Ian Vargo of the Pro Audio Files rounds up six great plugins for mixing drums and provides a useful mixing tip for when using each device. Processing a full drum kit requires a wide range of tools and each plugin Vargo mentions is usable both on your individual drum tracks Read more...
Everybody loves compressors, from what I’ve observed. There are so many unique, interesting, and powerful compressors available these days that it’s no wonder how popular they are.
The colors and types available give us the ability to radically shape the sound and perception of a drumkit.
So much so that Read more...
A drum kit is a diverse conglomeration of sounds and textures that can be very difficult to capture and mix. No other instrument presents the audio engineer with as many potential sonic landmines as a multi-mic’d drum kit does.
Because a drum kit consists of so many separate components, it Read more...
There’s no question that mixing drums can be a difficult task. If you type “mixing drums” into Google, you are rewarded with 34 million results which will offer you varying degrees of usefulness. There are so many conflicting opinions on this subject that wading through all of them can be Read more...
Drums are always interesting to mix. Simply bringing together and balancing as many as 20 or 30 mics is an art in itself. Perhaps because of this, there seem to be more plugins made specifically for mixing drums than just about any other instrument.
Today, I’d like to parse through Read more...
