Expand your studio skills with invaluable, practical techniques in this exclusive two-day recording workshop. Sweetwater’s Jason Peets and Casey Cooper unlock all aspects of the professional drum recording process to completely elevate your sound.
Friday, June 12 | 10AM–5PM
During day one, you’ll learn how to confidently run a smooth recording session from start to finish, including choosing the right mics, placing them for maximum impact, avoiding phase problems, building clean headphone mixes, and incorporating the right outboard gear. You’ll see real-world approaches — from simple, efficient setups to big, polished productions — so you can get powerful, quality results. Then watch it all come together live as Casey Cooper records a full song, showing you exactly how pro-level drum tracks are built in real time.
Saturday, June 13 | 10AM–2PM
On day two, you’ll learn to turn your raw drum tracks into polished, mix-ready performances you can be proud of. You’ll discover techniques to build the best takes through smart comping and editing, enhance your sound with samples, and even convert performances into MIDI for total control. You’ll see how to prep your drums for a smooth mix and choose the right routing and plug-ins to create consistent, professional results every time.
Expand your studio skills with invaluable, practical techniques in this exclusive two-day recording workshop. Sweetwater’s Jason Peets and Casey Cooper unlock all aspects of the professional drum recording process to completely elevate your sound.
Friday, June 12 | 10AM–5PM
During day one, you’ll learn how to confidently run a smooth recording session from start to finish, including choosing the right mics, placing them for maximum impact, avoiding phase problems, building clean headphone mixes, and incorporating the right outboard gear. You’ll see real-world approaches — from simple, efficient setups to big, polished productions — so you can get powerful, quality results. Then watch it all come together live as Casey Cooper records a full song, showing you exactly how pro-level drum tracks are built in real time.
Saturday, June 13 | 10AM–2PM
On day two, you’ll learn to turn your raw drum tracks into polished, mix-ready performances you can be proud of. You’ll discover techniques to build the best takes through smart comping and editing, enhance your sound with samples, and even convert performances into MIDI for total control. You’ll see how to prep your drums for a smooth mix and choose the right routing and plug-ins to create consistent, professional results every time.
In addition to engineering at Sweetwater Studios, Jason has more than a decade of hands-on experience recording artists and bands in a wide range of professional and home-studio environments. He brings a deep understanding of what it takes to capture professional results outside of traditional studio spaces. He has designed and optimized countless home setups, developing practical workflows and creative solutions for real-world challenges.
Casey Cooper or “Coop3rdrumm3r” as he is known across the internet, is a drummer, content creator and internet personality. For 15+ years he has created videos and content aimed at inspiring, entertaining and educating drummers, musicians and viewers all around the world. His videos have garnered over half a billion views and his YouTube channel has over 2.5M subscribers. Cooper has a passion for all parts of the recording and production process and built a state-of-the-art studio and production facility in his home in Atlanta, partnering with Sweetwater and brands such as Earthworks Audio, Universal Audio, Focal and more. After years of partnering with Sweetwater, Casey Cooper now resides in Fort Wayne and works full time with Sweetwater’s Marketing department, helping to craft the experience for musicians and content creators.
Questions? Call us at (800) 386-6434, or email us at studio@Sweetwater.com
Many of the world’s greatest engineers and producers were coached by mentors in the moment, and they learned the trades and tackled new techniques in live studio sessions. Sweetwater Studios workshops and masterclasses give us a chance to carry on that tradition and to impart our industry knowledge in a real-world setting that’s informative, exciting, and accessible to anyone who’s passionate about making great recordings.
We’re honored to host incredible performers from a wide variety of genres, to employ professional instructors with years of experience and lengthy lists of credits, and to invite you to this hands-on and ears-on learning opportunity in our world-class, multi-studio facility.
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