WATCH PART FOUR OF THE INTERVIEW RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD
Part Four of our exclusive video interview with legendary recording engineer and producer Ken Scott shot at Abbey Road Studios with Russell Cottier asking the questions.
In this fourth part we looked at Mastering, working with technology and working with limitations and how they can actually help. Come back soon for the next part of our interview!
WATCH PART THREE OF THE INTERVIEW RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD
In this third part of the interview series we found out from Ken about how using less impressive microphones when recording drums needn’t be a problem, talks about dynamic range, the importance of good monitoring (again) and making a decision to keep a session moving. Come back soon for the fourth part of our interview!
Part Two of our exclusive video interview with legendary recording engineer and producer Ken Scott shot at Abbey Road Studios with Russell Cottier asking the questions.
In this second part we asked Ken about his microphone choices and placement when recording drums and came back to making decisions as you go along when recording and how important good monitoring is.
Come back just before Christmas for the third part of our interview!
Ken Scott’s video guide of how to record and mix drums for students and engineers is a superb DVD pack. Find out more about the EDU version by clicking here! Its videos cover everything from basic mic techniques to mixing and everything in between. Ken walks you through the recording process and on the second disk you get to play with the drum tracks that he recorded so that you can understand how he does things.
Special thanks to Ken for giving up so much time and to everyone at Abbey Road but we’d like to mention Mirek Styles, Colette Barber and Simon Campbell for their help in making this possible! We would also like to give special thanks to Russell Cottier for coming all the way from Liverpool to record the interview!
Come back just before Christmas for Part Three!
OTHER EXCLUSIVE KEN SCOTT VIDEO FEATURES
- Watch Ken recording the Epik Drums Samples (5 Videos)
- Watch Ken talking in an interview with Nijel Jopson at Abbey Road
Ken Scott is a legendary British recording engineer and producer who recorded The Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Duran Duran, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Devo, Lou Reed, America, George Harrison and many other iconic artists in music history. He had his start in the 60’s working as a Tape Operator at Abbey Road Studios and from there went on to engineer and produce some of the most acclaimed albums of the 20th Century. Ken has recorded timeless songs such as “I Am The Walrus”, “Rocket Man”, “Ziggy Stardust”, “Dreamer”, “Walk On The Wild Side” and many others. One of the unique aspects of Ken’s career in music is the diversity of iconic styles he has been a part of from the 60’s to today.
“EpiK DrumS – A Ken Scott Collection” is a Sonic Reality virtual instrument/plug-in for drum kits and grooves with the authentic sound and feel of timeless classic albums. Expanding the Drum Masters series with high resolution vintage drum sounds, EpiK DrumS features drum kits and grooves of 5 of the world’s best drummers all recorded and mixed by legendary producer/engineer Ken Scott.
In this first massive volume from the Ken Scott Collection, Ken has recreated the drum sounds in the style of multi-track studio sessions he recorded with David Bowie, Supertramp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Elton John and The Beatles. These authentic classic sounds were achieved by using the same rare recording equipment, drum kits, percussion and expert technical assistance from Ross Garfield “The Drum Doctor”, advanced programming by Sonic Reality and collaboration with the original legendary drummers Bill Cobham, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey, Bob Siebenberg and Rod Morgenstein. All together it is one the most EPIK productions ever done for a software drum and groove instrument.
Ken took time out to meet us in the newest studio at Abbey Road Studios so that we could find out more about Epik Drums and the new ‘EDU’ DVD Tutorial version – Use this link for the EDU version.
Russell Cottier asked Ken the questions and the video is in several parts, this is Part One. Later on, after the video interview series completes, we will be using the samples that Ken has recorded (with some great drummers) on a test session and that will be a follow up video series so stay tuned and check back every week for the latest video! Who knows, Ken may even mix the session that we record!
WATCH PART ONE OF THE INTERVIEW SHOT AT ABBEY ROAD
Ken Scott’s video guide of how to record and mix drums for students and engineers is a superb DVD pack. Its videos cover everything from basic mic techniques to mixing and everything in between. Ken walks you through the recording process and on the second disk you get to play with the drum tracks that he recorded so that you can understand how he does things.
Special thanks to Ken for giving up so much time and to everyone at Abbey Road but we’d like to mention Mirek Styles, Colette Barber and Simon Campbell for their help in making this possible! We would also like to give special thanks to Russell Cottier for coming all the way from Liverpool to record the interview!
Come back next week for Part Two!
OTHER EXCLUSIVE KEN SCOTT VIDEO FEATURES
- Watch Ken recording the Epik Drums Samples (5 Videos)
- Watch Ken talking in an interview with Nijel Jopson at Abbey Road
Ken Scott is a legendary British recording engineer and producer who recorded The Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Duran Duran, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Devo, Lou Reed, America, George Harrison and many other iconic artists in music history. He had his start in the 60’s working as a Tape Operator at Abbey Road Studios and from there went on to engineer and produce some of the most acclaimed albums of the 20th Century. Ken has recorded timeless songs such as “I Am The Walrus”, “Rocket Man”, “Ziggy Stardust”, “Dreamer”, “Walk On The Wild Side” and many others. One of the unique aspects of Ken’s career in music is the diversity of iconic styles he has been a part of from the 60’s to today.
“EpiK DrumS – A Ken Scott Collection” is a Sonic Reality virtual instrument/plug-in for drum kits and grooves with the authentic sound and feel of timeless classic albums. Expanding the Drum Masters series with high resolution vintage drum sounds, EpiK DrumS features drum kits and grooves of 5 of the world’s best drummers all recorded and mixed by legendary producer/engineer Ken Scott.
In this first massive volume from the Ken Scott Collection, Ken has recreated the drum sounds in the style of multi-track studio sessions he recorded with David Bowie, Supertramp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Elton John and The Beatles. These authentic classic sounds were achieved by using the same rare recording equipment, drum kits, percussion and expert technical assistance from Ross Garfield “The Drum Doctor”, advanced programming by Sonic Reality and collaboration with the original legendary drummers Bill Cobham, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey, Bob Siebenberg and Rod Morgenstein. All together it is one the most EPIK productions ever done for a software drum and groove instrument.
APRS Awards – Quincy Jones, Mark Knopfler, Sir Paul McCartney, Hugh Padgham, Colin Sanders and Ken Scott are the 2010 recipients
The 4th annual APRS Sound Fellowship Lunch is to be held at the Roof Gardens, Kensington on Tuesday 16th November 2010. Tony Wadsworth, Chairman of the BPI, has been invited to give the ‘keynote’ address by way of proposing the special ‘Harewood Toast’.
The APRS’s annual celebration, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a ‘significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording.’
This year the association is recognising:
Quincy Jones – US multi-Grammy Award winning record producer, musical arranger, film composer, TV producer and trumpeter.
Mark Knopfler – British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, film score composer and owner of British Grove Studios.
Sir Paul McCartney – British musician, singer-songwriter, composer and creative studio innovator. He was also one of the Beatles.
Hugh Padgham – British record producer, engineer and developer of the ‘gated drum’ sound. (Our video with Hugh Padgham is here)
Colin Sanders CBE – Founder of Solid State Logic, one of the world’s leading developers of audio mixing consoles. Died in a helicopter accident in 1998.
Ken Scott - British record producer and recording engineer. Currently pioneering a new wave of music technology software. (Our videos with Ken Scott are here)
Tickets for the Lunch can be booked online by going to: www.aprs.co.uk or phone APRS Head Office – 01803 868600. Special discounts are available for APRS and other trade body members.
Ken Scott
Sonic Reality sound development company is proud to announce that the Ken Scott Collection will be released as an Infinite Player plug-in powered by Kontakt. The Ken Scott Collection is a unique collection of multi-track drum kits and grooves focused on the recreation of drum sounds from classic albums recorded by Ken Scott and 5 legendary drummers: Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons), Woody Woodmansey (David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars), Bill Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs) and Bob Siebenberg (Supertramp).
“For decades people have asked me how I got this sound or that drum sound on so and so’s record. Now they can not only have that information but they can get the authentic drum sound itself!” says acclaimed engineer/producer Ken Scott.
Dave Kerzner, CEO of Sonic Reality adds “It’s amazing we were even able to find all of the original vintage gear to make this product in 2008 but now Ken’s classic warm 70’s drum production is preserved for all time”.
For this unique sample collection Ken Scott, ground-breaking producer and engineer who has recorded The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, America, Supertramp, Elton John, Devo, Missing Persons and many other classic bands is revisiting his past by recreating warm vintage multi-track drum and percussion sounds using the same rare recording equipment he used back in the day. It’s a high-end “retro” drum library/plug-in like no other featuring Sonic Reality’s deluxe iMap and GM multi-track drum kit mapping and multi-track Rex grooves for the Infinite Player. It covers a diverse range of styles from 5 of the most influential drummers in the world and includes engineering and production elements from one of the most accomplished record producers in music history.
Our video interview and behind the scenes footage of the sample recording is here
