Entirely Free Metal Mixing With Reaper 2023 | Tutorial & Template Download

[@happymradrian]

1:52 - Drums 3:53 - Bass Guitar 5:38 - R Guitars 8:25 - R Master Track 10:18 - L Guitars 11:14 - Vocals 19:34 - Master Track

[@resington]

Cheers dude 👍

[@reyalejandrocalafellvaldes9640]

I cannot understand why you dont have 100 000 subs on youtube. You are the best free pluggin youtuber in my opinion. Most underrated channel here. Great job brother.

[@resington]

Cheers man very much appreciated! Maybe if I showed my face and had pink lights behind me.. maybe that would work 😁👍

[@samuraiowlmusic]

@@resington and you have to make a super exaggerated face and go "OH MY GOSH GUYS WHAT" every time something sounds mildly interesting

[@LordElgor]

I subbed because of this comment

[@throughtheforestoftime]

Thx for this template, we used it on our latest song "IGNITE" that you will find on our channel. I just switched the drum to GGD OKW Metal, the bass to NSD Parallax and the master to STL Controlhub Will Putney modern 🤗🤟🙌💪

[@marceloharguindey159]

Best metal teacher ever!!

[@resington]

Thanks Marcelo!

[@sludgebucket3042]

This track is sick... glad youtube suggested it to me

[@musicsurfandrats]

I was expecting to see something crazy and find out the reason why my mixes dont sound this great, looks to me as if just a few quality tweaks instead of too much stuff does the trick. I love it I wish so hard this would be done in cubase, but I downloaded it anyways and I'll try to analize it to learn. So thanks and by the way I think the music is very good too and I don't say that often loved the singing bit .. no tuning ?! well lucky you ! nice one and thanks!

[@resington]

Cheers dude and glad it helped.

[@deannash]

Can’t thank you enough for this man. Absolutely slamming! After being in bands that have recorded on and off for years and recording demos on my phone in GarageBand I finally took the plunge and got a small amount of gear. Reaper is awesome! Between yourself, Adam Steel and Glen Fricker I have learned a hell of a lot of stuff I wouldn’t have known. Seriously man, thank you for sharing.

[@resington]

No problem dude thanks!

[@OldManTenno]

This has so much bite. I love it! 🤘🏼 You are a true gem to the community.

[@AravKrishnan]

Super insightful dude , well done! Your mixes are always slamming haha

[@resington]

Cheers man as always hope it's useful!

[@bruisebrothers5405]

Thanks for this! Helped me understand EQ and compression better, now I’m cranking out demos and they sound great!

[@resington]

That's great man!

[@noompsieOG]

Wanna share ya demo's with me? I got a bunch myself if ya keen to swapskinski3s

[@shardzkaylar]

Yet another slamming demo, awesome rundown and very insightful commentary to the best mixes on KZbin! I've learned more from your channel in one hour than the entire Internet in six months. And those riffs, though. You're like a volcano of creativity. 🌋🔥 Thanks so much for sharing your template and taking the time for the walk through, this is just the best Friday gift ever!

[@resington]

As always Shardz, thanks very much appreciated! I wanted to explain things as clearly as I could here.

[@Hosenfan1982]

i rarely comment on videos, but i'm so thankful for the template! we've been using it for every new song / demo since i found it. keep up the good work dude!

[@ChugDealer]

This is awesome man, cheers!! 👍

[@resington]

Cheers man hope it's useful!

[@ChugDealer]

@@resington It certainly will be. I'm gonna have to give Amped Roots a shot too. I think I tried it before and then forgot about it, but it sounds amazing here!

[@rha9779]

Great! As always you don't overengineer your template in comparison to other youtubers! Simple and still great sounding. My new go to template! I will replace the drums and the Rhythm guitars though (don't like the high end of amped roots). Thanks!

[@resington]

Thanks man! Roots needs those mics away from the centre a fair bit to mix well.

[@rittis013]

Not only here to get free stuff but to learn your insight is something I'm appreciated you for, Thanks a lot.

[@resington]

No problem dude thanks!

[@divineslaying4862]

Dude you are the reason i can finally understand mixing. Been watching endless ggd videos which are also great, however for a beginner like me they are just too advanced for now. Keep up the good work man and thank you so much!

[@resington]

Cheers!

[@selsoundworks]

Sounds sick! And the detailed comments are on point, as usual. Thanks!

[@resington]

Much appreciated!

[@supervillain2482]

Was working outdoors the other day at work as per the usual and a car at traffic lights pulled up pumping the shit out of a song, i for some reason knew the melody but couldnt put my finger on it. Low and behold it was the chorus of this!

[@resington]

Really! That's awesome.

[@neptun3189]

That last bit had some fucking erra impulse album vibes. Brother I am here for it

[@edwardborgoary7925]

I sincerely thank you for this man!!...I have used your template in my first ever mixing and mastering!!!!....I did not change anything just added a HeadCrusher on drums (thanx to Black Hole Studios for that) and I did a slap delay and reverb sendson the vocals ... It was not a metal song but lets say a hard rock with Indian style vocals.. It was wonderful... I will always be thankful for this...will be using this always .. Stay blessed brother......peace Oh Yes..I don't have a Perfect drummer ..I could not get good sound from Perfect Drums Player.. So I used MT drummer 2.. Thanx again

[@resington]

Cool! No problem man. Send a link..

[@edwardborgoary7925]

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[@floluna363]

Song is another banger dude! Also I appreciate you for all you pit in I still use your old templete with some tweeking but this one is awesome thank you

[@Aphelliumband]

Thanks a lot man! This was really helpful!

[@resington]

Glad it helped.

[@freddyrock]

Awesome stuff, thank you! Liked and subscribed.

[@resington]

Thanks very much appreciated!

[@dylanrobert5674]

Fantastic! i remember watching your mastering video years ago and helped %1000! this will definitely help me move forward! massive thanks from new zealand

[@resington]

Cheers from England!

[@ajazahmed111]

Great post. Sorry for asking stupid question, is there a template for hard/heavy rock for reaper.

[@resington]

Thanks. Just metal sorry.

[@KaiDown]

Appreciate all the love for Amped Roots, thank you! 🙏

[@unforgiven5858]

You've helped me a lot with getting my mixes where they need to go, just need to con you into soloing on my album now....

[@SamirPatnaik]

absolute professional

[@PoopilussMcDoopiluss]

I came her for a new idea for a template but This was a fantastic tutorial. I actually learned a whole lot thanks man! Gonna start implementing these tips asap! The song actually slays too man you just got a new fan of both your Channel and your Music!!

[@Drumming_Monkey]

Damn those riffs are filthy as fuck. This tutorial was pretty much exactly what I was looking for (maybe a bit quick here and there but that's on me and my very beginner knowledge of frequencies and EQs) Thank you very much and Cheers from Germany. :)

[@resington]

No problem dude cheers!

[@bricklayerstudios9734]

thank you so so much!!! im new to mixing and i just started on my hobby project i doing at my home studio and i had no ideia where to start from, your tutorial is really pratical and understandable for noobies like me. you sure will be credit at the end of my project

[@resington]

Glad it all helps dude thanks.

[@lunatichomestudio6310]

Nice! Magnificent Work!

[@cthulpaspawn]

Good stuff, this is a great video!! Quick and super effective mix. I think you spent just the right amount of time explaining everything along the way. I really dig the bass tones. Love to see airwindows on the Master haha, he has some really nice plugins. I'll check out the template fsho!

[@resington]

Thanks man much appreciated!

[@andrewbradford6520]

Thanks for the tip been wanting to make some drums to play to on PC for the first time and this was very easy and helpful

[@OmegaStationMusic]

Great video, I appreciate also all the explanations you shared! I used a lot your first template (2020 if I recall correctly), nice to see an updated version.

[@resington]

Cheers man always appreciate your comments!

[@dandroback]

I loved the results with this template. Thank you for all your help!!! 💪

[@resington]

That's great man, no problem!

[@benjaminbovay10]

i can't thank you enough for all the help you've given to me with your Reaper mixing template ! My project made a huge step up since 2020 partly because of you 🙏🙏🙏

[@kenweckhuysen9264]

Great template great help in getting better mix for the hobby band enthousiast thx to this I can finally make good prof sounding mixes...

[@kenweckhuysen9264]

Question: what midi pack did you use for the drums? Or did you program it yourself? I have the metal song midi pack from Xln audio but when I use the samples with perefect drums they sound weak and small and increasing velocity does make up for it compared to your midi pack ? Thx

[@Gaming4Life--]

Amazing tight sound 🤘👍

[@dianyuliansyah7766]

Thank you for all of this!! You're a generous gentleman

[@cmd_f5]

Great stuff! Your mixes always smash 🔨🔨

[@resington]

Cheers Chainsaw!

[@James-o1w5h]

Ahhh you made my day! The growler is a good option for the next one

[@resington]

It is and would have tried it on this but got this done before it came out. Cheers!

[@Victorhalldin]

100% what I was looking for. Thank u so much :)

[@resington]

No problem dude!

[@RaceForFadio]

Awesome Video as usual. Cheers

[@maraudermusic2714]

Slamming track as usual!! I am in Linux and doing it all in Reaper thanks to you and your videos! Also Ugritone and Assault Audio support Linux too. You rock dude!! Big fan.

[@resington]

Thanks dude!!

[@MaxNMyles]

Great lead sound

[@resington]

Cheers!

[@daysofrevenge]

this is the tone I want...awesome sir...🤘

[@blackholestudios9284]

Dude you rule. Great video and such an excellent song. Thanks!

[@resington]

Thanks!

[@RockPresets]

Nice Work!!! I Love your youtube channel!!! Thanks from France!!!

[@resington]

Nice one Cyril!

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

wow... sounds killer!!

[@buddhaclausstudios6762]

Sean Pandy drums sound pretty natural. It doesn't have cymbals, but I mix it with MT Power Drum Kit and I get really good results.

[@rubenmedina5050]

Good video, excellent information 🤘

[@pjrodz]

Thank you for this, man! Really helpful!

[@resington]

No problem

[@peeweesermon2231]

This is amazingly helpful, thank you!

[@WrathVictory]

THIS is so Fantastic. Love to come over to your channel and just feels like we are hanging out. Amazing sounds here for FREE!! How good are the Resington clean vocals by the way!! Trailblazing stuff 🤘😃

[@resington]

Cheers Sir Wrath!!

[@dare2liv_nlove]

Awesome lesson as usual Resington, comment for the algo! Too bad i am using the Tracktion Waveform 12 Free DAW (which is awesome too, for a beginner like me, but severely underrated) so i probably can't import templates, but with everything clearly laid out in the vid, shouldn't be too hard to replicate! 😊

[@resington]

Awesome yeah man same settings should apply and set volumes to taste. Cheers for watchin.

[@vejichan]

awesome template! thank you. Are there anything similar to NOamp for mac users?

[@resington]

Hey man. I would go for any British sounding distortion. Nalex crunchman say going through my psycho ir pack maybe.

[@jeffbridges6110]

Great video. So many people think you need to spend so much money on plug-ins in order to achieve a great sound. Simply not true , and you show that in this video.

[@Project-SILA]

Great video, your vocal chain is very interesting, i'm taking singing lessons and soon i think i will be ready for the very first record of my voice hahahaha. This video will be a really good starting point for the process of the voice.

[@resington]

Great dude let me know if it works for you.

[@MrOscyn]

Awesome channel. Keep it up my friend. Thank you for the showing us the mix, no channel-shows this detail step by step. For those how are learning. Cheers! What mic do you use? . Great demo song.

[@resington]

For this, Marantz MPM 1000 condenser. Thanks very much dude!

[@ayeapprove]

I recognize so many plugins you're using - we're thinking alike :D

[@resington]

They all do the trick don't they!

[@resington]

I saw you use mojo on the guitar bus, cool idea.

[@ayeapprove]

@@resington yeah but only because I already use saturation plugins on drums (headcrusher free lol) and bass (bass professor mk II)

[@kmguitarriffs]

Thanks a lot for this.

[@Tylerbag]

These videos are amazing! So helpful. I gotta ask you, do you use the panda sound project sessions?? If so what are they like?

[@resington]

I don't didn't really fit my way of working. They sound great tho.

[@Tylerbag]

​@@resingtonAh fair enough. I got the full version of perfect drums couple of days ago since watching your vids, they're awesome! Just right for the sound I'm going for. Thanks for the reply and the great content you post man, it's awesome 👍🏼

[@maplefoxx6285]

awesome video, thanks

[@marceloharguindey159]

Way to go man!! F*ck*ng way to go!!

[@aleksandarstamenovic4466]

thanks man 👍👍🤘🤘

[@tuckerdawson]

Just the right amount of sound difference for the next project I’m gonna work on to change it up a bit. Resington do you recommend panda sounds on like their riff bro kit?? They seem really high quality.

[@resington]

Riff bro kit is great. Bit more snap to that one.

[@DANBURKLOW]

Awesome mix! Could you create one with some October Ends bangers? I'd suggest Dark, Play Time and Destroy Us All!!!!

[@gurumajuindonesia]

missing the stems .. I love your work man!

[@resington]

Thanks. No stems included, just a template.

[@AleArzMusic]

This video should have millions of views. Something's wrong with the algorithm.

[@resington]

Thanks Ale!

[@AleArzMusic]

@@resington actually, I stopped playing and composing a lot of months ago, but your video somehow sparked the will of making a new album. Thanks

[@AleArzMusic]

Just wondering, the ReaStream plugin at the end of the master chain, what is it?

[@resington]

@@AleArzMusic it sends all the audio from reaper to OBS. It's a bitch to setup haha.

[@AleArzMusic]

@@resington ohhh got it, thanks. I thought it was something to shape the tone, not just an aux streamer Thank you

[@Kainan2]

Thank you for posting the links! ═╬

[@diostaylow]

sick! i just wished you pulled up the faders too .

[@thecuchords]

Amazing mix.. Could you make one and put in some October ends tracks? Dark is my favourite one and then Play Time, Devil's Den as well !!

[@resington]

No idea what that is dude sorry haha.

[@kayd_terroraze]

Awesome video! I'm interested though, if you're doing more of a deathmetal vibe and using more high and low screams Specifically where there's a difference in volume between the screams (my Mids and highs are very loud, but the lows are a little quieter) How do we deal with that?

[@resington]

Hey man I hear ya! I tend to tackle that at the source. Moving the mic until it hits right. Highs, I'm moving the mic further away or slightly to the side. Lows I'm closer. When I doubt though automate or adjust clip volumes.

[@kayd_terroraze]

@@resington ah I see. I was doing a live one take, but honestly the compressor sorted it out pretty perfectly. Now my Mids a highs cut through great and the lows are basically the same volume but kinda blend a little more Which is great for the gutteral lows and stuff What is automate?

[@conorsefton6819]

Morning sir. How would I go about swapping out the FX on the rythm guitars say for another amp/cab option? How would this change in the mix? What parts of the EQs etc would I need to alter? I know its something I should have to do myself but really clueless around this ! Also, if I wanted to add one or two more lead tracks without over doing it in the mix? Would it be a case of simply lowering the volumes of the extra lead tracks? 🙏

[@resington]

Hey man! I would simply use your ears for the guitars. A B them endlessly till it sounds good to you. The leads yeah either do that or lower the volume of the rhythm guitars during the lead. Adding more leads, lower the rhythms even more. Hope that helps.

[@conorsefton6819]

@resington top man thank you! What you mean by A B them? Sorry!

[@resington]

@@conorsefton6819 compare them back and forth

[@balintheizer]

Thank you very much for this amazing template! I am trying to use it on a Mac. It works perfectly, except No Amp plugin, since it's only available for Windows. Can you recommend something else to replace this plugin? If I understand well, this plugin is only used for bass distortion.

[@resington]

any kind of marshall type distortion, maybe nalex crunchman would work.

[@saitenkiller]

Amazing stuff again. Thanks a lot for this! You should make a collab with Bobby from Frightbox Recording. You guys have very similar approaches to things. :)

[@resington]

Haha he's a great mixer and probably actually has studied this stuff. I'm all trial and error. Cheers!!

[@CollapseWithin]

I got a question. How did you layer the clean vocals? Did you just sing the same line in the same note? Or you harmonized it by the minor or major 3rd?

[@resington]

Hey man, just 2 takes, same note. I'll do whatever works for the song, if this was a full song I'd probably have more harmonies later in the song maybe.

[@deeforty]

Hi mate ,first off this is great ....i have a question, which tracks should i have stereo and which mono? It looks like your guitars are stereo here ....ive been recording for a while and im struggling with getting this sort of loud in your face sound , any help would be much appreciated, getting abit frustrated to be honest.cheers.

[@resington]

Cheers! Drums are stereo. That's default with most drum plugins. Everything else is mono. Panned left right, left or centre. The guitar bus track is stereo though to allow both panned guitar to not sum to mono. Same deal with the vocal bus. All the master track plugins are stereo and that's default I think with most of those.

[@deeforty]

@@resington thanks for the reply ...I have everything going through busses ,but I think my problem is the master track isn't stereo , I've spent a fortune on pro equipment and yet still sound flat and lifeless , I really want my mixes to pop , do you offer any sort of lessons on what to actually do ? Like I say I'm at my wit's end and spend all my free time on my passion which is music and aren't getting very good results,

[@resington]

@@deeforty message me on instagram or bandcamp and lets chat dude. You don't need any expensive gear to do any of this stuff shown here.

[@deeforty]

@@resington ok mate , I don't have either of those things lol...I'm not a social media fan lol , do you have an email? Appreciated mate

[@resington]

@@deeforty Can't post it here but follow my link in the description to my music on bandcamp, near the bottom on the right hand side of the page there is a contact resington, click that and you ca message me.

[@HenrikLien]

Hey Resington.. Love this template for easy mixes! I changed out the perfect drums with Ingram Audio Daddy kit and I love it, but I have an issue: The mastering is 0,1 from peaking, and it sounds to me on different speakers that it's clipping and the wave forms on the master is really ''even out'' 0,1 to peak through the whole song.. (Like really compressed) Do you have any tips for a way too compressed 0,1 master? If that makes sense

[@resington]

I would set the ceiling lower at maybe. - 1.0. Keep an eye on that reduction whatever u put through it.

[@HenrikLien]

@@resington Thanks for reply! What do you mean by ceiling?

[@resington]

@@HenrikLien Ceiling is the level at which the limiter will not let audio past. The audio going into will not go beyond that setting. It might be called something else.

[@kenweckhuysen9264]

Question: what midi pack did you use for the drums? Or did you program it yourself? I have the metal song midi pack from Xln audio but when I use the samples with perefect drums they sound weak and small and increasing velocity does make up for it compared to your midi pack ? Thx

[@resington]

Everything is programmed from scratch.

[@kenweckhuysen9264]

@@resingtonthx , any tips on making the drums sound huge and wide during programming or how I can edit existing midi with that aim ? I did see you put velo very high , but are the other parameters at play ? Thx

[@resington]

@@kenweckhuysen9264cheers, I really need to make a video on this.

[@raulbobadilla1708]

@resington I love your video, im brand new on music editing and excited to start producing. i´ve downloaded the files attached on the description but im having issues running them, would you mind if i ask for assistance on this? i would like to leave more details, if i could dm you in any way that would be awesome. thank you

[@resington]

@@raulbobadilla1708 hi thanks! It's just a template for reaper. No DI or audio files included.

[@helmanfrow]

Good video with the exception of your A/B technique. You always stop the transport and talk between the engaged and bypassed states of a plugin. A/B comparisons are much more effective when you loop a section and bypass/engage without talking. We can all see your mouse cursor. If you want to set it up for the viewers then you can simply tell us you're going to A/B a plugin engaged and bypassed.

[@resington]

The comparison stuff was improvised honestly. I'll take note, thanks!

[@helmanfrow]

@@resington I really did like the video otherwise!

[@GgWhyfye]

I would say 420 to 540 is where things tend to be muddy... This goes for ß instruments and vocals

[@Joeytemper]

Hello. Deadly mix but the wav are not downloading for, just the template with the effects

[@resington]

No wavs dude. Just template.

[@eschaton]

This mix is great. Love the composition too. Your rhythm tone is seriously goals. I struggle with that.

[@resington]

Thanks man, hard to go wrong with a 5150. Keep going man you'll get it.

[@woihoi4901]

1:54

[@lukaspatrick8811]

I see you just affect the bus instead of the individual tracks here. What’s your insight for that? Do you notice it affect the vocals any differently?

[@resington]

Consistency. Levels stay around the same whether it's a single vocal or multiple.

[@felixderkek8553]

thank you soo much for this video but i have a problem, how did you put amped roots into reaper i wanna do that to but i have no idea how do u have any tipps or know other videos that show how to do this ?

[@resington]

In the download there should be a 'vst3' file. Put that in a folder and tell reaper to look for that folder. There any videos on how to use vsts in reaper. If you're on mac I don't know sorry.

[@felixderkek8553]

@@resington okay thank u so much :)

[@snakeeyes3883]

I downloaded the template but I guess it doesnt come with the DI's and vocal recording? I was hoping to compare my DI vs yours so I could mix along with you

[@resington]

@@snakeeyes3883 sorry dude. Just the template with settings on this one.

[@TravisGMusic]

HOW YOU GET THE DRUMS TO PLAY BY THEMSELVES i can press them individally what did you download for the midi automation. should if included that

[@resington]

Midi. It's an instrument track. If you record a few bars on that track. Stop, then double click on that clip you can edit within the piano roll.

[@chopshop777]

Sorry where are the files for bass and guitar ? because right now it just says offline when I download the Resington Template, thanks so much. cheers.

[@resington]

@@chopshop777 it's a template only. No audio files sorry.

[@HarrellB_US]

I’m having an issue getting the plugins period to upload to reaper

[@MRDARK777]

Does this template include both mix and master? 😊

[@resington]

Yes. No DIs or stems though.

[@MRDARK777]

@@resington very good work man

[@resington]

@@MRDARK777 Thanks!

[@James-o1w5h]

Would be very cool if we were able to grab DIs and midi files do have a better idea

[@resington]

Message me on instagram or bandcamp and we could work something out.

[@NiceDumb]

droms

[@musicsurfandrats]

Please excuse this question: I downloaded the template but it has no audio, is it intended like that or did I do something wrong when downloading? Thanks

[@resington]

It's supposed to be empty, it's just a template, no wav files. No worries dude.

[@musicsurfandrats]

@@resington thank you for your reply! For future templates: I think bit of the audio, even just a few bars, would help (me) experience it better , to compare DI volumes and fiddle around with the plugins. This is not to say that I' m not extremely grateful for your generosity, which I am. It's just a suggestion (that no matter how I word it sounds audacious from me). Have a nice weekend and thanks again!

[@landhomer4627]

how to screen record reaper

[@NULLOfficialBand]

When I open the .rpp project all WAV files are not found. Any clue on this? Already updated reapper and installed all plugins

[@resington]

That's how it's supposed to be. It's just a template for you to use, not a full project with wav files.

[@NULLOfficialBand]

Ah okay understand, thanks a lot!@@resington

[@dylanrobert5674]

Where can i find this song at the start?

[@resington]

@@dylanrobert5674 it's called 'Free' and is on the bandcamp link below.