The Ultimate Drum Mixing Guide

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Комментарии • 39

  • @et0363
    @et0363 День назад

    i have to say mixing live drums has always been the bane of my existence anytime i've ever tried it. it really is a learned skill vs intuitive (for me). My intuitions don't get me there. Following your guide step by step. Literally making the same exact EQ adjustments as a baseline, but then modifying later due to genre and preferences. I have a drum sound that I'm proud of for the very first time and I think holds up to records. It's a less is more approach that's never really clicked until now... so thanks, and I look forward to more of your videos

  • @ryanlawrence3690
    @ryanlawrence3690 Месяц назад +18

    PSP vintage warmer is sick, thanks for the info on phase.

    • @profyle766
      @profyle766 Месяц назад +1

      Bro..just brought back memories from with that VST!!!

  • @jle5779
    @jle5779 Месяц назад +4

    The reason why fast attack might sound good is not because of distortion (although its nice), ie, limiters are faster than compressors but dont distort as much so its not the atk time thats responsible for distortion, its the gain reduction curve of a given plugin that is (and more often than not, its the release that will give noticable distortion, not atk). The actual reason people miss out on, is that the click of a drum is usually within the first 0 to 5 ms of the sound (its a very small noise click before or sometimes with the first transient). If you compress incredibly fast at a good amount, you have gain reduction starting at the click, meaning you will make the click louder and the following info quieter. Its counter intuitive but you can increase the attack of a drum this way and make it cut in the mix.

  • @abbadonproductioninc
    @abbadonproductioninc Месяц назад +5

    Definitely B. It sounds to me like there are more low mids and low frequencies on the kick, snare and toms

  • @synapticschism
    @synapticschism Месяц назад +7

    Damn, you posted this AFTER I just mixed the drums?

  • @willjones3166
    @willjones3166 Месяц назад

    Very insightful video

  • @TrevorOuellette
    @TrevorOuellette Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for this video!

  • @jeremylarue4503
    @jeremylarue4503 Месяц назад

    I'm with you on the fast attack!

  • @Justauri-asdfghjkl
    @Justauri-asdfghjkl Месяц назад

    Id love a similar video for guitars

  • @nickdenardo6479
    @nickdenardo6479 6 дней назад

    good content. would have appreciated a before/after comparison right at the end of the video

  • @chris_share
    @chris_share Месяц назад

    Great tutorial, thanks! No special treatment for the room mics - e.g. using Devil-Loc, etc.?

  • @Tony-yp7ok
    @Tony-yp7ok Месяц назад +1

    Vintage Warmer may be old as dirt, but there’s still nothing else quite like it.

  • @sepykmusic
    @sepykmusic Месяц назад

    Question
    Since you're using the most of the plugins on every single track (except Q3), why didn't you do the process on the Drum Bus? And are you still gonna do something in the drum bus after using your method?
    Cause 1176 and transient shaper could be on a send with all the top drums except crash, and we could have a separate mix for the Kick

  • @chris_share
    @chris_share Месяц назад

    Is the fast-attack compression something that only works with the blue 1176 or will it also work with other compressors like, say, an SSL E/G channel strip compressor?

    • @wyrlismike
      @wyrlismike 23 дня назад

      SSL has a fast attack switch for the compressor, sometimes fast attack is the way to go

  • @eaccin
    @eaccin Месяц назад

    How about checking the phase after eq?

  • @vincentl7022
    @vincentl7022 Месяц назад

    The world need to know between A & B , this is kimling me

  • @petralustich617
    @petralustich617 Месяц назад

    B is inverted

  • @amirpashafatemi9473
    @amirpashafatemi9473 Месяц назад

    why'd you pan each one to the left for checking phase stage ?
    did you checking snare and kick phase by panning them too ?
    Could't keep everything in centre and check phase relations ?

    • @goodtimejohnny8972
      @goodtimejohnny8972 Месяц назад +1

      He's checking how the r ch affects the left ch. Correlation. If you leave everything in the center you would not be measuring what the difference is. Rewatch that segment, you'll understand.

    • @amirpashafatemi9473
      @amirpashafatemi9473 Месяц назад +2

      @@goodtimejohnny8972 thanks for responding.
      these are all mono, what about stereo channels ?
      for example what if I wanted to check two synth tracks that are stereo.
      Should we pan them too to know how they effect on each other ?

    • @goodtimejohnny8972
      @goodtimejohnny8972 Месяц назад

      You won't have phase issues on synthetic instruments. This demonstration was for microphones on drums. Very common to have phase issues using multiple microphones on the same source. He's showing how to fix that issue.​@@amirpashafatemi9473

    • @julianhasz4059
      @julianhasz4059 Месяц назад

      @@amirpashafatemi9473 yes, pan them to 1 side or try a mono utility!

  • @AudioReplica2023
    @AudioReplica2023 Месяц назад

    I thought was You could be mine by GNR 🤣

  • @petralustich617
    @petralustich617 Месяц назад

    B has EQ

  • @vycashh
    @vycashh Месяц назад +1

    Mmmm…

  • @decibelrocks
    @decibelrocks Месяц назад +1

    Processed drums sounds like shit ! I'm not an audio engineer but I can mix and process drums better without using any samples 😂

  • @MultiHaydenlee
    @MultiHaydenlee Месяц назад +2

    Why didn't you use some usable drum tracks? Total shite. Nobody but a gen z would ever think those were passable drum sounds. This isn't 1950.

  • @SjarMenace
    @SjarMenace Месяц назад +2

    Boring

    • @julianhasz4059
      @julianhasz4059 Месяц назад +9

      Then don't watch it? Immature response... but hey! its RUclips (Disappointed, but def not surprised :)

    • @flacko4819
      @flacko4819 Месяц назад +8

      be grateful he’s giving us this info for free…

    • @johnheuer6540
      @johnheuer6540 Месяц назад +10

      Did you expect a hyperpop intro featuring a screaming 15-year-old in Ableton, claiming to reveal the "secret" to mixing pre-mixed kick samples and offering a free ULTRA_R1dd1m_Bassfuck.preset as a reward for getting through the first minute of a video without a video game on the top half of the screen?

    • @Rad_one
      @Rad_one Месяц назад +1

      @@johnheuer6540 the mixing of pre-mixed drums thing is so true.

    • @waliddeui6725
      @waliddeui6725 Месяц назад

      but effective, don't forget that