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How to edit metal drums in Reaper (part 2 of 2)

Take your drums from good to GREAT!

You guys asked, and we delivered: more Reaper content! We’ve got lots more coming, but to start with we’ve got this brand new, 100% free and 100% awesome tutorial on editing drums in Reaper courtesy of our friend Robin Leijon.

How to edit metal drums in Reaper DAW (Part 2 of 2)

Learn how to properly edit modern metal drums in the Reaper DAW with Robin Leijon. Part 1: https://youtu.be/66GOw5T3vQQ He goes over some optional but awesome tips to for metal drum mix prep such as phase correction, evening out levels with light limiting on the shells, and many more helpful tricks for editing metal drums in Reaper DAW!

Check out Part 1 of this series here, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content like this!

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How to edit metal drums in Reaper (part 1 of 2)

Robin Leijon shows you everything!

You guys asked, and we delivered: more Reaper content! We’ve got lots more coming, but to start with we’ve got this brand new, 100% free and 100% awesome tutorial on editing drums in Reaper courtesy of our friend Robin Leijon.

How to edit metal drums in Reaper DAW (Part 1 of 2)

Learn how to properly edit modern metal drums in the Reaper DAW with Robin Leijon. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this tutorial! He will show you how to prep, normalize, quantize to the grid, adjust individual hits, fill gaps with crossfades, and more.

Boom! But that’s not all– we’ve got much more Reaper content coming your way 🙂

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this tutorial coming soon, where Robin shares some of the optional tips and tricks to help you take your drums to the next level in Reaper.

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 metal drums: ROOMS & OVERHEADS

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 crappy-sounding, washy room mics, right?? WRONG!

As you’ll see in this video from our friend Robin Leijon, rooms and overheads are actually one of the most important tools in giving your drums the size, saturation and sustain that makes them cut through a dense metal mix– and yet few people are really working with them the right way.

Mixing metal drums: ROOMS & OVERHEADS

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He walks through simple but super effective approaches for EQ, compression and effects for a full range of room and overhead mics: mono room, near room, far room, overheads and more. Many people (including me when I was starting out) don’t understand the important but critical differences between all these so pay careful attention to make sure you get a grasp on the nuances of each one (trust me, it matters).

So there you go – never let your rooms and overheads go unloved again!

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Nail 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, Chelsea Grin, A Day To Remember, Machine Head and State Champs. Join now for instant access!