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Drum Mixing: Techniques

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GRAMMY-winning producer Ryan Hewitt explains his techniques for mixing radio-ready drum sounds with any DAW or console.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Mixing Drums
  • Touring the SSL channel strip
  • Listening to the faders-up track
  • Checking phase before building the mix
  • Panning and creating the stereo field
  • What is groove?
2. Building the Mix
  • Starting with kick drum inside and front mics
  • Bringing in the snare drum and bottom mics
  • Widening the image with stereo overhead mics
  • Focusing the groove with the hi-hat mic
  • Utilizing the crush track printed during recording
  • Getting larger-than-life sounds from the rack tom and floor tom mics
  • Going further with ambience and balance
3. Adding Parallel Compression, Distortion, and Reverb
  • Intro to parallel compression
  • Parallel compression on the kick and snare
  • Adding power with stereo parallel compression
  • Distorting the trash mic
  • Emphasizing the backbeat with parallel distortion
  • Grouping drum tracks to control the full mix
  • Using reverb to add depth
4. The Final MIx
  • The final mix of "We Won't Stand Alone"
Conclusion
  • Inspiration and next steps

Taught by

Ryan Hewitt

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