Tag: mixing

Mixing massive AMARANTHE vocal stacks w/ Jacob Hansen

These vocals are yuge!

Jacob Hansen shows how to mix powerful female metal vocals in this clip from Nail The Mix, using the raw multi-tracks for “365” by Amaranthe.

MIXING MASSIVE AMARANTHE VOCAL STACKS w/ Jacob Hansen

Jacob Hansen shows how to mix powerful female metal vocals in this clip from Nail The Mix, using the raw multi-tracks for “365” by Amaranthe.

This song has a LOT of vocals: dozens of tracks from their female vocalist Elize Ryd and male vocalists Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson and Nils Molin, so it’s all about making precise moves to manage this massive session.

Jacob Hansen uses some basic EQ, compression, Mod Delay III, a Lexicon Reverb plugin and some smart routing to make it all come together into huge, powerful, in your face metal vocals.

Want more? Click here to get instant access to Amaranthe multi-tracks and Jacob’s full mix session!

Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Love your drum gates w/ Sam Pura + The Story So Far

Your new best friend!

If you’ve ever been frustrated with tweaking the gates on your kick and snare drum, this one’s for you! In this clip from Nail The Mix, Sam Pura shows his signature trick for gating drums using the raw multi-tracks for “Light Year” by The Story So Far from their 2018 album “Proper Dose.”

LOVE YOUR KICK AND SNARE GATES w/ The Story So Far + Sam Pura

If you’ve ever been frustrated with tweaking the gates on your kick and snare drum, this one’s for you! In this clip from Nail The Mix, Sam Pura shows his signature trick for gating drums using the raw multi-tracks for “Light Year” by The Story So Far from their 2018 album “Proper Dose.”

Boom! Give this a try in your next session and let us know what you think.

Want more? Click here to get instant access to these multi-tracks and Sam’s full mix session!

Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Dialing in br00tal death metal vocals w/ Kristian Kohle and Aborted

I LIKE SHREDDED WHEAT

Mixing death metal vocals is (pun intended) brutal! Getting them to cut through the insanely dense mix isn’t easy, but Kohle shows how he does it with his complete vocal chain for “Vespertine Decay” by Aborted from their album “TerrorVision.”

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Want more? Click here to get instant access to these multi-tracks and Kristian Kohle’s full mix session!

Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

Mixing massive Godsmack drums w/ Erik Ron

The foundation of the mix

A massive, slamming kick drum is the backbone of any rock mix– and it doesn’t get much more slamming than the one in “Bulletproof” by Godsmack. And best of all? We were there while Erik Ron mixed in his Nail The Mix session, and here’s your chance to see what happened…

MIXING MASSIVE ROCK DRUMS w/ Erik Ron and Godsmack “Bulletproof”

Erik Ron shows how to mix a rock kick and snare drum using the raw multi-tracks for “Bulletproof” by Godsmack.

Erik covers levels, EQ with the stock Pro Tools EQ plugin, using the McDSP compressor, reverb, blending in samples, and working in the rooms– yes, there’s much more to the drum sound than this (which you can see in the full session), but it all starts here.

Want more? Click here to get instant access to these multi-tracks and Erik Ron’s full mix session!

Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Machine Head, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!

How to get the clanky metal bass tone

You know the one I’m talking about!

In this tutorial you’ll how to dial in that sought-after “clanky” bass guitar tone you’ve heard in so many of the best metal mixes.

HOW TO GET THAT CLANKY METAL BASS GUITAR TONE WITH AMP SIMS – tutorial

Learn how to dial in that sought-after “clanky” bass guitar tone you’ve heard in so many of the best metal mixes in this tutorial. Joel Wanasek shows how to do it in Cubase and the stock amp simulator plugin, but the same approach will work in any DAW with similar plugins.

Joel Wanasek shows how to do it in Cubase and the stock amp simulator plugin, but the same approach will work in any DAW with similar plugins. He duplicates the bass track into two tracks: one clean, and one with distortion. Finally, he applies some eq to remove problem frequencies.

Nail The MixNail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Gojira, Meshuggah, Lamb Of God, A Day To Remember and Bring Me The Horizon. Join now for instant access!