Making Records with Eric Valentine - "Mixing Drums"

I dig through all of the mix settings for the drums on another beautiful Greg Holden song called "Save Yourself".

[@glasstubes1]

5:41 kick 22:40 snare 28:07 toms 31:35 overheads 33:40 hi hat :)

[@coleco]

THANK YOU

[@intheblink]

damnthatstite thank you! I watched the whole thing but wanted to go back and review certain sections. This helps!

[@durulseren2134]

Legend

[@TH3M1K3D]

👏👏👏

[@EDEN-LIMINAL]

Thanks!

[@BrofUJu]

I absolutely can't believe these are free. This was fantastic and I'm so excited to watch the others. Cheers!

[@TVGrubLive]

Welcome to youtube bro

[@GraemeWoller]

One of the brilliant things for me about this particular "Making Records..." is the concept "this is a great drum recording, that's how drums sound, but this is what I did to get them to the final mix". I don't think this should go un-appreciated. I've been worrying for years, "my drum recordings are fine into the box, but I feel like there's a lot of work to be done to get them 'finished'. What am I doing wrong?". I also find myself thinking, "are my clients thinking, 'this guy doesn't know how to record drums properly and has to "fix" them with plugins'. This video has really helped adjust my perspective in a very positive way, so thanks for making it available, Eric!

[@alphanumeric1529]

@@DUwins Great advice but with a leviathan of a problem lurking beneath it. And its why I'm still a journeyman producer/mixer after... 20 years. Yeah, you can do what you want to make it sound the way you want, but you can do things to individual elements, tracks, whatever, and those changes can cause serious problems elsewhere. You can basically be creating problems for yourself. And later, when Leviathan swallows your ship whole, you may not even know that you created that leviathan as the ships timbers snap around you. Honestly, I'm a little trigger shy by this point. I see pro mixers and their MASSIVE eq boosts and it makes me sweat. I've become so conservative now. Like I'm afraid to touch the audio, like I want to do as little to it as possible. I try to get what I want on the way in, and from there, I do subtle nudging, gently shading. But my stuff is weak now. I don't know. It's easy advice to give, but difficult to put into practice when the complications of doing what you want to hear what you want destroy your ability to make other elements sound like you want them to sound, and destroy your ability to make the totality of everything sound like the totality of what you want it to sound like. That's my hard earned 2 cents.

[@Sundaydrumday]

you have literally just blown my mind into bits and pieces, what a revolution for bedroom warriors trying to get good drum sounds, you really opened up alot of out of the box thinking with this video and I appreciate it....holy cow I cant wait to start tracking and just start trying different stuff like this....ty

[@mrwev]

Hey All! I found out that Greg did an "Into The Lair" episode with Dave Pensado that talks in detail about their drum recording approach. It is a great way to get more detail on how the drums were originally captured. Check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ranblqOnftyjeJI

[@curighuws15]

Your welcome! ;-)

[@angeloboltini]

I still come back to these videos ALL the time! Something I would seriously pay good money for is a full stream of you mixing a song (or even just drums) live and talking through your decisions. It's already great to see the end result, but seeing the failed experiments involved and listening along to know how far to push things would be amazing. Hope you're well, all the best!

[@CarsonHoy]

6:26 - Kick is from “ Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It “ it’s easy to sample too :)

[@duschwanneeinbauen7208]

Thanks a lot man!

[@davidcotestratton]

anyone have this uploaded?

[@davidcotestratton]

@TENN [e-mail] if you can sirr

[@shackjonz]

Eric is an audio god and this is an incredible gift he’s giving the audio world. Very grateful.

[@williamtell1477]

Eric, thank you so much for sharing this stuff with us. These are always full of solid GOLD information. I would love for you to do some more of these tech talks sometime if you feel it!

[@WillJukedTheBox]

that kick gate key is a great tip. thanks for that, would have never thought of that. genius

[@AndrewBarrMusic]

The FabFilter Saturn trick on toms is next level... holy crap

[@junkawakami3193]

much simpler than adding like 3 or more plugins to get cannon like toms

[@zanepugh2626]

So happy to have found this channel, huge fan Eric. Will be watching all of these vids.

[@intheblink]

Eric, I come back to this often. Very inspiring and so generous of you to share.

[@ritchxmusic]

Best drum mixing tutorial on the internet, hands down!

[@ryrodrums6727]

HUGE. Can't believe I just found this channel.. Thank you, Eric!!

[@jonathanjonophon1364]

This guy seems do be so friendly and good-hearted, I feel peaceful after watching this

[@kevincornell9027]

*clears throat* "Phil Collins record" That made me laugh. Killer drum sound. Thanks for doing these Eric. Seriously informative. You're a mensch

[@BukanIbuMu]

The eq moves are mind-blowing.

[@jordanredroom]

As someone who never worked under anyone at a proper studio and cut my teeth by myself at our project studio, thus causing all sorts of misconceptions and bad habits- not to mention a feeling of being lost..., I can proudly say that this single handedly is one of the greatest helps I've ever had concerning drum mixing. Thank you so much for everything you do, Eric.

[@adamminer5747]

The most informative mixing video I've ever seen. I can't believe it's free.

[@vetra-miga]

after watching this, i hit demo on the UAD distressor, put it on a drum bus and used the settings from this video. i'm laughing at my desk by myself because of how it sounds now. holy shit. i. what. time to spend a week watching all these videos

[@3theorymusic]

THANK YOU FOR THESE VIDEOS! So many gold nuggets of wisdom. I feel richer and empowered!

[@infinaneek]

Best video for drum mixing, and I’ve seen em all!

[@skyhawk498]

If there's one superhero in the industry I've been wanting to study, who's world I've been dying to peek into, it's Eric Valentine. I just discovered this channel a couple weeks ago, and can't believe it's real. Eric, thank you so much for your contribution to art, and for your willingness to share with your community. I can't say I want to be just like you, but the opportunity to learn from an individual for whom I hold such high esteem is absolutely invaluable.

[@troutstudio]

It was a privilege to see a great engineer and musician do his thing. Thanks so much Eric.

[@davidkhammer]

My Brain just cannot absorb so much at one time. need to watch these videos a number of times to gain all of this amazing knowledge. Eric you're a music production genius

[@davideboeuccvalbusa9212]

Thank you very much for sharing these pearls of technique Eric. Very much appreciated

[@lucasproductiongroup7361]

Thank you for your time. Loved your techniques.

[@yarrowharvey819]

I've watched this particular episode so many times. I have gotten so much helpful and inspiring stuff from your youtube channel. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@the_adam_gallant]

Thank you Eric for making these videos, totally inspiring and so very informative.

[@lorenzopellegrini3328]

thank you so much Eric. Keep up the good work, incredibly helpful!

[@thomaswilson6484]

Amazing as usual, you are a treasure.

[@j-snell-callanen26]

This is just unbelievably helpful. I've been working on a drum mix and been stumped as to how to get more life out of the recordings and this has given me so many ideas.

[@blortmcflorgins9947]

So many really good ideas that I will start using immediately. Thank you so much Eric!

Damn Eric, now that I've watched your tutorials I'm gonna have to make the best sounding rock album ever.

[@DailyDrumLesson]

I watched the first 30 seconds of this Video and had to subscribe.. I am a big fan of yours, thanks for doing this!

[@rastislavsumega5510]

Thank you Eric! This is absolutely insane...!!

[@bernardofragale]

One of the best mixing videos out there!!! Thanks Erick, you inspire us! Love it!!

[@colehooey4119]

Love this series! Would love to see something TBS's "Louder Now" album. Such cool sounds on that whole thing.

[@causeunknownmusic1429]

What a great channel. Thanks for sharing the process!!

[@renatopimentel_tmp]

Really Great!!!! I have always liked your mixes very much and I really enjoyed realizing that I think in a similar way when approaching a mix. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so clearly. Really ... thank you very much.

[@MPBigTime]

What an awesome step by step. Thanks for this. Really great tips in here.

[@WEARETHEREGIME]

That was incredible 🙌 squeez’n the juice! Mind blowing techniques to achieve such a rich, thumpy mix. Loved that so much. Thank you

[@adamnewcomb130]

Can’t thank you enough for making these videos Eric! Taking a peak into your process is so incredible

[@Stastylen]

Learning a ton of new techniques! Thanks for sharing your process!

[@yayforme93]

these videos are absolutely epic. Thank you for sharing your thought process and mindset while working. Love learning new tricks!

[@EvanLikesDrums]

I took so much from this video. Has some great tips and when applied in my own way has resulted in a killer drum sound in a track I'm mixing! Big thanks Eric!

[@oceansiderecordingstudio]

Imagine a real star like Eric sharing his secrets to mixing with all of us. So glad I was one of the first to sub to his channel. One of the most talented person on this planet and so humble. Thank you for doing this for us. Cheers from a big fan. I learn so much from your vids. The name of your channel makes so much sense, its not a mixing channel its how you Make a Record channel.

[@nolanneal]

I feel like I need to comment twice... 1. How the ever livin’ hell could ANYONE could dislike this video? 2. This is the best channel I’ve ever seen for what I’ve been wanting to learn! A lot of what I was hoping for was a way to find answers to questions that would save me weeks and weeks of time... like which saturation plug in to use or not use.... or wether or not A/D and D/A would cause degradation in the fidelity.... and many more questions I’d been driving myself crazy with have been answered since finding this channel! Not because it’s the “right” or “wrong” way to do something... but because it’s the “vibe” I’m going for with my kind of production. Thank you, Eric!

[@platosev]

Pure GOLD! Thank you for sharing this, always liked how the drums sounded in your recordings

[@aricmeerbott3323]

Wonderful! You are the man!

[@PluginAlley]

This walkthrough was informative and inspirational, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to share this type of insight! Simply amazing!

[@thomasgilmartin1]

I bought the eponymous T-Ride new in the record store a long time ago and I've been a huge fan ever since. There was an article from the early 90s where it was mentioned that the big music producers were upset because you produced T-Ride yourselves, and they said something to the effect of "Who is this Valentine kid, and where did he learn to get sounds like that?!". I actually saw T-Ride live in a small club in Buffalo way back, and spoke to Jeff Tyson after the show. He was really cool chatting about guitars and such. These videos are fantastic for me; I see your scientific deconstruction of sound as being spot-on. Many musicians go on and on about certain gear and sounds, but have no idea what's really happening to make them sound that way. Distortion on drums = genius!!

[@jamesschaffner1992]

Great. Now I gotta go back and gate my room mics. Awesome video.

[@mokobigbro]

Thank you for doing this Eric! I went to AES NY once and heard your presentation and was very impressed by it!

[@user-ps2vw6hk9x]

Great stuff. Thank you, Eric.

[@salvatoreio]

Thank you Eric! (From Italy )

[@Studio8Recording]

Eric, you are an animal dude! This is such an amazing resource. Thank you so much!

[@thelockdownbroject1032]

Brilliant! Thanks Eric.

[@frankwyatt1982]

i love you mannnnn...just discovered you after watching your interview with warren. that you would take the time to pass on the knowledge you've accrued says alot about you. may god bless you fa dat i know i do. THANK YOU. the best to you and you're family. happy new year from Kansas.

[@nunoandradebluesdrive]

this is a workshop! so awesome!

[@HandsUpDK]

Phenomenal sounding mix. Great content!

[@tomastextor]

Eric, you're the best, thank you!

[@showponymusic]

Awesome! Thanks Eric.

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

Nolly brought me here

[@junkawakami3193]

no wonder he's amazing, he learned a lot from other amazing guys like Eric

[@nenntmichbond]

It's true what they say: "Eric Valentine is your favourite producer's favourite producer"

[@brandonpratt9353]

100% haha

[@TheGarageRecordingSC]

Same 👍🏻😉

[@DaPhunk73]

What an awesome video!! Thanks for sharing all these greats tools and tips!

[@jstek9133]

Thank you Eric 🙏👍

[@sonnybrasco9735]

This is a nice watch for sure!

[@dr.umkit.444u]

Best intro music to any video. Hands down.

[@HubLocationSound]

Lot of respect for how meticulous Eric will go with automation/gating/phase-shifting to achieve what he needs from a human performance. I think many others might be quick to simply mute a track or 3 (perhaps deeming some unusable due to bleed) and then reach for some faux-hawk samples. I believe this is why EV continues to shine above the rest and create organic yet 'modern' sounding mixes. I'm particularly inspired by his use of saturation - works nicely on these mid tempo tunes where there is space for embellished tails.

[@buhlir]

Years later, I am getting really into natural drums sounds, and I am trying to use the dry kit as a reference for the drums im recording,, it is so freaking good dude!, and your mix on it just mad it so explosive, just incredible!

[@EJCAudio]

This video is incredible. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[@acmebrandinc]

Getting Down on some drums today...Thanx for this Primer Eric!!

[@soulflower8687]

this is still the best drum mixing tute on youtube

[@tommckeown6970]

Thank you for the great tutorial Eric!

[@gius_taakstudio]

big upsss . This channel is a dream come true :-)

[@OrangutanTradeSalesmen]

Wow 19:07 sonic white noise distorted groove cleverly adds to the full track once in context. Track sounds flat without it. Listen at 1.5 speed to hear it better.

[@NathanBrown-dk5wh]

I'm so glad I found your channel, thanks for all of your time to teach us these things and making us understand the process properly. Could you also a hip hop one as well?

[@magnuslervikmusic]

I went through this videon in detail on a drum recording a friend of mine did for me. Very rewarding! Q: I would love to see a video where you do a "mix rescue" - mixing drums that are not that perfectly recorded for example. I never have the opportunity to record with the best mics, consoles etc so a common mixing situation for me always means trying to get a good sound from a not so good recording. Would love to see how you work in a situation like that Eric. Thank you a million once again for your videos!

[@Mixnotes]

This is so good. Thanks for making this Eric!

[@coffeejolts]

I heard about this video from Mike Dawson on the Modern Drummer podcast. This is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your process with us!

[@JanPanCygan]

Thank you, so fantastic!

[@drummerjeroensimons]

ERIC, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, CONGRATS FOR YEARS OF GREAT WORK!!!!CHEERS, JEROEN SIMONS, INDEPENDENT, EX-EPICA.

[@drummerjeroensimons]

Why don, t you make a serie of videos for Pro Mix Academy/Warren Huart?? Just my 2 cents man..

[@Jasonweckard]

Thanks for the series Eric, i've learned a lot from this I can use on an upcoming project.

[@halfcabstudios]

Just found this channel. Great stuff! 🔥

[@bocadelobo01]

Amazing video Eric. Thank you so much!!!

[@jrn-arildgrefsrud7003]

Most awesome guy ever.

[@vvessel_]

I was kind of afraid to ''over''use Saturn. This video gave me more confidence. Thanks!

[@0xwessel]

he jij ook hier

[@vvessel_]

@@0xwessel Deze video's

[@danknittel1250]

These videos are amazing! Thanks for sharing your techniques with us =)

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Fantastic!! Killer sound!! 👌 Thank you so much, Eric!! I really appreciate it. You've got a new subscriber. 🙂 All the best!

[@OneFingerSnap]

Just... Thank you!!!

[@anxage__5749]

Brilliant! thanks for sharing your talent.

[@moltasstopyra9406]

Great! I never get the drums to sound right, this helps a lot. Thanks!

[@evanhill9494]

Doc you’re a genius!

[@TrentCrawfordMusic]

Oh man - this was FANTASTIC! Subscribed. Cheers.

[@ericradloff9498]

Bros got a cold. Awesome stuff

[@peoplestemper]

amazing stuff!!!!!

[@roddymacaudio]

Would be amazing if you could share your starting pre-set for your 'tape' setting in Fabfilter Saturn Eric!

[@RoyishGoodLooks]

Fuckin' a! What an invaluable walkthrough. Thanks, Eric!

[@ryanw.richards860]

Great video! I learned a ton. Thanks so much Eric!