Nice technique for phase alignment, I need to try this! Trying to understand the method for getting rid of boxiness - doesn't boosting an eq point and sweeping it across just bring out something that wouldn't be there if you left it flat? I feel like the inverse would be more appropriate. Do a cut and sweep across and listen to see which cut range(s) sound better. I can be persuaded though!
Thanks for this! Really well explained, learned a lot and I've been mixing drums for almost 10 years. Never found a video explaining that well how to mix drums.
Anybody got it clear how close/far to kick and snare he drew the OHs at 10:50? He said he wanted to bring them close to prevent cancellation but without sacrificing depth. I wonder how aligned the different waveforms looked eventually. Perhaps aligning the 2nd peak of the snare with the 1st peak of the OHs is fair enough ?
Great video, but what are we trying to do? I’ve done it myself, mixing live drums for days until they’re as good sounding as sampled or electronic drums. Meanwhile some of my fav drum tracks were recorded with 4 mic’s only. Do people want to hear live drums anymore?
Thanks for great video! But I'm cofused with the release time of compression. As you say in tip #5, "fast release time make the sound pumping and compressed agressively; more groove. On the other hand, slow release time make the sound less groove but more natural." Is it right?
hello, explain please, does it matter to use different plugin instances for removing boxiness and filtering? or it's the same if i do both in one instance of eq?
4:26 - Half of those are peaking in the yellows and reds. Turning down the fader isn't the answer. Turning them down via the trim level, VU plug-in, whatever, is.
Ok so here is the BIG issue. You do all of that processing on a BUS but then if you want to send your edited drums to Mix engineer, there is NO way to print all of your bus processing onto audio files. HELP
