Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “drums”
Looking for more presence, punch and depth in your drums? Many of us (including me when I was starting out) don’t really appreciate the nuances and power of overheads. All too often you see mixers just high pass them and call it a day! *horrified face emoji* But the truth is that while they aren’t as straightforward as close mics …
Guaranteed you’ve effed yourself many times because of this. You’ve heard people tell you countless times to watch out for phase issues, but if you’re like most people it went in one ear and out the other because phase issues can be hard to spot, hard to fix, and definitely aren’t a sexy or fun part of the mixing process …
Say goodbye to weak, thin drums! First things first: mixing drums is HARD! That’s because it’s really like mixing half a dozen or more instruments at once, each of which has wildly different characteristics. Each piece of the kit is its own beast, and yet they all have to gel with each other AND cut through the mix without …
Meet your new best friend: rooms & overheads I’ll be honest: when I first started out (and for an embarrassingly long time afterward) I didn’t get why people cared about drum rooms. I thought it was one of those things that only blues-rock dads cared about, because metal drums are all about punch and power, so who cares about those …
The one and only rule of audio: it has to sound good I don’t know about you, but one thing I’m sick of is some self-appointed expert lecturing me about the “rules” of mixing. That you have to follow the “cut when you boost” formula, that EQ should always go before compression or vice versa, and so forth. That drum samples …
