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