In honor of the fourth-ever Tiny Desk Contest, our intrepid Tiny Desk audio engineer Josh Rogosin goes deep on recording drums. The Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on March 25, 2018, so get those last-minute submissions in to npr.org/tinydeskcontest!
Remember: You don’t need to have fancy audio equipment to make a great entry — just be yourself, and let your music shine through. Good luck!
NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts is a popular video series featuring live, intimate music performances by diverse artists, from major stars to up-and-coming musicians, recorded in the small workspace of Bob Boilen’s NPR office in Washington, D.C.brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.
Learn more Tiny Desk tech tips from Josh, including this story on microphones, here: https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/04/02/705579879/tiny-tech-tips-microphones
Thanks for all the great work. What type of mixer do you use?
Wow! great info but are the instruments and microphones connected to an interface and audio software. How do we connect the microphones and where do we connect? Is it connected to a mixture, interface and audio software. What audio software do you use? would be great if you could share with us the idea for recoding the full song. Are these all played live or first you record an audio and then later sync it with the video?
@anilrai9049 great fukin questions! ty:)
@gazicj Oh I want to learn about all these as I really don’t have any idea.
That right knee single mic technique is amazing
Very cool video!
But how would you record percussion instruments? Like for example Bongos, Congas and Timbales?
cool video. which TD set used 1 mic? Interested to hear it in the mix.
Natural and clean, with no artificial effects. Josh Rogosin, I enjoy a lot listening your recordings.
Why does the equal distance to snare drum center not apply to the 3 – mic setup?
*km184
dude… PLAY THE DRUMS?!?!?
This was great to watch – thank you Josh!
so you’re the genius behind the sound on this show! Every single time I’m mind blown by how incredible the recording is. Thank you for your work.