Mixing Secrets - EZDrummer 2 Metal Machine - Cleaner, punchier sounding drums in minutes

[@theadventuresofrussandcoco2077]

I can not tell you how much you helped me. This is the single greatest thing I have seen for making the drums sound incredible. Man, I owe you one. It's coming.

[@RonDonValante]

Thank you SO much for this video dude!!! Definitely helped bring that drum tone to the next level. Used some of your subtle mastering technique with guitars and well and it helped make my mixes sound SOOOO much better!!! You are a treasure!

[@chrisp5529]

drums sounded really good here mate. dig the track too

[@illiwillibilli]

Cool video. Thanks for the help! EzDrummer sounds much better now.

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks for watching. glad it was helpful

[@pogijuice]

holy crap it does make a big difference on the headcrusher. thanks for the free link dude. i was having trouble on how to make my drums a little more louder....

[@akkadianstudios]

No problem. Thanks for watching. It is a great plugin. Always goes on my drum bus

[@pogijuice]

are there any more free links that i can DL for mastering my music like a limiter?

[@Dann_Rodr]

Help me a lot bro! thank you! Cheers from Brazil

[@KondGames]

tmj mano =D...

[@JackGraves]

This has definitely helped my drums! That’s for the advice! Used it on my most recent mix!

[@AndyLarson]

This video has helped me out a lot! U gotta do more!

[@rocktonestudio7925]

I must try...thanks 4 sharing ..

[@TheReverendTholomewP]

Thanks man! That's some golden tips! You're the mvp!

[@MikaTarkela]

Damn that was easy and good! Can't wait to test it tomorrow :) Thanks man!

[@akkadianstudios]

you're welcome. glad it was helpful!

[@rickraydubs]

I had no idea you could do all that within EZDrummer, well shit, something new everyday.

[@Mindorbitofficial]

Great Content, i was just about to give up on searching for some help with the set up :)

[@akkadianstudios]

+Mark Schriever Thanks a lot. Glad it was useful!

[@tnsmmu3269]

I have ezdrummer 2 but I can't find metal machine. Only modern and vintage. Does that need separate installation?

[@AgathiusMusic]

* which has to be purchased separately.

[@RB-pw5ff]

Great Job dude! :)

[@Bones98]

I just routed the Bass and Snare to a compressor and some reverb. That's it.

[@robloyst4514]

Dude! You are great at tutorials, you totally need to do more!

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed them. I've been stupid busy lately but plan to have some more up really soon

[@robloyst4514]

Akkadian Studios still waiting! Lol.

[@tekheadzmusic]

Thank you!!! This helped me out a lot.

[@akkadianstudios]

awesome. thanks for watching! please check out my other videos

[@michaelfrgegaard881]

Thanks for sharing, that was a great help for me. Good sound.

[@gripphillips]

Absolutely awesome sound

[@PluviaAeterna]

GREAT SOUND MAN! \m/

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks. glad you like it!

[@mesabog2]

Why take out the toms? Won't muting them cause them not to sound if the patterns included have hits on those?

[@victorbicudo1374]

uses less RAM

[@ashwanthjerry2210]

sounds killer mate !

[@KwstasKourtis]

Nice video man ! Although it would be nice to hear the track while you were making the changes! By the way sadly the HeadCrusher isn't free anymore :(

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks man. thanks for the tip. that sucks about headcrusher. may have to stick the dll into Dropbox and link to it

[@KwstasKourtis]

It would be awesome if you would do that ! PS: A Bias FX video soon ? :D

[@akkadianstudios]

+Kwstas Kourtis I'll put it up asap and change the description link. good call on bias. anything specific? or just general tone stuff?

[@KwstasKourtis]

I think it would be nice to make multiple videos with tones ranging from blues-rock to metal, heck even djent! General mixing tips would be much appreciated too ! Keep it up man ! \m/

[@akkadianstudios]

Sounds good to me man. I'll be working on a load of new videos soon. I've updated the link in the description for HeadCrusher

[@DrHELL666]

Thanks bro very nice :D badass sound

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks a lot man! glad you liked it. will have some more videos coming soon

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

I'll try this.

[@joshsaloka2788]

Really nice! One question. Can you use these plug ins within EZ Drummer 2 if you don't have a DAW? Thanks!

[@akkadianstudios]

hi Josh. I'm afraid not you will need a DAW. you can still swap the drums around in the standalone version though

[@Straightedge63]

great tutorial!

[@marcisantaarrebola5085]

Hi friend, I also use reaper and I have a problem, not with the sound if not with the crash 2 (the one on the left), how do I do for the short strokes of this crash? so that it does not stay ringing (when the battery stops it by hand). . this with the crash of the right this does not happen or with other libraries does not happen, I have reviewed the drum map and in the gap crash 2 muted does not mute, you know what the solution to this? Thanks in advance :)

[@thevisi0naryy]

Hey quick question, you may have mentioned it in the video and I missed it. How come you load metal machine in the modern set template?

[@akkadianstudios]

hey. for me, loading the metal preset on the standard kit and then swapping out the drums for the metal machine ones is the first step to getting a tighter sounding kit. the other plugins are there to beef things up a bit but the main sound difference between the beginning and end of the video is down to changing the kit round in EZDrummer. thanks for watching

[@thevisi0naryy]

Akkadian Studios why reload them instead of using metal machine originally?

[@akkadianstudios]

The mix within EZDrummer is different. I feel the mix in the metal preset for the standard kit is more punchy when using the metal machine kit parts than it is with the metal machine presets. Give it a try, You will see what i mean

[@thevisi0naryy]

Akkadian Studios Got it, thanks for explaining I get it now.

[@akkadianstudios]

Johan Vidner all the outputs tend to be pre mixed to make it easier to get a useable sound fast at the expense of malleability. this is why the different presets sound different even with the same drums

[@pnsalatah]

useful and easy to do. but, why do you turn down the ride's db? I mean, I always turn up the ride's db about 1/1,5 db, just to hear better the ride sound "kan kan", the bell sound that I loved it!

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks man! glad it was helpful. I turned it down as I prefer the rides from the standard kit, but they are oddly, all the cymbals seem to be much louder than they are in EZX Metal Machine.

[@pnsalatah]

Infact I use metal machine and I ve never hear the lower volume. Well tnx for all, and good work Peace

[@rathertragik]

dude this is awesome the compression and reverb are perfect. ill post a response video using your drums. 2 quick questions..is there a reason you turn 3 toms off? i did it too just to be on the safe side. also, can i then use a limiter on the master bus, or will that be too much compression with headcrusher? thanks so much!

[@akkadianstudios]

Hey man thanks for watching. No real reason for the toms. I just set it up like my real kit. And yeah you can stick a limiter on the master bus. I did another video on how I approach my master bus if you want to check that out

[@kd3852]

this is provokingly good!

[@nicobelmarmusic]

Great vídeo! what is the song of the 6:06? Greetings from Chile

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks man. it's a song I wrote a while back and just used for background music.

[@darksoulmusic6042]

i´m using ezmix 2 with the metal gods extension to get a metal guitar tone.. can you tell me how to process the guitar tone to make it really fat und metalish? :D thank you

[@akkadianstudios]

I will have a video coming soon on how I mix guitars

[@thevisi0naryy]

Great video. Serious question, do they leave these sort of half mixed on purpose in case someone wants to tweak the sound? Or are they just pre mixed poorly? Only reason I ask is because they are marketed as "song ready", so I always look towards the sdx libraries.

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks man. In all honesty, I think the stock presets for the EZXs are pretty good. especially at the price point. for the most part they are song ready and you could get a not too shabby mix just using the EZ stuff (EZDrummer and EZMix). That said i do feel that they lack a bit of punch and character and while there is obviously the functionality for routing out for some more mixing, the Superior Drummer line offers a LOT more options in terms of sculpting the sound. EZDrummer is fantastic for a quick but solid drum tone, whereas if you really want to get in to the finer points of drum mixing, Superior Drummer is a good way to go.

[@thevisi0naryy]

Thanks very much.

[@sebastiandordoni2268]

very good and easy tutorial man, but my kit doesn't sound like this, i made exactly everything here, but mainly the snare doesn't sound like yours at al l:(, could you give me some advice

[@akkadianstudios]

Hey man. Sorry for the late reply. If you want to send me a message on my Facebook page linked in the description maybe with a sound sample id be happy to help!

[@kaonashi4693]

sh*t, so heavy!! Thanks man!

[@jirosaves_theworld]

hii quick question i know maybe its very noob question 1. how you get a clean screen record lol 2. what kind technic you use for write a drum track?? using mouse and keyboard, midi controller like Launchpad or Midi Keys, or software like Guitar Pro?? thanks before

[@akkadianstudios]

Hey man. Thanks for watching. I use this for screen recording sketchman-studio.com/rylstim-screen-recorder/ Used another program for this video that didn't work out so well. but that one has worked great for my other stuff. secondly, I generally just program my drums with keyboard and mouse on the piano roll in Reaper. Sometimes I will use my electronic kit as well (as a midi controller)

[@jirosaves_theworld]

Akkadian Studios so much thank you for your kind answer it help me much to know how you make that drum track hahaha

[@jaliennation9169]

sounds awesome. a few questions of course. is the minimalistic drums something sought after or just preference? what are you using for the guitars--micd amp or ampsim? what are you using on the master bus? thanx for enlightening us!

[@akkadianstudios]

drum setup is just preference. it mirrorsy own kit. the guitars for this are bias fx. I will do another video on the master bus as there are a few things on there. mainly a bit if compression for glue, some saturation and a master limiter. thanks for watching

[@jaliennation9169]

i see. looking forward to that video. also, are your guitars bused or straight to master?

[@akkadianstudios]

I will normally group bus all similar instruments. guitar tracks, bass tracks, vocals etc. guitar bus may have a tiny bit of eq and compression on it

[@robloyst4514]

Akkadian Studios damn! I have bias and never can get a tone like this!!

[@Onlydestroyerv1]

i have ezdrummer 1, does it make a big diference between 1 and 2? and does it works as well in ez1 ?

[@gurlerium]

hi. did you route the drums multioutput mode or just 1 tracked

[@LeeJoRo]

Thankyou so much for this. really appreciate it. subbed

[@Bloodsoaked]

I’ve been using this setup for my Death Metal project and love it. Question: would you normally EQ each drum separately for a real song or do you feel the one EQ cut you made is sufficient enough for an over song mix?

[@akkadianstudios]

Hey. Thanks for watching. For a real drum recording you would probably need to eq each track separately. Ezdrummer is already eqed and compressed anyway

[@Bloodsoaked]

Akkadian Studios I guess I was asking for each drum EQed separately for sitting in the mix better? Not just the sound of the drums as stand alone. Would you EQ the kick or snare or cymbals separately so they would sit in the mix better with guitar, bass, drums and vocals? Or would this setup be good enough to have all the drums sit where u want them to in the mix of a song? Thank you.

[@metallpt147]

Amazing video man! Also, how’d you get that lead guitar tone? Sounds killer

[@DrXaOs]

hi there! is it limites to its won kits and samples? or can i load it with my own samples too?

[@akkadianstudios]

can t load your own samples I'm afraid. only samples from EZX add-ons. however, I will be doing a video soon on how to trigger your own samples from ezdrummer with a bit of routing in your DAW

[@DrXaOs]

ty mate Akkadian Studios

[@alanpitts1514]

Sounds great thank you!!

[@CrimsonHysteriaAsherah]

Now my drums sound so f**** brutal, thank youuuuu!!!!!!!!

[@FernandoGutierrez-wo8tw]

Nice, dude!!

[@Traynoramp08]

My problem is if I m using metal machine and I want to use a example drummer modern bass drum. It only let one bass drum play on metal machine set... And It really let down on how you can only use the extra drummer stock effect on only selected kits.

[@jatna77]

Thanks for this. What is the EQ cut achieving?

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks for watching. it's to cut some muddiness. I generally find 500Hz to be nasty on most drums

[@jatna77]

Thanks, I will try it!

[@juan_albatross]

hi! have a question from my ignorance: why you do use the standard metal and change the pieces to metal machine? does metal machine doesn't sound awesome yet? I know there's 2 questions in one but they're related, thanks!

[@JohnProph]

Im assuming its because he liked the mixer section on the metal one better than the mixer section on Metal Machine. I was guessing that and then sure enough he went right to the mixer section after changing the drums. maybe he already had a template set u on the regular mixer?

[@akkadianstudios]

yeah pretty much exactly that. all the presets in EZDrummer have a different sound to them and I found that by putting the metal machine drums in to the standard kit with the metal preset it gave me a much more punchy sound.

[@JohnProph]

yeah I sort of do the same thing. Pick a mixer that you like then figure out the drums you want. I generally like to use the "original mix" on most of them so I get the most options etc even though its a bit more complicated to setup at first

[@juan_albatross]

aha, now I got it thanks a lot!

[@AlexH8280]

Can I ask why you worked from the standard Ezdrummer 2 kit as opposed to leaving it on the Metal Machine? Did I miss the reason?

[@Danny_Aniss]

The post processing preset is different, when put through the standard kit it's processed like the standard one would be as opposed the processing in the metal machine kit.

[@I-AM-m1u]

I request the preset ez drums please 🙏

[@Bloodsoaked]

I tried this and while I really like it a lot the kicks are a bit too punchy for very fast Blast Beats. The cymbal tips were great and overall very helpful. Thank you.

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks for watching man. Dropping the velocity for the kick notes might help tame it a bit

[@riffsrecords9713]

New mixing ezdrummer 2? ;)

[@akkadianstudios]

got a video on mixing EZX Progressive coming up really soon

[@Novecento]

What's the title of the "neoclassical" song in the background?

[@akkadianstudios]

at the beginning and the end bits with my face on? doesn't have a name. it's part of a tune I wrote a while back

[@Novecento]

Yeah at the beginning! It's such a great theme! Can I listen the full song?

[@akkadianstudios]

It has changed a little since then, but it will be out with an EP for my band coming soon.

[@BassManqk]

Thanks man! Quick and easy tips \m/

[@cellerdwellerstudios870]

Good video man, thanks!

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks a lot. Will have more stuff coming real soon

[@niknitro8948]

Can give the preset?

[@Tweekend27]

Call me a noob but I wasn't aware you could mix pieces from different kits together?!!! I'm making a backing track with 'Rock Solid' but I prefer the ride from the standard kit. It's possible to interchange like that?! Thanks in advance :)

[@akkadianstudios]

hey. thanks for watching. yeah it's really easy. just click on the part of the kit you want to change and click the down arrow next to the orange box. it'll show all the kits you have installed. click the one you want and it'll display all the cymbals/drums in that kit

[@Tweekend27]

Genius!! Thanks heaps for the tip. Great vids, btw. :)

[@robloyst4514]

This needs a preset! Also what ampsim did you use?

[@seven-s]

How to install plugins ? Head crusher ? And other?

[@megadeth1818]

that song sounds really cool what is it?

[@akkadianstudios]

Hi. it's a song from my bands upcoming EP, which should be out around spring 2017

[@dementisband]

EP out yet bro ?

[@phenixreturns]

why did you change the program : metal machine to ez drummer2?

[@metallpt147]

phenix returns isn’t metal machine just a preset from ezdrummer?

[@DundyTM]

It's just ONE program - EZDrummer 2, which use different libraries. "Metal Machine" is a library. There are many, many other libraries out there for EZDrummer 2. You can check them all here, in KZbin. Just search "EZDrummer 2 libraries" ;) By the way, there are even better libraries for metal music than "Metal Machine". For example "Drums of Destruction", "Death Metal", etc. Ofcourse, it depends on what you like, what's your sound. And it's get even better: for one library there are different mixer presets, which change the sound of one library dramaticly. All in all EZDrummer 2 is great. It's worh it. For fast workflow and good sound. And If you want even more proffessional program for drums, then look for the other Toontrack product - "Superior Drummer 3". It's more complicated, but works way better.

[@djhomerecording3072]

i cant instal headcrusher in cubase 5

[@camilo080808]

Do you have your drums in one stereo track or in multiple tracks? Cheers

[@akkadianstudios]

for this, it's all done on a single stereo track.

[@camilo080808]

alright! thanks

[@CrankCase08]

The trouble with selecting the Modern kit is that the mixer is so damn limited.

[@mrgibson]

duuude, they sound killer!

[@ianmacrae2749]

cant seem to stretch window to see fx ect or maximize

[@Eckathor]

I'm gonna have to try this once i get EZdrummer. What tuning are you using for the guitar?

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks for watching! I think this was recorded in drop c

[@JunaidKhan-ef5wo]

Can these same setting be applied on acoustic rock kit to?

[@akkadianstudios]

It's worth trying it out to see how it sounds

[@ibusemesta]

tanks you

[@alfiesolomon3531]

Wow that sounded like some old school Amorphis

[@dannyjdas]

good music and u need to teach me one day johnno

[@akkadianstudios]

+Daniel Astley-Sumner Definitely mate. We will start your lessons soon

[@mtsgam1ng117]

+Akkadian Studios cant wait till we start lessons johno

[@rickydeath3408]

I cannot find the "fx" within my ezdrummer 2. Im using cubase 5. In your vid its the top left corner of ezdrummer 2. This does not show on my setup.

[@johnhruby6205]

Ricky Death maximize the window or grab the side of it and stretch it

[@jeremycastillo4759]

How's the routing for this? Or is it just a Stereo track? Thanks

[@phenixreturns]

answer in the next century lol

[@louysluigi2967]

My drummer 2 doesn't have a genre regge ... why..? and how to get the genre of regge.

[@jeremycastillo4759]

Yeah they do. I have it & it's great.

[@marko3966]

Intro / outro music? Band? Song?

[@vejichan]

HI Can you send me the reaper templete and ez drummer preset for this

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

no, you'll never have it

[@vejichan]

@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 plesee

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 hahahaha

[@lorez6063]

Thanks mate

[@akkadianstudios]

you're welcome! thanks for watching

[@leongrinberg8758]

ez drummer is good sounding in the mix, but i'm still dont like that snare(

[@birdbraINCorporated]

thanks a whole lot!

[@victorbicudo1374]

so many things not shown that can change results drastically. That's the problem with "killer sound ready to go"; there's no such thing. every project asks for different approaches.

[@blinxmusicchannel4016]

two thumbs up!

[@mikelitoris9716]

and thats a sub!

[@litgeeksquadofficial]

Subbed!

[@akkadianstudios]

Thanks man!

[@AdeMDB]

nice!

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks. much appreciated!

[@AdeMDB]

+Akkadian Studios And the guitar and bass sounds? :-)

[@akkadianstudios]

+AdeMDB The guitars are all done with Bias FX and the bass is EZMix at the moment until I've messed about with it properly

[@johntheodorouESP]

Very nice video and very nice sound. Good job my friend !!!!!!!!!TOONTRACK is the best !!! Also you can make a video with "Made of Metal" presets you would help very much. We waiting for !!!!!!!!!!

[@akkadianstudios]

thanks for watching. glad you liked it. sounds like a plan. I will get one done!

[@teukurahmathas3896]

sound is killer...

[@phenixreturns]

try addictive drummer metal pack : amazing toontrack does not reach that big sound

[@unkndude]

Nonsense. Configured all exactly the same way you showed, 1:1 even values and it doesn't sound even close to what's in the video huh

[@Dcj919]

Same thing seemed to happen to me. Went through it a few times but doesn't sound very close.

[@victorbicudo1374]

so many things not shown that can change results drastically. That's the problem with "killer sound ready to go"; there's no such thing. every project asks for different approaches.

[@metalscent]

heavy as fuck!!! Nice!!

[@sotzdrumz4090]

This helped so much, thank you!