David Bowie 'Low' Drum Sound

US Eventide H-910 pivotal pitch effect 18/12/22

Recreating full tracks and individual elements from classic songs is always a great method of learning. Here we have a run down of the 'Low' drum sound, from David Bowie's album released in 1977 which was produced by Tony Visconti. The snare sound is very particular in that it uses the Eventide H-910 to pitch the (already tuned up) snare sound down, giving it a mean and other worldly weight. A great tip to isolate one element for fx and defy conventional processing!

There are various other drum tutorials on the Reverb YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Reverb

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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