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Soothe your overheads In this clip from Nail The Mix, Russ Russell mixes the drums for “The Chasm” by At The Gates, focusing on the overheads. As he talks about, it’s all about making smart, strategic moves with EQ rather than simply high passing them and potentially losing much of the drums’ sonic character. He uses FabFilter Pro Q 3, …
The cause of death? Excessive EQ For many mixers, the main approach to mixing metal guitars is to make aggressive EQ cuts, and while that can work, you may also be losing some of the nuances that give the tracks character. In this tutorial, Russ Russell shows his approach to mixing metal guitars with some very subtle but effective EQ …
Get your melodeath fix! Get a guided tour of the raw multi-tracks for “Preachers Of Death” by melodic death metal veterans The Haunted, originally mixed by Russ Russell on their 2017 album “Strength In Numbers.” If you’re a fan of melodic death metal, then sharpen your pencil and get ready to take some notes because this is exactly how it’s …
