Simon Philips Studio trick! (Toto, The Who, Judas Priest)

[@FelipeAndreoliBass]

Awesome!

[@dawnpoint]

Simon's kit works with absolutely any genre. He's a MASTER at tuning and playing.

[@sionjones1675]

this needs to be shown on loop to all those folks who cover their drums in tape and gel!

[@Inverse_Sense]

Glad I found this video and discovered that album! Awesome work!

[@vendavalstudio]

Beautiful...

[@Spoolz07]

This is fabulous. Simon is an incredible performer, and I love the trick of using SPL instead of a compressor NYC-style. Simon has also done a lot of work with the great Alan Parsons, another legend. Thanks for posting this!

[@brysant_]

Simon is a legend

[@FreePluginFriday]

Showing this trick in a video review of a transient designer later today, and I'll tell my viewers to come check this out.

[@RoyPerez-drumnote]

There is also an aggressive compression on the snare sustain, which makes it come up nicely even more.

[@leandrograndi4733]

He talks about his SPL Transient designer in his Produce Like a Pro video. Around 00:39. He loves that gear.

[@FedericoMaracaglia]

Love it! Great tip! Simon’s a beast🤘🏻

[@johannes8526]

Thank you! Very interesting.

[@tuknchuk]

Sub earned just from your mix alone... the high end that you left for us on the China Cymbal is really such a gift and I suspect most mixing engineers would have rolled that largely out or down. Awesome track and an Awesome MIX. Congrats, Ross !!!!

[@collabworship]

Very cool trick! Thanks for the video.

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Simon Philips is wicked god! Great dynamics!

[@FusionHowie]

Thank you for posting this. Please listen to Simon's ghost notes, non-drummers just can't possibility appreciate the difficulty.

[@tube33139]

Stick control mastery right there. Btw, if you like tasty drumming check out Kofi Baker (with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane) on their “abstract logic”’album and Michael Shrieve on Hellborg’s “Octave of the holy innocents”.

[@FusionHowie]

@@tube33139 THANK YOU Its Gingers son! THANK YOU I had no Idea!

[@canturgan]

Nobody cares

[@arjunmenon2815]

Wrong. As a non-drummer I can still fully appreciate his finesse and control on ghost notes, his sticking on the ride, the consistency of his bass patterns, and his "lefty" style on a "righty" kit

[@janseidl5130]

Thank You Fantastic

[@TheMadComposer]

whaaat this is awesome!

[@evanward4303]

Simon's credits also include Jeff Beck (There And Back) and The Michael Schenker Group (debut album), both released in 1980.

[@mikewallace1270]

Tom Lord-Alge does the same trick. There's a video somewhere on KZbin of him at NAMM demonstrating the trick.

[@peterfazekas654]

So you did the dry/wet implementation on two tracks in DAW. Wow.

[@bergerdrum]

This is great, Ross, thank you! Do you think if someone wanted that kind of effect but didn't have the plugin that a similar effect could be had using a tight reverb?

[@RossTheSoundGuy]

It’s similar to parallel compression. See my Marco Minnemann video. 👍🏻

[@langzhaomusic]

Thanks ross!

[@kebybeby]

Well done mate!!!

[@TheRealHucasys]

Damn that Simon......, nice video too ;)

[@HunterOfDoofus]

This is cool but that bass playing is sweet!! Must find this original track!!

[@ericlarkins]

Felipe Andreol's album 'Resonance'

[@TheStudioDrummer]

Excellent trick🥂👊🏽

[@leopoldbluesky]

Nice tip, and great mix... and you didn't try to sell us something! Instant sub 😀

[@lessecretsduson]

excellent one !!!! big fan of Simon Philips and his sound !!!! You replaced the ssl aws by the audient ???? why ??? (no automation, no recall)

[@BassBaseBerlin]

Yeah cool thing! A bit like doing NYC comp on the snare - but not with a comp but a transient designer. Cool idea! I just got a project going, where I will check this with top or bottom snare mic, seems to get really funny. Thanks for sharing this idea! Liked and will check your other vids. Best regards, Stefan

[@dbmdrums1105]

Yeaaaah Kick ass bro! Subscribed

[@langzhaomusic]

Holy shiiiit !

[@timbushong4387]

Yup - great way to squeeze out those overtones.

[@jonautry]

Endless sustain. You could go get a bite and come back and you’d still be hearing that one.

[@mrsecretsound]

Where is the snare mic?

[@billbradleymusic]

Simon is my biggest influence only second to Neil Peart. Obviously due to their skill, but moreso because of their philosophy and way of inspiring a kid that they can do it.

[@synthxt]

Super informative!!! Just left an subscription! Would be awesome if you do an episode on mixing toms!!! Thx

[@langzhaomusic]

Notes taken

[@Jellybeantiger]

First thing I thought of was a transient FX.

[@leonardobucci6801]

Dino jelousik!

[@watsonstudios]

Sounds like Dino J. on vocals.

[@davejohnsonmusic]

So the SPL is applied to a duplicate of the snare top? Killer mix btw. Subbed. YT's algo's worked this time.

[@wolfgangdevries127]

They sure do :)

[@ChristianIce]

I guess you can either duplicate the track with 100% wet fx or keep it a single track and adjust the dry/wet ratio. Personally I would duplicate the track to eq them in a different way, where the dry track can have more hi freq without getting too much bleed.

[@davejohnsonmusic]

@@ChristianIce Yeah, you'd also want different comp settings as well. Probably a longer release on the SPL track.

[@TobiaTesan]

@@ChristianIce You legend. Just wanted to say that.

[@Joseph-xp3hh]

Hey Ross thank you for a grate video ! Big Simon fan .the songs sounds amazing can you please give the Artist name again , Song title, CD ? I Would be very grateful .blessings Joseph

[@RossTheSoundGuy]

Felipe Andreoli - Thorn in our side 👍🏻

[@Joseph-xp3hh]

@@RossTheSoundGuy hey Ross thank you so much for the information on the track .🙏

[@SWATTECHNOLOGIES]

It's not a trick, it's Simon. The "trick" would not be near as effective without his playing style, accuracy, tuning etc. I always say really there are no tricks, but techniques. I, like others have heard "can you make me/it sound like..." and I cut them off before the sentence finishes. Play well, sing well, write well, it WILL fall together nicely. THAT's what makes it "easy" for the mixing engineer. Period.

[@g-love6507]

I don't like to hear a lot of snare ringing overtones .. It can get in the way of other pitched instruments !

[@gregscholes3158]

cool vid! voice sounds overwhelmingly present tho

[@MrE1981]

Choose a surname and stick with it. What is it with these double names??

[@PHELCAN]

Dude your home studio looks insane. What was your journey to get there to that level?

[@michelarnet8535]

We're talking about this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4eqZq2JiKl6jrc

[@fullalbums5675]

the studio trick is parallel compression? wow...

[@modelcitizen1977]

You could easily do this with ducking, no?

[@PavolBrezina]

The real trick is to hire Simon and record him in outstanding recording studio. Everything else is just BS.

[@m1jman106]

That's right,I like his sound with Pete Townsend,analog I would think,awesome drummer

[@m1jman106]

..Jeff beck, space boogie

[@noelghallager4672]

not feeling that snare sound at all

[@darrenapple2200]

I love Simon's playing but the snare sounds way to tight and to the point of where it's choked out.

[@cianciaway883]

exactly my point.. I don't think much of this mix tbh ;)

[@cianciaway883]

mah... the snare is too ringing and has little punch.. the kick is bad.. not to mention the bass all frets and subass and no punch.. but hey

[@JorisGriffioen]

Just a little advice for life in general: saying something is "bad" without qualification makes people dislike you. Especially people who made said thing.

[@ChristianIce]

Like there is a law that forces you to have one single drum sound for evey taste and music genre, and if you don't like it it means "it's bad". :D

[@cianciaway883]

@@ChristianIce you don't understand dude.. this mix is being presented like something at a high level production which is not.. hence my criticism.. taste has nothing to do with this sorry..

[@xavkoston16]

@@cianciaway883 Sound is always a matter of taste ... this snare is well produced, you just don't like the tone and that's okay

[@JPGProducciones]

@@cianciaway883 SURELY you'd do it better, even better than Simon Phillips (yeah, the same that mixed the "25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam" Toto's Live Album) but always you can use your own channel to do and show......but, wait, you have no videos, and no real information...........so basically you're a "who-knows-who" saying something that you can't even get over...Ok! Go on! 👌

[@odmusicman]

It's not a trick, it's Simon. The "trick" would not be near as effective without his playing style, accuracy, tuning etc. I always say really there are no tricks, but techniques. I, like others have heard "can you make me/it sound like..." and I cut them off before the sentence finishes. Play well, sing well, write well, it WILL fall together nicely. THAT's what makes it "easy" for the mixing engineer. Period.