How to create a big drum room with plugins. Make your drums sound bigger and wider

[@mixbustv]

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[@dariusricky4552]

A trick : watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

[@kaiserahmad81]

@Darius Ricky Yup, been using flixzone for years myself :D

[@DubCampbell]

Man, your teaching style is incomparable! When you are A/B ing with and without effects you give us time to listen and concentrate on the subtle, and not so subtle, differences. You show us multiple effects, adding and subtracting them one at a time, leaving us plenty of room (time) to soak it in. You never seem to be hurrying through your tutorials. Your spoken word is very clear and concise. I've been doing music for more than 60 years and recording since the early 1960s. Even so, there is still SOOO much I still don't know. And even if I DO know something you're explaining, it's still very helpful to be reminded and refreshed on the various techniques that are available to us. Since the advent of digital recording and DAWs, we ALL still have a lot to learn if for no reason other than the fact that this digital world is so new for everyone who's been involved in this recording and mixing world for more than twenty years. It's a wonderful time to be doing this stuff, isn't it? I mean, most of us are old enough to have experienced both the analog way of doing things and now the digital as well as the marriage of both worlds. All this to say that after watching and listening to hundreds, if not thousands, of recording and mixing tutorials, you, my new friend, are simply one of the best at this if not the very best of all...and maybe you ARE the best! Keep it up! Yes, of course I'm subscribed! Dub Campbell

[@OfficialDJTuky]

soon as i started watching mixbusTV my mixes just opened up and started breathing .....big thanks ,

[@osxlanda]

This channel should blow up. So much good info, fingers crossed you don't run out of stuff to talk about. Some of the best tutorials on KZbin.

[@buhlir]

This video is seriously dope. you have completely accepted that there are no fucking rules when it come to mixing. your exactly the mixer I am striving to be. well done man

[@MrRicarocha]

Man, your channel is one of the very first in wich I do not get tired of watching long videos. It´s very interesting the fact that you talk about some themes that are not unknow or too much technical, but you make then easier to understand. Congratulations!

[@SkreamerOfficial]

It's nice to see someone mention HAAS. Well done dude.

[@sevrra]

David, your videos are just awesome ! You know, I usually never leave comments on KZbin but I need to let you know that I have learned a lot more within a month watching your videos than I did during these past two years! You are a very talented teacher. Thank you so much for all the tutorials you make about mixing. This is gold ! (Sorry if I made mistakes in English, I’m not a native ;))

[@Danielblco0]

Dude your videos are plain awesome! Thank you very much, please keep them coming! Maybe more tips and tricks for other instruments like bass and guitars. Subscribed!!

[@janminor1172]

You really know a lot of cool mixing tricks and you present them very well in you videos, this is slowly becoming my favorite YT mixing channel. Why your videos don't have as many views as the bigger names in the YT mix tutorial world is beyond me. Great stuff, thanks for doing this!

[@jamalyannicguzmansierra7996]

DAVID!!! THX you soo much for this tip.. we all should give you big hands for your amazing tipps! for real man! thx you soo much! keep goin on!

[@dbhammond]

The limiting really wakes it up. Nice trick using it on the early returns only. This is the rich drum sound I've been looking for. Thanks!

[@4005atthetenthgate]

Already my fav Channel! ...and as I said, finally somebody who comes up with those tricks others won´t show on the tube. will try it out on my drum recordings, you were already such a huge help & inspiration, thx for that again!

[@4005atthetenthgate]

***** In the 2nd option you just switched the PAN of the Rverb´s -80 and 1 in Center, I don´t use ProTools and wondered if I´m right that the "Stereo Combined Panner" in Cubase has the same function then your 2 stereo Pan´s? (Gives you two Balance panners in the space of one, so that you can control the panning for each side of a stereo signal separately)

[@4005atthetenthgate]

***** Ok, will try this out ! Thanks for your fast reply.

[@iulianbendrea9010]

Definitely my favorite mixing channel. Way to go, brother!

[@lacikaketezeregy7824]

Wow, brick wall limited Haas effect for extra bite: absolutely brilliant!! This idea goes into my special toolbox of awesomeness...

[@horacestacey3549]

Here is my question. why do they us If you’re trying to learn recording tech dour wasting your wasting your time? But yet they post..

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Great stuff !!!!!! I did a snare trick with a gated reverb on the left, and loooooong reverb on the right, enough pre-delay to keep the snap, and it’s AWESOME The whole snare explodes and then travels left to right across the speakers (don’t worry it’s subtle) made the song !!!!!!

[@Arkayem]

Definitely using this for programme drums

[@roelgarcia]

This is one great tutorial! Thank you!

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

I'm rewatvhing a lot of your older video's now that I know more about audio and stuff. And back then I didn't hear how beautiful the low end started to sound of the kick with this damn.

[@mixbustv]

🙏🤘

[@davyboi1703]

hands down you have the best mixing videos on youtube.... keep it up please!!!!

[@jjtweed-music]

Hell yeah it was useful! Great tutorial....Thank you.

[@thewizardssleeve119]

This is an awesome trick, I can't think of a track of mine which wouldn't benefit from this! Many thanks, and clearly and simply explained too, I might add.

[@MrFLAVIUS12]

Great, great tutorial!

[@clintonmaher6930]

These techniques are pretty amazing - I've been experimenting with them and some variations after watching this... It's really amazing when used on electronic drum kits. I've recorded on a Yamaha kit and exported the drums individually into the DAW - using these techniques plus some saturation/compression can create a very believable sounding "drum room" that never actually existed. Thanks once again David - your the bomb!

[@tmussOfficial]

Hi great video ,just subscribed to your channel, im not using the same DAW as you i use studio one presonus , so im finding it a little difficult to see how you routed this from your drum track is there anyway you can just explain a little thank you.

[@lolaurent5606]

You can create a room effect too with recording your drum tracks via your monitor with 2 different mic placed at different places in a room. An important thing is the gestion of the phase... I like your channel... ❤ qualitative Content 👍👍👍... greets from belgium 🇧🇪

[@DavidPixleythemuzzlZ]

Good tutorial. Its so weird seeing that people put thumbs down on good tutorials...

[@caffeine150]

Excellent tutorial. I'm definitely giving this a shot.

[@Pearlpassionstudio]

Excellent approach to this delay/verb on drums...Sure made great sense..Thanks

[@danostrenatka6502]

This is amazing tutorial. Can you please explain me, that from where are the ER MONO L and ER MONO R chanels feeded, because i cant see sends in main room or in drum bus to this chanels. Thank you very much.

[@daneeehhhh]

Nice trick about limiting the reverbs. I loved the depth of the bass drum on the Rverb+L1 configuration, very nasty. Not sure how this would work in a heavier drum section, but for the upbeat pattern it's killer cause the bass breathes

[@sleepisoptional]

you can add more dirt to the ER L1s by turning the release time to 0. longer release (20-50) will make it smoother also could turn on one of the analog modes in H-delay... or use delays with even more colors like echoboy i would also bus the dry/wet to something to glue em together like NLS, scheps73, particles, vitamin or so

[@1masterfader]

Great! Would you have any tips on phattening Urban drums?

[@1masterfader]

Thats awsome. Also maybe answer the wuestion of why major artist songs sound better in films than cds or through streaming.

[@yaverodriguez5567]

David, thank you so much for this trick, I prefer the second one, to me sounds better, also this trick in my opinion sounds way but waaaayyy better than the slate digital hahaha

[@RominaJones]

Like so many said awesome tip, I put it into use right away. I am subscribed!

[@1loveMusic2003]

This trick is sick!

[@Zaflon]

Dude You kick ass, just got my best drum mix so far

[@Kharrari]

Awesome video

[@johngraham9878]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much...

[@rost061]

Thank you! Another great tutorial! These are advanced tips one would hardly find anywhere else. I like that you make things obvious, when you ask-see?-I do see and hear :)

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Daamn the kick on the second technique!

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

I was wondering if the first trick could sound more natural if you pass both short delays thru the reverb. I think it could blend them better... Of course it all depends on what material you're crafting on, but generally, I prefer the second trick. But both are perfectly usable. Thank you very much.!

[@guitarlicksntricks]

limiting the early reflections sounds absolutely awesome! could this idea be used similarly to make heavy rock guitars sound wider in the mix? (say an sm57 panned left and an md421 panned right with different timed reflections on each?) Loving the channel, each time i rewatch the videos i learn even more!

[@maaaquemeseyo]

Great trick!, Just a question, how do you move the two fader sends at the same time? How they can be linked? Thanks for your excellent tutorials!

[@maaaquemeseyo]

Lol, I need a new glasses. Thanks again for your tutorials.

[@brianpatrick6102]

Another superb trick!! Thank you so much, I am really getting alot from your videos.

[@hachewie]

This is magnificent. Thank you. I am using Logic with mostly stock plug-ins. It may take me a while to work out how to create similar effects but I will be trying.

[@garethrowley8552]

Best tutorials on KZbin!

[@TheEurozMusic]

Absolutely love your videos!

[@brandtkalk]

again a great tutorial. thx a lot for this :)

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

Another great video that makes me want to go away and try it out. Using the dual limiters to crunch the sh*t out of the ER's, is bloody inspired; you can hear such a difference, but I also like the way this technique allows you to play with image. Great stuff

[@sharpradioman]

Great Tutorial. Thanks for posting.

[@darrenfox5165]

Great tutotial again. A little off topic but when I automate certain parameters like reverb size....perhaps to create a big room sound in a breakdown....the 'size' automation is not being read properly by Cubase...like it's too confusing to make such parameter moves to run smoothly. Yet... it sounds smooth if I slide the dial up throughout the course of the automation. I thought it might be a bug with the reverb plugins but from my understanding this is quite common? Appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks

[@darrenfox5165]

MixbusTV Cheers mate. But this is happening with many reverb plugs...Valhalla...even Cubase stock reverbs etc. I even opened up a blank project and imported a drum loop audio file and it's still happening. The only workaround is to have 3 instances of the same reverb and change the room size on the busses....and automate the send level. A complete pain though in terms of workflow. I really like to automate the drum room size for my breakdowns. Thanks for your input anyways :)

[@rafalvarezsevilla]

awesome tricks david! sometimes overhead recordings are shit these days, and tricks like these are beautiful, will try to implement the second one into my template, in reaper we can do this all on one channel which makes it much easier to handle EDIT: just came back with the biggest drum sound i ever heard =D i got a send channel now, where i got a Pro Q that gets rid of harshness and low end before the reverbs, got ValhallaVintageVerb with Bright Hall left and Dirty Hall right, then an instance of bx control, narrowing the stereo field to 19% for beautiful phase cancellation and depth, afterwards smashing it with waves api 2500 in unlinked mode. then the softube FET compressor to make it even fatter, and then, another instance of bx control with the width knob at 136%, making the channel wider again, which makes this approach even much better!! i got so much control over the fatness with the compressors, and amazing control of depth with just the two width knobs! this will stay in my template fore... very long time!

[@Miesn]

Absolutely great!!!

[@cindystewart3923]

Really nice Tutorial, I was just wondering what's the reason why you put two delays with different values on the mono early reflections? Does it have a psychoacoustic effect? And what is the Haas limit you are talking about? Thank you so much for your time and I'll be watching your other videos!

[@cindystewart3923]

Ok thank you very much, I'll do my research!

[@tomast.6577]

Very usefull tool !!! thx for share this.

[@merenco]

Thx for this tutorial! While watching I tried this out on the stereo track of some programmed sampled drums with Groove Agent (Cubase), as in 'not a real drummer'. This really works and adds a 'live-feel' to the track. Didn't find this technique anywhere else. Great Job!!!

[@Strate2]

you should try the plugin roommachine. it does exactly this, but just one plugin

[@Inverse_Sense]

As always, awesome stuff!

[@onixadm]

I wonder, if this will work for edm music?

[@hazybrain7]

Nice tip. Thanks man

[@gyuriligeti5342]

At first congratulation for your videos. They are great! And then i would like to ask a piece of advice from you. I need to bounce stems for master, but i use an outboard reverb which contains ducking in its setup . Can you please tell me how i should route the tracks if i want to feed the reverb with all the necessary tracks (used in the mix) to make them "duck" each other, but i would like the stereo stem contain only the useful data. For example: i use the same reverb for vocals and guitars, but when i bounce the guitar stem i do not need audible vocal, only the guitars and their reverb, but i do need the vocal to duck the reverb of the guitars. Is it possible to do in Pro Tools? Or is there any other way to do it?! Maybe to bounce the "ducked" reverbs only in a separate stem? Does it make any sense? If it does, how could i make it done? Thanks in advance, Gy

[@gyuriligeti5342]

+MixbusTV Hi there, Thanks for the quick response, you are great. Yes, it absolutely does. The principle was clear, the "how" was the question. :) Thanks for your help! So this is the addendum to your description to make it totally clear for all the ones who has the same problem bouncing stems with one "ducked reverb" on more different stems. If we mute the channel in mix window only, the dry signal disappears but the reverberated signal remains. It might not enough for us if we had the same reverb on guitars and vocals for example, because the mastering guy needs separate vocal and guitar stems. So the solution is simple: we need to open the send bus windows of the tracks we dont want to hear in the bounced stem and mute them, because we need the signals of them only to "duck" the reverb, we don't need their actual sound in the stem. I thought i just write down my experience here, because it differs from the way you do it in Cubase.

[@alessandro5358]

I loved this tutorial, you opened my mind! I will surely use this way to get big drums! Thanks for this :)

[@nikogeselle3097]

Thanks for this video, it's really solid and best what I have seen! Great work!

[@sarahtonin4649]

Yeah, thank you. Some great ideas. I have a number of tracks I'm mixing with drums that were recorded in an attic bedroom - so dry. I usually just add a touch of room reverb, but I like your detailed approach. :-)

[@r4pt0rj35u5]

I wish I'd learnt this trick years ago! Another great video - thanks! PS on headphones it sounds like there's a lady talking very quietly in the background of the drums - is that in there or am I hallucinating??

[@TheGamezCorner]

would this technique be mono compatible?

[@wesmaldonadogama]

hey dude thanks for your videos! I just don't understand the routing...so where comes the signal for the ER MONO L AND ER MONO R if theres no sends to both of them? thank you!

[@metalion667]

Great video as always, nice to see some different ideas as opposed to the same stuff regurgitated again and again on KZbin. Have you ever tried the waves truverb plugin for creating drum rooms?

[@drewjohnson4031]

Why did you pan the L early reflections to the right and the R early reflections to the left?

[@gsargen1]

Great tutorial, Thanks!

[@SimonBorg]

Thanks so much for your videos, I've watched this video so many times and am about to try this on a kit I recorded in a small, ex-bomb shelter. Regarding the snare, should I add a separate reverb on it (before what you've explained here) to lengthen the it's tail a bit? If so, what kind of reverb should I be using in accordance with this technique so that they don't clash? Could I also send other instruments (guitars, bass, vox) to the ER and Main Room channels to give a sense that they were all recorded in the same room, when they may not have been? The vox were done somewhere else, and the bass was DI only.

[@idie123]

is there another reverb you recomend like x-verb?

[@chrisclement5184]

Superb!!! What more is there to say?

[@fredscott9013]

Mind-blowing!!!

[@redjeshbehari]

Good stuff keep em coming please :)

[@rogeliopadilla8438]

My version of protools only offers mono and stereo plugins and usually the stereo plugins are stereo linked. What do I do to make a stereo plugin dual mono? Thanks this trick is incredible.

[@mixbustv]

What version you have 2? All PT versions allow dual mono plugins, you can open them in a stereo track

[@gasparlucas92]

very nice!

[@TheBDD65]

Cool trick thanks for sharing... why does that track sound familiar ?

[@xXxAmadeuzxXx]

Excellent tutorial!

[@guitarlicksntricks]

another great tutorial... i'll be using this trick :-) thanks!

[@StantsLOL]

Is this technique mono compatible?

[@dust8083]

Hey man do you know do you know how to do this with a reverb without the early reflections? Like the ReaVerb? Awesome video btw

[@dust8083]

MixbusTV Hey man for the answer! I have got a pretty similar result with just using the epic verb by variety of sounds and do you have any tips on how to make the louder parts seem less "reverby" and more roomy?

[@dust8083]

MixbusTV will try, thanks man!

[@larrytate1657]

Would be a bad idea to record with gates plugins on all the close micd drums? Instead of gating or automating during mixing? Or should that be always done after recording? I was thinking why not just set up a template with gates on each track and just record with them already on.

[@larrytate1657]

Yes thanks so much. So it's best to just manually go in and delete sections of the tom tracks and kick, snare and tom close mics so it ensures you have complete control? Downside being it takes more time but is worth it!

[@larrytate1657]

Cool, thanks again,

[@PingeMusic]

thanks for a great video gave me some ideas. Have a skilful time. Pinge

[@Eurodrummer666]

I love this trick. I do have a question thou... You are sending the Drum buss to those aux effects. What happens if instead, you send the individual snare, toms, overheads, etc into those Aux busses?

[@Eurodrummer666]

MixbusTV I use to record my band, which plays Alternative Metal. If you have time, I would be glad if you could listen to our EP here (I improved my drum takes since then): theghostroad.bandcamp.com

[@ndstart]

Nice, i want to talk about the first mono early reflection. the effect is so cool ... you know in real life we don't have only two reflections ( 1 delay insert on left , the other on the right ) ! you get my point. in my next mix i'm gonna try it but with a spread effect added what do you think ? :D the emulation gonna be better huh !

[@ndstart]

Thank you, you present great content here my friend keep going as much as you can. you got my 100% support

[@SimonsBand1]

How would you set the delays in ableton? You can't make 2 mono channels and send to both.

[@paulstefanowicz4236]

Thank you; this is really useful.

[@Methamill]

David I want to ask. How is that on the delay channels you have one pan knob and on the reverbs you have two? Thanks.

[@mixbustv]

1 knob mono, 2 knobs stereo

[@sonidojamon]

Hey David!! I am using Perfect Room for this now. I'm guessing the "SPLIT" button does this, right?

[@mixbustv]

Probably a bit more refined way to do this, PR is absolutely amazing at thing like this.

[@davoncorbett3735]

I have a question, does this apply for sampled drums? From drum kits, etc? Should I put those in a room or just use a normal send reverb?

[@davoncorbett3735]

thank you so much for a quick reply! I ask because on some of my favorite songs (ex. cameras by drake) it doesn't sound to my ears like theres any reverb on any of the drums but then I think maybe they sound that way because they were put into a room, I want them to sound big without being too "transienty" lol new word

[@davoncorbett3735]

I seriously can't wait for that video! That would be awesome!

[@MrKRUBERLICK]

Thanks for the great video and the useful information! I have a question about the multi-mics drums: in your video about the highpass filter madness you said that the equing individual mics of the same drums can result a phase issues, so my question is do you throw an eq on the kick bus for example, or you still make some adjustments on the individual kick mics? And by the way thanks a lot for your job and channel, subscribed!

[@sbrave]

Are you using pre-fader sends in order to solo the reverb channel and hear jus the wet sound?

[@sbrave]

Thanks!

[@MrHBOMB187]

Hey man first off your tutorials rocks! and the Mixes are The shit now i Love this particular song can i get a link to the audio files so i can follow your techniques and link to the final mp3 of this song keep doing what You do You will be remembered as one of the greats in years to come

[@rquinterog93]

www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm#TheBrew the song is called "What I Want"

[@rquinterog93]

Everything on Mike Senior's Multitrack Library is AMAZING, it's been a valuable resource for many years

[@yuggothproductions]

This was so helpful! Thanks for this!

[@irmaocaudenciomatabela1538]

Nice lesson bro! I know we are in 2919 but i wd like to know how you set the limiter. I know how to use it but how should i do in this case. Please help

[@irmaocaudenciomatabela1538]

Thanks bro! You are the man. I've been watching your turorials from long time. Today i know how to use a compressor because of your tutorial !

[@xinkay]

Love your videos, this trick is also nice, but I can't agree that you are changing stereo field only by "eq and phase". It's normal panning! just because you are cutting half of an energy by EQ, means that automatically strip is quieter, and it's panned 80%, so ofc that you are changing panning :P cheers from Poland and thx for making this semi-advanced tuts, that what I was looking for! And I think, that you are great listening teacher for those, who yet don't hear little changes ;-)

[@antoinebalaine2061]

This is dope.

[@marvenwilsonsdonque1568]

hi can u make a video tutorial about RMS and peaks?

[@marvenwilsonsdonque1568]

wow thank you so much