Recently I received a song from a band where they recorded their own drums, but for some reason either didn’t have enough inputs to record a snare bottom mic, or didn’t have enough mics, so they just recorded the top. While I did want that bottom rattle sound for the drum recording,...

Using sampled drums is getting more and more common. It's convenient and easier to get good sounds right off the bat. But often to go the extra mile, we need to finesse these individual sounds to work together and hold down the beat in our song. No matter how creative or...