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Bob Clearmountain & Matt Chamberlain Recording Drums With 2 Mics

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Engineer Bob Clearmountain (The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen) and drummer/Loop Loft artist Matt Chamberlain (David Bowie, Tori Amos, Soundgarden) demonstrate and discuss the best way to...

MIDI Drum Loops for Dummies - Your Guide To Grooves & Sounds

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Are you new to MIDI drum loops?  Are you wondering how to create arrangements using different loop grooves and fills?  Then this is the video you've been waiting...

Improving Drum Mixes With Gates

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In this video I show you how to utilize gates in Reason (with their fantastic SSL 9000k-modeled mixer) on a multitrack drum session to clean up...

Video: Using Multiple Loops In Multiple Meters (all at the same time)

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You were probably just asking yourself... "hmmm, is it possible to use multiple odd meter drum loops (in multiple odd time signatures) together at the same time,...

Video: Making Linear Loops in Reason 6

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In this video, I show you how to create linear drum loops in Reason 6 by utilizing slice edit mode in Dr. Octo Rex to deconstruct a straight forward...

Video Tutorial - Arranging Multitrack Drums

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The thought of working with Multitrack Drum Sessions may seem daunting to some of you, but it's really as easy as dragging and dropping.  This video, utilizing...