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Listener Evaluation Of Common Drum Recording And Mixing Techniques, Tucker W. Arbuthnot
Listener Evaluation Of Common Drum Recording And Mixing Techniques, Tucker W. Arbuthnot
Audio Engineering Theses
This thesis explored whether listeners could perceive the differences between samples recorded and mixed according to methods reported by the so-called popular audio press and samples that did not utilize those methods. The three recording methods were: aligning multiple tracks to achieve a coherent phase relationship, microphone selection, and the style of recording. The three mixing methods were: inverting the bottom snare drum microphone to match the top snare drum microphone, having a pre-delay time on a reverb that matched the tempo of the sample, and routing the room microphones to the drummer’s perspective. ABX listening tests, preference surveys, and …