Drum tests...

Have you ever heard the sound of a sawed-off shotgun being fired in a racquetball court? Well, that's what a snare drum sounds like in this room. I took my 1964 Rogers kit (and a '66 Rogers Tower snare) into the studio Saturday night to see what it sounded like. And you know what? I never thought I'd say this, but...it's TOO live. I have a feeling that rooms laike this are what lame 80s snare reverbs are patterned after. Although it did make me feel pretty manly (the lightest hit on the sanre drum sounds like someone firing a cannon in a school gymnasium), I can't imagine under what circumstances I would need a drum sound like that. The great news, of course, is that it's easy to deaden up a room that's too live. Surprisingly, the little B tracking room is massive-sounding. And almost no exterior bleed! The place is pretty soundproof. We definitely won't be having problems with that (not that I wasn't looking forward to administering beatdowns to complaining neighbors).