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May 17, 2017
Your Cymbal Mix Could Be Costing You Clients
When you listen to a song for the first time, what jumps out at you immediately? Very rarely are you going to pick the cymbals, and that’s 100% intentional. So when your clients listen to something you’ve mixed and the cymbals catch their attention, it’s probably not a good thing.
May 10, 2017
What You Need To Know About Mixing Cymbal Sounds
Cymbals are consistently a fickle issue in your drum mix. There are so many variations in size, material, frequency makeup and even shapes that they’re nearly impossible to treat in a way they deserve.
March 29, 2017
3 Shocking Mistakes Killing Your Snare Sound
You’ve been mixing snares as long as you’ve been mixing music. You’ve got your go-to plugins and processes to make that beauty shine in the mix. But are you overlooking these common snare mixing mistakes and being complacent with your drum mixing?
March 17, 2017
Don’t Compress Another Snare Until You’ve Read This!
Do you know what you’re doing when it comes to compressing your snare drums? If you’re like the vast majority of engineers and producers, you’ve probably got a few go-to tricks, but do you know why they work? More importantly, do you know what to do in situations where they don’t?
March 08, 2017
One Mixing Technique You Shouldn't Live Without
We know what clipping is, and we’re warned against it in most situations. Clipping a track by turning it up too loud is harsh and unnatural. In the analog world, clipping was a semi-common practice to create saturation and compression.
February 01, 2017
How To Stand Out With Saturation
You’ve got a balanced drum mix that you’ve spent hours EQing and compressing to perfection. Every ghost note peeks through, every kick punches you in the gut, and there’s a nice, glossy sheen on your overheads making the cymbals shine. But then you toggle back to your full mix and realize that despite your efforts, something is still missing. Maybe it’s time for saturation to step in.
January 11, 2017
3 Key Benefits Of Clipping Drums
Drum clipping has been a forward-thinking tool in the music industry for well over a decade now. Over the past few years, it’s picked up some mainstream traction, and is on track to being one of the biggest technologies of the next generation of mixing.
January 04, 2017
How to Tell If Your Drum Mix Sounds Dull
Sometimes we get so dug into the mixes we work on that it’s hard to tell what’s good and bad. So how do you go about gauging your drum mix on the spot without waiting for your ears to reset or running off to listen in the car?
November 15, 2016
How To Create A Drum Mix To Be Proud Of
No matter what project you’re working on, at least 50% of your drum’s sound is based around EQ. You need to make EQ decisions with confidence...
November 08, 2016
Why EQ Designs Suck For Drum Mixing
We’ve been using them since the dawn of recording music, but the truth is that most of the EQs on the market aren’t built with drums in mind...
