How to Mix your Metal Drums in Cubase | Metal Recording Basics in Cubase

[@relaxationmusicsanctuary3664]

Impressive how fast and precisely a real professional works.

[@Mendelian]

Here are the timecodes, happy holidays: 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Balance Check 01:09 Mix References 02:06 Cymbals 05:06 Cymbals Compression 06:10 Room Mics 08:05 Room Mics Compression 09:09 Kick 11:05 Snare 12:16 Comp vs Paracomp 12:37 Snare Sample 14:04 Room Sample 15:22 Balance Check 15:43 Hi-Hat 16:30 De-Essing Cymbals 17:18 Toms 20:16 Balance Check 20:41 Cymbal Close Mics 21:01 Paracomp 23:41 Balance Check 24:14 Drumbus Compression 27:29 Kick Automation 28:38 Reverb 30:47 Wrap Up

[@DeangerSmith]

Thanks for this, very helpful like the rest of your videos, keep rocking man \m/

[@DeangerSmith]

WHen you are done with the drum tracks like this, do you them bounce them to a stereo mix before mixing the entire song? Or leave them all seperated like this? hope that makes sense? Same for the guitars bass and vocals, I noticed you had all the guitars and bass as one track in this video, when you do your final mixes, is it with single tracks for all the instruments like that or do you keep them all seperated? Thanks :)

[@Mendelian]

@@DeangerSmith Always leave em like is

[@DeangerSmith]

@@Mendelian THanks :)

[@Levi_Leviathvn]

Really great to see Steinberg working with Mendel to create helpful tutorials for us in the metal realm. Thank you!

[@max8591]

Really glad you're working with Steinberg to cater to the metal folks! Thanks to you and Steinberg!

[@TuckRob]

That was great thanks. It sounded immense through my monitors.

[@Film-Macher]

What a gift for Christmas. Dude. I m really happy about every new tutorial you are dropping. Keep goin. Keep goin. Wish you a mery christmas.

[@TuckRob]

That was great thanks. It sounded immense through my monitors.

[@NikolajChristensen]

Great video. Surprised by the stock comp on the drum bus as well. Possible to share the session perhaps?

[@tumbamarch89]

01:59, a man of taste. "Shogun" is the best US- Metal record of 2008.

[@MaximShelkov]

Amazing work, thank you for the instructive video

[@drebrose1983]

Thanks so much for these vids I needed the help!

[@ebbsvoid6717]

Lol Grind Curry 6:21 cc This is awesome refresh thanks for kikin down the knowledge

[@Ginger-d1u]

Great Video, helps me out a lot :-) by the way may I ask what kind of graphic pad and pen your are using ? thank you

[@mozwall_2560]

Awsome video!

[@halfblackaaron]

This video was great and helped immensely with my EQ process. The only issue I'm having is getting the group to work correctly. I highlight the tracks, I click group, and it creates the group.. but when I add compressor to the group nothing changes. When I click "solo" on my group it mutes everything instead of making all the tracks in the group work. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've watched two other videos on grouping tracks in Cubase and they're doing it the same way I am. I have Cubase 11 if that makes any difference

[@PlagueRat-]

wow! thanks

[@murdermetal76]

Great work, thanks🤘👍

[@RudalPL]

Hi Mendel. I don't know if it is a question for you or more for Steinberg. Any chance we could have this session available for download so we can follow the steps please? For me it always works better with hands on with learning. More practice, more issues, more questions, more experience. Most of the "mix together" sessions I found are pop or rock, and this is a proper metal stuff. Thanks. :)

[@MattyKoska]

Need more Videos bout the reverb channels in cubase 😅

[@DrummerNishalGohain]

Hi , I used to boost the high end of kick drums especially without Low pass filters too but it simply boosts with the bleeding as well . This kinda of mixing is not feasible for live drums in my experience . Also why is not there 1 single cubase 5 drum mixing tutorial on the internet?

[@randhikathamel]

thanz sir

[@SitsoRzN]

beautifu . my name is Sitso. starting with Mixing and mastering.

[@rovenchas]

What is it your Snare Room Sample, excuse me? I mean I understand that it must be a distant mic, aimed at the snare, but how do you get that sound? Or is it just an export from some drum plugin? Also, how do you usually place your OH mics? Do you place them closely, so they "listen" to cymbals only, or do you use them for the whole drumkit? Thanks

[@saschasamayoa9283]

What about mixing midi drums? like superior drummer?

[@chrisoleary9331]

How come some of the videos in this playlist are private?

[@gian-lucakiefer6649]

Nice Video as always :) One question though: At kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4SZf55nnbx3g7M the compressor is turned completely dry, does it have any effect on the signal then or was this just accidental?

[@nasdaq1966]

Could you provide the kick sample? many thanks

[@orcunozcan]

Great video!! drum is midi or live record?

[@Mendelian]

Used midi drums for this one :)

[@orcunozcan]

@@Mendelian Sounds good:)🤘 you kust did render in placd rigth?

[@Jettoxication]

Don't want to be picky but around 6:01-6:06 you have compressor to all-way dry, so there is no difference in signal if u bypass or not, yet you are with full confidence "Yeah, sounds good". Was laughing to tears =) Correct me if I am wrong, maybe I am missing something on how default cubase compressor works

[@Mendelian]

It’s the other way around, i just double checked. So in the video it’s 100% compressor and you can blend in the dry signal (kind reversed compared to other plugins i agree haha).

[@Jettoxication]

@@Mendelian yeah, also checked short after commenting, but lost where my comment was. And re-listened now ur example in headphones there is a dif in sound. Sorry, for my silly comment.

[@trynthrive2187]

Where's the first video?

[@thefuse03101]

What is the snare sample used in this?

[@Gorelovfest1]

Thanks for video! I have a question. What if I have one part of the song like in your video and other part with blast beats. Should I use automation to change EQ and compression? Or how to solve it better?

[@Mendelian]

Hey Gorelovfest1 (if this is a wink to “Gorefest” then hell yeah btw!) So If i’m correct your main question is tempo based/beat based, like if it would go from this into a 260 bpm blast beat correct? I’ve (personally) never had to change eq or compression when drums change parts (from simple beats into blast beats). No issues with compressors being to slow or such. Automation is key here in my opinion, like with fast kicks lowering their volume or perhaps upping the snare a bit during blast beats (because the hits can me softer).

[@Gorelovfest1]

@@Mendelian you understand me correct, thank you so much! And yes, there is a wink to "Gorefest" :-) love them and my surname is Gorelov ha-ha!

[@Lars_Bjerke]

Sounds great - good job! What drum library did you use here? Inspired me to use more stock plugins in cubase.. forgot how good they are.. also.. where in the chain is the channel EQ? Does the cubase eq follow the green line..?

[@ignadrs]

pretty sure is Steven Slate Drums samples, kick 10 and snare 12, is a classic sound!

[@Lars_Bjerke]

@@ignadrs classic sound.. in 2006 ;) sounds more like Toontrack Death kit or something..

[@project1265ffo]

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[@metalfather8139]

Resurrection. Needle. Yes no wonder your mixes sound like it......

[@SkreamerOfficial]

Although i appreciate your info on this video, you're not mixing real drums. Maybe change the title to "midi drums". Mixing a real kit has way more steps.

[@Mendelian]

Hey Skreamer, having mixed a lot of real drums the only difference i’d have would be the prep before mixing. So how i mix drums in this video is the same i would do with real drums. But it would indeed be a good idea to make a video of prepping real drums!

[@Levi_Leviathvn]

This video definitely caters to the vast majority of at-home metal musicians who use programmed drums as writing tools. Especially in these times where live recording can be difficult given the worldwide circumstance. Not everyone has the budget to record real drums as well and with drum software becoming more and more advanced this tutorial is very useful to those in that situation. There are still many tips here that are applicable to a live drum recording as well.