To Niko , its all about capturing the power of a moment . He ’ ll do anything to accomplish that goal . To him , its not about intonation or quantized accuracy at all . It ’ s about capturing the emotional power of a heartfelt performance . That ’ s what he does best . Neil Young uses Niko exclusively these day ’ s and there ’ s no one more passionate about an emotional performance than Neil .
In a time where many engineers use mics valued at tens of thousands of dollars to record drums , Niko doesn ’ t care so much about all of that . To Niko , it ’ s all about the performance . Niko tells a story about recording the great drummer , Steve Jordan . Steve was playing a groove during his warm-up that had a great feel , so Niko grabbed whatever mic was near and put it up in front of Steve , ran back to the control room , and pressed record . His instinct resulted in a drum track drum that was used as a basis for three hit productions by Steve Jordan . Thanks for keeping it real , Niko !
SUMMARY There ’ s so very much to learn from each of these audio industry rock stars ! However , we can learn so much by considering seven different ways to do the same task . We quickly learn that seven iconic engineers , who have all recorded benchmark albums with benchmark drum sounds , approach drums differently . You ’ ll see some similarities but many more differences in the way they work on drums . That ’ s the beauty of the book ! I hope you ’ ve enjoyed this article and please check out Recording and Mixing Drum : Contrasting Techniques from Seven Lifetimes of Experience , in
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