Ideas?

[L0ve4music4life]

Nevermind, got it figured out, and now I'm getting a crystal clear recording! Just had to go into control panel and disable some of the pre-settings that took over sound associations for other programs like skype. Only thing now is I noticed it is still picking up sound from the built in mic for the webcam, and I can't seem to disable that without disabling the mic in at the same time. Not sure if that is a win 7 OS issue, or Acer crystal eye cam issue.

[L0ve4music4life]

@L0ve4music4life - Also, about the constant crashing issue ( for anyone else running Win 7 OS that is having this same issue), I uninstalled the most current Audacity 1.2.6 and by recommendation of Audacity, installed the 1.3.12 beta version which seems to work great so far for Win 7!

[L0ve4music4life]

ughhh. I never get anything but pure headache trying to record to computer.. downloaded the audacity program, everything WAS working, (except, regardless of input volume the sound is horrible, and nothing as clean as your recording) now the program is constantly crashing. Any advice?

[tjoef1992]

Thanks dude! Awesome!

[TheDrummerApocalypse]

I have a question, where can you buy the recording stuff and how can you get that program?

[tjoef1992]

@TheDrummerApocalypse

try googling "audacity"

It's freeware, so you don't have to pay anything :)

[VxTURTLExV]

Mine sais "error while opening sound device please check the imput device settings and project setting rate" can you please help

[finnegankid]

thanq!!!helped me so much but my drums sounds fuzzy!cheak out my channel and whatch me play some new tunes

[emillake]

Hi, i run Windows 7 and when i plug the green jackstick to my pc, it doesn't run a window where can i say the jackstick is a microphone.. plz help

[darrenguitar]

do it with the midi out and use something like ez drummer

[RITERIC]

WILL YOU RECORD BOTH THE MUSIC AND THE DRUMS USING THIS METHOD ?

[crapatoa]

Thanks sooo much :)

[tambourDOM]

I have a Roland TD 12S

[tambourDOM]

Do you know if GarageBand would work? If it does, would it be good quality (as good as the one shown in your video)?

[ImpressiveArtz]

thanks, this worked like a charm

[StabMyBack77]

how to split the sounds like snare,paddle,toms and cymbals?

[nadagain]

Hey, thanks for the video. Are you able to post a link to show an example of the cables you are using?

[nadagain]

@nadagain Nevermind, I think I understand now. You have the cable hooked up to an adapter and the adapter to a splitter. The splitter is connected to the headphones and to another cable that goes to the computer.

Right?

[wendepic]

i just use those different way its that the only way how it works but iftheres others tell me now...

[peterpete1000]

what was the free recording thing u have i have no idea how to spell it lol thanks

[pbck15]

you dont need a splitter do you? and thankls for the vid

[mbblt]

hey

im also having problems- it just sounds awful

do you know why this is?

[Infantjuju]

What would be the best method to record from an Alesis Dm5 set?

[BandaDK]

Nice video, but I need some help.

I downloaded Audacity, and I record my drums. But they sound like shit. It sounds like if you turn an amp too high in volume. Please help me. I use Windows XP.

[VD0G]

Hey man. I tried doing this but it always comes out really fuzzy. I've turned the volume down so its barely hearable on the drum module and to 0.1 on audacity and it still acts weird. Is there anything I can do on the module reverb/etc wise to help?

[CoD4Rapeist]

how do you get such good quality dude mine like shorts out and you get a fuzzy sound if you get the time plz msg me back

[pae04b]

@CoD4Rapeist I think it might have to do with your input volume. You have to set the level so it doesn't peak volume wise.

[CoD4Rapeist]

@pae04b thanks you that helped a little but its still fuzzy i guess this will have to do though thanks :)

[miradassimplesrock]

@pae04b is it possible to record electronic drums on a portastudio the same way you do it with your notebook?? plug it to line in and record it on one of the channels?

[freakypencil]

@pae04b i do that, but it doesn't seem to work. and if i turn it down on the module i can't hear out of my headphones.

[noremac91]

@CoD4Rapeist The problem is the level of your signal, turn down the level of your drum kit of turn down the input volume for the mic/line input. sometimes only some drums will clip and this is because they are simply louder than your other drums, So once you get what you think is a good level for the whole kit, throw a compressor on the channel that has the drums, this will make the soft drums a little louder, and it will soften up the louder drums, to give you a smooth signal.

[CoD4Rapeist]

awesome :o

[ToMbAiLeY2312]

hi can you tell me the individual names 4 all the cables so i can order them plz reply in message thanks tom

[pae04b]

@ToMbAiLeY2312 1/8 " 1/4" instrument cable is all you need to be able to recording the drums, but if you want to use headphones you'll need to get a head phone extender cable which is 1/4" to female 1/8", then get a headphone splitter adaptor and then you can plug your head phones into one side, and you'll need another 1/8" to 1/8" cable to plug into your computer. I hope this helps.

[sskWootton]

@pae04b how much roughly you think these will be?

thanks