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Hello everyone, been reading for a while but never posted before...

I've been recording on my own recently to better learn the art. My
focus has been to learn engineering but mostly for accurate
performances. I own a Presonus firepod and I close mic with good
quality gear but a poor sounding room. A better room/treatment will
come in time...

I've been trying to clear up an annoying 'stutter' on my kick tracks
as I realise it could be a bad habit, I play 'off' the head, not
'into' it. Lately, I've noticed the same effect on some reputable
website demos like this one which *is* very cool.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun0...snareaudio.htm.

Is this common in the recording world, am I making a big deal out of
this for nothing or should I continue working on this issue?

Thanks for your time.

[Sean Conolly]

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Hello everyone, been reading for a while but never posted before...

I've been recording on my own recently to better learn the art. My
focus has been to learn engineering but mostly for accurate
performances. I own a Presonus firepod and I close mic with good
quality gear but a poor sounding room. A better room/treatment will
come in time...

I've been trying to clear up an annoying 'stutter' on my kick tracks
as I realise it could be a bad habit, I play 'off' the head, not
'into' it. Lately, I've noticed the same effect on some reputable
website demos like this one which *is* very cool.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun0...snareaudio.htm.

Is this common in the recording world, am I making a big deal out of
this for nothing or should I continue working on this issue?

Thanks for your time.

There's a lot of tracks there, so I didn't listen to all, but I didn't hear
anything that sound like stutter on the kick.

I do make a point to not bury the beater into the head. I always come off it
just a little bit, it's the difference between choking the head and letting
it sustain. It makes a big difference in the sound acoustically, and getting
a good drum sound is all about starting with a good acoustic sound in the
room.

If you're kicking hard or have the batter head tuned up a bit it's easy to
get the beater bouncing on the head. If you play heel up try sliding your
back on the footboard a bit. Make sure that the spring on the pedal isn't
too tight. Tuning the batter head down will reduce the rebound, but if
you're going for a higher pitched sound then you just have to learn to work
with it. You don't play louder by try to hit harder, you just have to snap
the pedal faster.


Hope this helps,

Sean