Make Your Drums PUNCH HARDER - Phase Aligning Tutorial

Quick and easy tutorial on phase aligning your drums.
This doesn't have to be hard and it doesn't have to take forever.
Quickly learn how to get your drums in phase and sounding great!
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[@lukelorraine9940]

You explain things so well it makes me think I can explain them to other people (I can't) such great videos thank you for doin it

[@spinlightstudios]

Cheers Luke!

[@bryandrums32]

Awesome share, I learned a lot from you, you’re the best

[@spinlightstudios]

Thanks legend!

[@JakeDaveyOfficial]

Awesome!

[@spinlightstudios]

Thanks legend!

[@junkyardfrog]

my guy! this is for becoming my go to channel when i need to search for a recording question. loving this content and appreciate you sharing your knowledge in such a direct and accessible way! you're killin' it. 👏🙌

[@spinlightstudios]

Glad to be of help!

[@sweetsmellofsound]

Such great insight here. This deserves a lot more views.

[@spinlightstudios]

Thanks mate!

[@RicShaa]

Thank you for putting time and energy into making these valuables tutorials.

[@spinlightstudios]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@marklholloway]

Great breakdown! Like and subscribed 👍✅

[@spinlightstudios]

Thanks mate!

[@luizorta]

Dude, congrats on your channel. I discovered it recently and I'm hooked watching it all. I identified a lot with your work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a question What do you do first: edit in flex time or align the phases? I saw another video about you editing in time, I tried it here a few times and I would like to know in which order I would get better results. Thank you!

[@spinlightstudios]

Thanks mate! It doesn’t really matter which order you do it in :) I usually flextime first and then phase align - usually because I flex the drums immediately after tracking - before moving on to the next instrument.

[@luizorta]

@@spinlightstudios OMG! Thank you for this flash answer man! WOW! Your mindset is amazing and a I learned a lot!!! I love it so much! Till next time :)

[@bartoszmacke3978]

Yo bro! Does phasing work the same way with digital drum sound. For example in 90’ hip hop? Is there any point of doing phasing in this kind of genera? It might be silly question but it is very intriguing. Thanks man, good work!

[@spinlightstudios]

Hey man, depends what you’re working with, if it’s a loop - most likely no phase issues! Sometimes when you combine midi sounds - use multiple snares stacked on top of each other, you will need to flip the phase occasionally to make sure there is no issues.

[@thomaswhudson]

I posted yesterday, another video and if you have one already that covers this let me know. A full mix from start to finish for punk mixes, not metal. I am trying to not use samples. I would like your take on this, typical eq for each, etc. I also use UAD Console as I was using LUNA before primarily but I am trying to learn logic as well. Thanks much man, appreciate it, your vids are nice and fresh.

[@spinlightstudios]

I’m planning some more mixing vids soon! Just takes a lot of time to make them 😂

[@seanduckeye]

Drummers perspective for sure! On a side note, do you always pan you Overheads and Stereo rooms around +65, or is it what suits the sound?

[@spinlightstudios]

I’d say 8 out 10 times i hard pan overheads and the other times do 50% for a narrower sound. Depends on the song really

[@ElectronicsGuy666]

Very good video, helps a lot with figuring out weak sounded drums. One trick I figured out is an eq on the master track; create a low pass filter and set it around 300-500hz. It’s way easier to hear/feel the low end if there are no highs distracting your ears.

[@spinlightstudios]

Will have to try that out! Thanks

[@joelvandam]

The main reason to always mix from the audience's perspective is that everything is used with video these days. If you're doing any form of marketing for your band, you're posting videos of the drummer playing with the final mix. You want the audience's perspective.

[@spinlightstudios]

Yeah I suppose it depends if you need that visual line up. Plenty of times I’ve use audience for drum covers for this reason. In the end it’s all preference anyway.