1073 not for drums ?

[lordnielson]

I know.. I may be a twat, but I can't make it do anything usefull on drums. It's either too much or too little. It has a nice \"sound\" like real eq business, and overheads get close, but that's all.

Other instruments love the plug.

How are you dudes using it ?

What are your results compared to whatever else you've been using ?


Ta
Lord

 

[Mikem]

Did you watch the little demo movie on the UA site? It's mostly drums that get tweaked there. You can decide for better or for worse.

 

[Paul Woodlock]

Sounds good on drums here

 

[cAPSLOCK]

This EQ ought to be a GO TO kind of thing for overheads and snare for sure. I see no reason why it shouldn't sound good on kick and other drums too. Of course I have not yet activated the demo. But I know many good drum recordings were done on a 1073 strip. And if the EQ is as smooth as people say it is it ought to do better than most other plugins for highs especially.

 

[Eurocide]

the 1073 brought new life to my hihats and snaredrums.
And a sampled kick gets that whacky slap in the hi mids.
The 1073 is the most useful EQ for drums for me. Good ole Pultec rests now in the shelf most of the time

 

[lordnielson]

I quite often take out 1100-1200 hz on snares. Would you then instead boost the surrounding freq's or simply live with the sound ?

I've never used a 1073 before (I've learned through Daw's only).

Any snare eq guides/hints (I know it depends on the material) to get my head around this thing would be much appreciated.

Cheers for the replies so far
Lord