Release Year: July 2015
Producer: Lynda.com
Producer’s Website: lynda.com/Audio-Music-Audio-Engineering-tutorials/Drum-Mixing-Techniques/372851-2.html
Author: Ryan Hewitt
Duration: 1:39
Type of Material Shared: Video Clips
Language: English
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Description: Once the drums have been set up and the tracks have been laid down, it’s time to create the final mix. In this course, GRAMMY-winning producer Ryan Hewitt explains his techniques for mixing drum sounds. Having captured a great performance from professional drummer Josh Freese at EastWest Studios, Ryan moves into mixing, demonstrating his techniques for achieving a powerful sound that’s radio-ready. He’ll cover EQ, compression, gating, reverb, and other effects, as well as his own methods for parallel compression and more. Ryan works with the recording studio’s SSL 4000, but these techniques are applicable to any DAW or console. The end result is a great drum mix that can hold its own in any song.
Recording sound from percussion instruments.
Content :
Introduction
Welcome
- Mixing Drums
Touring the SSL channel strip
Listening to the faders-up track
Checking phase before building the mix
Panning and creating the stereo field
What is groove? -
Building the Mix
Starting with kick drum inside and front mics
Bringing in the snare drum and bottom mics
Widening the image with stereo overhead mics
Focusing the groove with the hi-hat mic
Utilizing the crush track printed during recording
Getting larger-than-life sounds from the rack tom and floor tom mics
Going further with ambience and balance -
Adding Parallel Compression, Distortion, and Reverb
Intro to parallel compression
Parallel compression on the kick and snare
Adding power with stereo parallel compression
Distorting the trash mic
Emphasizing the backbeat with parallel distortion
Grouping drum tracks to control the full mix
Using reverb to add depth -
The Final Mix
The final mix of “We Won’t Stand Alone”
Conclusion
Inspiration and next steps
Example files: not provided
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 23.976fps, 1017kbps
Audio: AAC, 48kHz, 128kbps, stereo
