Tune your drum kit! There’s nothing worse than working on a mix delivered to me and having to start off by going through each track, one by one, and soloing to find the nasty humming tom. I hate having to use software like Sound Replacer on almost every drum just to get a halfway decent drum sound when it could have been fixed right from the start.
It would be wise for every studio and/or recording engineer to invest in a drum dial and a little knowledge on how to tune a kit. If you don’t have time for this, then find someone who knows how to tune a drum set and pay them to do it. I don’t see how someone can spend all that time setting up microphones to reach control room and say, “Good enough.” It’s not good enough. It sounds like somebody randomly beating on a series of cardboard boxes with wet towels draped over them. I don’t all the answers as to what note or what tension to tune the drums to; it all depends on the song, the kit, the heads, and the drummer. Trust your ears, and if you don’t, trust someone else’s. And if that doesn’t work, don’t waste anybody’s time recording the drums.
In today’s industry, there is too much technology and knowledge floating around for there to be poorly recorded drums. Use these resources, and any other means you can think of to get things done the right way the first time. Below are some links to informational resources; bookmark them, bookmark this, whatever is necessary to keep the professionalism. More importantly, enjoy the process and learn from each and every session. No one can experiment for you, so once you get the drums tunes right, then have fun with different microphone techniques and gear.
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