Rocking Horse  /  Drums

The service

Drum Recording

Real drums for your song, two ways. Send us a track and get remote drum parts back as multitrack stems, or come in and cut live drums in the room, mic’d into the desk.

Remote drum tracks

Send the song.
Get the drums.

Programmed drums never quite sit right. Send us your track from anywhere in the world and a session drummer records real parts on real kits at Rocking Horse, then you get the multitracks back to mix however you like.

It suits songwriters who have a demo and want it to feel like a band, producers who need a human feel under a track, and bands whose drummer cannot make the session. You keep full control: you tell us the feel, the reference, the tempo, and what to leave alone.

01 · send
A rough mix or stems, the tempo or a click, and notes on the feel. A reference track helps.
02 · record
A session drummer tracks your parts on a kit chosen for the song, mic’d into the 32-channel desk.
03 · receive
Multitrack WAV stems: kick, snare, toms, overheads and room, plus a rough drum mix to check against.
revisions
Notes back, we adjust. It is your song.

Dreaddy Mills · Jinjer “Ape” drum cover, with Full Metal Jessie

The drummer

Dreaddy Mills.

Session drummer and Rocking Horse apprentice. Heavy, precise, and used to playing to a click and a reference.

Watch him work above. If your song needs a different feel, say so: we match the player and the kit to the track, not the other way round.

Live drums in the room

Or come in
and hit them.

Book the room and track live. Bring your own drummer or use ours. Every rehearsal room is acoustically treated and patched straight into the control room, so drums go down isolated, with the rest of the band playing alongside if you want the live feel.

You leave with the same multitrack stems, recorded in the same room, on the same kits.

Inside the studio →

Kits

Pearl ExportPremier ×3Mapex V Series ×3Yamaha Rydeen ×2Tama SwingstarGretsch Blackhawk

Mics on hand

Shure Beta 91AAKG D112Shure SM57 ×4Sennheiser 441-U ×2Samson S02 ×2ADK S-51 ×2Electro-Voice RE20

Desk

Behringer X32, 32 channels, Midas preampsLogic Pro X

Rates

What it costs.

Live drum sessioncontrol room plus a rehearsal room£25/hr
Full daymultiple tracks or an album£200
Remote drum tracksper song, quoted on the trackon request

Send the track and a line about what you need and we will quote it. Call Neil on 07758 509744 or email [email protected].

Ready when you are

Send us the song.