could only hear myself during jamming session

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lachiplo

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anyone encounter this problem? i am not too sure if my guitarist amp is not turned up high enough or the jamming studio is really too small. I am quite a soft touch guy (my ex-teacher told me so, lack of confidence is one of my flaw) so hitting too hard is defintly no i guess. I am not too sure if this is normal but during jamming session, i could barely hear the guitarist work, all i could hear is my drums beats.


I am not too sure if it is normal but when I asked them they say the drum volume is alright?
 
i'm not really sure, but there are a couple of things to look for.

ask the singer to sing through the mike. everyone shld be albe to hear him or her.

check if u have a monitor for urself. if there is make it face u and turn up the monitor some.

bass player shld be clearly hear.

if u still can only hear urself ask everyone to turn up some.

its all abt u regular ur sound in the room
 
I think you're playing softer than most drummers but it's still at an acceptable audible range since your guitarist thinks it's alright. Sitting behind the drums in the studio, you'll definitely hear drums as a louder instrument as compared to drums you heard in recording. Try to get used to the volume. Or you can tell your guitarists to amplify the volume of their amp.

Don't worry too much about it. Because eventually when you're playing in a gig, You might get a monitor which will be located usually behind the drums and you'll be able to hear every instruments there. (provided everything is connected to the soundboard) With that, you won't need them to amplify their amp like they did for jamming and you'll still be able to hear.
 
I find facing the guitar amps towards you helps hear other instruments better during jam sessions when there's no monitors available. Alternatively you can ask your guits to crank up the volume, but that'll drown out other instruments as well and in the end all of you might end up upping the volume knobs till you damage your ears.
 
Try asking your guitarists to bring up the volume, and of course bring up the volume of the mic also.

You can ask all your band members (and yourself) to use ear plugs if it gets too loud, protection is important! haha.
 
haha...

alot of times this is due to having no monitors lahz... for practices.. just ask them to face the amp to you...
 
Yeap and how the sound reflects and deflects in the studio, I guess.

Music For Good's Studio actually has a personal monitor for the drummer. Like in a live gig situation. :)
 
Hey. What i'd do is use ear plugs. My problem is that with so many intstuments wailing inlcuding my drums. It can get very messy. With all the sound boucing off walls again and again. May sound odd. But wearing protection seems to lcean up the mix a bit. helps me hear the bassist much easier. Another option if you have a mixer in that studio. Is to plug yourself in with head or earphones. If everything is miced up plus your metronome. Ahhh.... Am currently saving up for a mackie to take along with me everywhere i go. Why should guitarists and bassists be the only ones with gadgets. :) don't like monitors behind me. Feel that it just adds to the mess. With sounds from all directions. It would be difficult to lock in.
 
hi there lachiplo,

at times it may be because we're too focused on our instrument, that we listen to ourselves over other instruments when we're playing.

try playing a song on your mp3 player - do u find yourself listening to just the drums or paying special attention to the drums till the point where vocals and the melodies don't seem to matter?

it may sound a little strange, do give this a try, listen to the entire music when you're playing.

this way, you start to pickup what you find to be 'acceptable' volumes for everything - vocals, guitars, basses, keyboards, drums etc.


once you develop this judgement call on what is acceptable, you can communicate this to your bandmates. if they find your too loud or soft then, you can both talk more :D

cheers
 
Make sure u can hear ur vox first..

then make sure Ur bassist's sound fills the room with his/her Vibe.. U must be able to hear to bass.. no bass no groove No feel, onli Dead Music.

the ur guitarists to turn up the volume.. make sure not overpowering the bass or the vox..

Once thats done, and still not clear enuff, Ask All to turn up the volume Together Evenly..

Try this, its wat i do.. When ever ur playing, then its ur guitarists turn to do a solo, turn Ur own volume down by abit.. with u, ur bassist will naturally play slightly softer.. its hard coordination though.. but theres a difference.. ur guitarist will be happy.. coz he/shes given a chance to be clear.. rather than everyone trying to empower each other..
 
does it helps to use an earpluck to jam?
i mean.
like..using earpluck..
u cant really hear right?
 
its earplug dude... plug.. not pluck...

they are lots of different earplugs that individually cut different decibels of the noise.. u myte wanna try some and try to see which one youre comfortable wif...
 
i used to jam without earplugs a few years back
but after every session....i feel as if my head is gonna burst and my ears kept ringing..... :?


thats why i started wearing earplugs earlier this year till now....
and..sure i'm still able to hear my bandmates perfectly when we jam..... :lol:
 
good earplugs cut down the sound level of everything the same. u will hear all the different instruments only softer.

just got mine. takes awhile to get used to. only drawback is using them with metronomes.

will be trying them out for band practice this weekend.
 
- jam without earplugs

- jam with earplugs

- jam with etymotic earplugs

- jam with etymotic metronome


all of them have some plus and minus, try to get comfy in all possible situations. where not possible to explore time-wise, use common sense and prioritize.

different repertoire, different player styles contribute to different sweet spots for volume.

you need to make a call at some point in time whether its better to get a suitable volume for jamming, or jam louder and have everyone wear earplugs.


cheers!!!
 
HAHAHA ear plucks..

I used o jam without ear plugs last time.. then when i wore ear plugs, i realised i could hear the other musicians better.. DOnt need to get those "huuuyoooh" earplugs specially for drumming, just get those ear plugs like the sony ericsson ear piece or anything like that good enuff.. helps alot
 
hehe.
ok2 my bad
earplugs. :p
i still got alot to learn
help me through ya?
help me to help u! :wink:
 
Get ear Plugs. The main reasons for this Is beacause of the placement of the EQ the studio does not know how to place it propely. The way the room is sound proff-ed also matters :eek:
 
Where to buy earplugs? What's the nearest shop I can go if I live in Choa Chu Kang?
 
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