Generally I don’t believe in magic mixing moves, but this tip feels like one to me. When trying to get your drums to sound punchy and clear (and not amateur) you’ll likely spend a good amount of time with EQ. Today’s tip will take you no time at all however.
Clarity And Punch In One Move
The trick to mixing a great drum sound is to get rid of all the garbage that’s in the signal, revealing the best parts of your recorded tracks. Today’s tip is simple and might be just the thing you need to get started on a great drum sound.
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Hey this video wasn’t 5 minutes, I want my money back! Oh, wait…
Great stuff Graham, I look forward to these videos every day!
Haha. Can’t win them all
These tips couldn’t come at at better time as I’m remixing and Eq’ig some drums recorded on 4-track in the early 90′s which are now digitised into Sonar X1. Really looking forward to applying the firsat 8 tips in the next few hours
Hopefully I’ve got a better sound than my first effort with presets.
Cheers and I’m liking/+1ing/tweeting away in appreciation of each installment.
Rob
it’s like instant “cardboard” removal. haha love it
Hey Graham! I wanna re-thank you for all your hard work putting all these tips together for all of us! God Bless Bro!
My mixes have got so much better since I started following your blog and watching your videos. Thanks for all you do!
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