Mixing Live Drums - Into The Lair #85

[@Laserturret]

Alright, I guess I have no choice but to join the chorus of praise and appreciation for you and the Pensado team... Dave, you are an incredible resource. The love and respect you have for the art of mixing and for the people involved is a joy to behold. Thanks dude!

[@burksdidit4029]

I GUESS I'LL LEAVE THE FIRST COMENT, DAVE YOUR THE BEST MY MIXES HAVE DONE NOTHIN BUT GOT BETTER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SHOW!!!!!!!! KUDOS S/o to PENSADO'S PLACE

[@dannyp7546]

Awesome, thanks again Dave. I learned so much by you saying so little, sign of a great teacher

[@johnkasonga6634]

Great sounding drums. Thanks Dave.

[@williamgonsalves4773]

Dave you are a star.

[@rolemodel902]

hey dave, you should fill us in on what you now have in your studio, for gear, and anything we are not seeing in the new room. Thanks!

[@deja0entendu]

Or simply that he was using a CLA preset on the SSL Channel plugin.

[@Genoc1deP7]

Excellent video. Really goes to show how much of an impact parallel compression makes when mixing live drums as well as having them tuned well. Having something sounding good going in means only something better can come out in the final production. Subbed!

[@SeanyStacks]

"got this little vegetable cleaned up like we want it". lol Dave, you have a way with words, and not so bad of an engineer too. lol , You're Awesome!!!

[@TerenceKearns]

Nice tips. Big thankyou.

[@DavidL1980]

wow those drums sound niiice

[@vileprayer]

Dave what's your opinion about the modern approach on mixing (rock) drums using triggered samples? Thank you for your tips

[@pinkfrog3922]

"really not much to it" SURE

[@customdrumtracksonlinedrum4960]

Pensado is the man!!!!!

[@hotcurry99]

Thanks dave

[@Henkkamachine]

Thank you very much! When we're gonna see ITL about your "office" and equipment? :) And are those 550A's your first bought ones which you told about somewhere in the internet? :)

[@mariobravo3756]

The kick drum and the snare sound clean because they were recorded with gate or because they have been sampled? One of the doubts that I have mixing is adding noise gates to the snares and kick microphones...

[@TheIlluminaticorp]

awesome!

[@John-ll2cz]

Is it my speakers or are there reflections on every word he says? It's only bugging me because I can't tell if my setup if bugging out or not

[@bradennorris951]

Think it’s your setup

[@John-ll2cz]

@@bradennorris951 cheers mate, yeah turns out my speakers were about to go Hahaha. Looking for new monitors now.

[@chrisanthony5501]

no, I believe you are correct, there are subtle reflections happening, you have producer ears and they are not your monitors.

[@John-ll2cz]

@@chrisanthony5501 I'm still stuck with these half broken speakers (budget) but that's a huge relief haha

[@LosDelis]

Dave, what do you mean when you say that 800 Hz its the Chris Lord Alge Frequency? thank you! Your show is awesome. Regards from Chile.

[@seanwoods7462]

What is the trigger he added to the kick? 4:36

[@Drfresh1402]

Ok, here is a video that needs to be covered. How do sound engineers stay healthy? Most sound engineers I know get no exercise because they sit in front of a computer all day. I think that is a serious topic for serious engineers. I do P90x in my studio.

[@ProToolsAvidSchool]

Your damm right,,, We should all take at take 1 hour and 30 minutes or at least an hour,, Maybe run, treadmill, give 3 round loops to my park, or something like that, your right!!

[@rist98]

Sit with a good posture. Avoid tensions(like tensely curving your low back) Also, Eat healthy. No fancy diets. Just listen to your body, and pay attention to what makes you feel shitty. And just stay as active as you can. Walk where you can and so on...

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Totally true...they are “office workers”. Life is all about choices.

[@EngeniusBeatz]

i need help setting mix bus compression i never know if the settings are correct any suggestions dave?

[@MichaelEllisOfTenDeg]

800Hz = CLA-Frequency :D

[@MeisterSounds]

It's 8khz.

[@MichaelEllisOfTenDeg]

is it?

[@Martinlgn]

it's 127.359 Hz

[@kevinfrenette9983]

Can somebody explain something to me? If you look closely at the overheads waveform, you can see that it is not symetrical at all vertically... it seems shifted on the positive side... is this DC offset?? or due to a tube preamp or something?

[@lagiator]

I guess, if you listen for example to Green Day's latest album that CLA mixed, you'll hear a low mid scoop on the drums. I guess 800Hz is what he cuts and that's why Dave said that.

[@carlpowell0]

hey everyone any general tips when mixing drums with only 2 mics (kick and overhead)

[@JordonRenn93]

Do you always start with the room/overheads? I find myself always starting with the kick and snare, then I bring in them underneath

[@Jesteminny1726]

Dave, how do you treat an unmixed printed drum track?

[@marcohernandez9674]

So how did the stew come out?

[@GaryGordon773]

Lesson well learned

[@Skwhere]

hey Dave, awesome info as usual, I almost had an mindgasm! so hey, can I send you one of my new tracks for you to mix? thanks! lol

[@livelikekingsuk9489]

so much to take in sometimes its overwelming as im just starting but thanks Dave..

[@TheMattd546]

look through his videos. he has videos on mix bus and parallel compression. create an Aux. and say set the input to bus 1-2. then on all your drum tracks set the Output to buss 1-2 and then Solo Safe the aux. if your not sure how to do that then you don't have to. but once you have all your drums going to an aux and playing through it throw a compressor on there and just bring up a preset of mix buss for drums and play around with there. try some eq. & mess around. let your ears be the judge.

[@DJTrickiMusic]

Thanks a lot for the tip Wesley Snipes's dad from Blade

[@lagiator]

Be sure the drummer is playing solidly and with great dynamics.80% of the sound will come from the source. Experiment with placements to get a good balance. I'd start with 1st on kick & 2nd as overhead looking directly to the snare.EQ the kick mic normally. Then the OH mic. Think as the higher part of the spectrum as OH sounds and the lower one as shell bottom end. Don't boost the low end much as thing will get muddy. Again, if you want to get a good sound like that the performance must be good.

[@cscrignaro]

How did you make the triggered tracks?

[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

Get a trigger plugin and duplicate the kick or snare track.

[@GILLISH]

Be nice to see live drum mix and room mic for a dance song with no help from samples

[@mememem]

800hz is the Iron Maiden guitars frequency

[@Jayrawk]

Send all drums to a buss, put an get 1176 style compressor. Medium attack fast release. Get about 4 DBS of gain reduction

[@HollerAtcherBoi]

The purple mc77 with sidechain at 200hz, followed by an EQ (pultec, SSL, or API) with low and high boosts.

[@Jayrawk]

@@HollerAtcherBoi Wow this post was from 6 years ago. 200hz huh? I love the BX Purple, and I do sidechain, but I usually just high pass the kick, closer to 60 hz. YMMV

[@GuniKalkuni]

This guy is a preset warrior

[@jparkerriffs]

GREEN DAY ALBUM LOLL!

[@justinmccabe7613]

When you're talking about capturing information, I think a better way to say it is to capture an accurate "image" of each sound.

[@grimcharades213]

This boi seem like he’s gonna get taken out by the diabetes