Get HUGE Drums with This Compressor and Distortion

In this video, producer & engineer Will Yip (Turnstile, Menzingers, Panic! At The Disco) shares his two favorite plug-ins for getting larger-than-life drum mixes.
Learn more about the plug-ins used in this video:
Empirical Labs Distressor: www.uaudio.com...
Thermionic Culture Vulture: www.uaudio.com...
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[@ChaseLoweMusic]

Think those are the best raw drum recordings I’ve ever heard. Holy shit

[@Schnacks_Beat_Lab]

Thanks for sharing your info! So May people are so secretive about their mix technique that videos like that become rare. Kudos to you and I’ll give these a whirl and see how they sound!

[@llgms]

Why is the culture vulture GUI so small?? :D Universal audio wake up, resize your guis

[@SkyAvila983]

Sounded better before squashing them.

[@CollinLaBrosse]

I like the after

[@zooby11isbambam]

Way too much room for my taste. But the plug-ins sound amazing!

[@keith_hudson]

Wow those raw tracks are absolutely phenomenal.

[@elkolo2857]

Please link the input with the output on your plugins!!! Most of us are using the plugins with a mouse (not 2 hands). Setting up the input and then after the level change setting up the output is not ideal… i only wanna hear the difference not big level changes.. The 1176, distressor, the tape machines and more would benefit soo much with this feature!

[@tekis0]

That's a great idea!

[@matthiasgehrmann1573]

totally agree !!!

[@MarkFonsecaMusic]

Yeah man. This is great. Love Will Yip! So good.

[@krisbooth8441]

Huge fan of Will's productions. He's done a great job at giving great underground bands a proper showcasing via fantastic recordings. Bands like Title Fight, Turnover, etc never really had great sounding records before coming to Will. I think this is proof that plugins, mixing, etc is great, but most of it comes down to capturing great sounds and performances. The dry drums already sound fantastic.

[@kurdtjohn]

No fucking doubt. I never heard a badly-produced song from Will Yip. He really didn’t have to over-compress everything to get a good sound.

[@tekis0]

It's hard to judge the processing with such a large jump in volume! Please show us what it sounds like at "unity gain"?

[@NoOffensePies]

I mean the whole point is to squash the shit out of it so you can safely increase the volume. I will sound and feel louder, even without extra make up gain. I don't know why people say this in every fucking demo, but it is literally the point to crush drums.

[@torocruz1192]

@@NoOffensePies😂 No is not, when I match the levels 99% of time I listen and think wow this sounds muddy, or cloudy or fuzzy or too distorted etc You don’t let the volume distract you from the sound

[@jimhardiman3836]

How many do feel about Dyna-mite? It really allows drums to stand out on a dense mix.

[@blobbitty]

Lol the drums sound so processed raw.

[@davidbrown7269]

Thank you! I'm a drummer recording as a hobby. This will help a lot. I've got mics everywhere and it still sounds like crap.

[@robertoferrarini7153]

Thanks, however it would be better to hear/evaluate the difference at the same volume level.

[@henriquematias1986]

would be nice to have a/b comparison with volume matching!

[@christiannilsen2835]

What is the main dugferemce between Distressor and Fatso?

[@amazeus1980]

Wooow 😂 Im not impressed…seriously.

[@ikigai47]

I actually thought the raw drum track sounded better without tweaking

[@ArtVandelayLTEX]

Love seeing Will Yip on here. He's worked on some of my favorite records of the past decade.

[@DamnCam.]

What’s your take on the Xtressor version?

[@katielowen]

Are there kick and snare samples in this mix? Absolutely huge room sounds!

[@CarlosSanchez-cq1lf]

Will Yip is da boss! love his drum mix's

[@Amish6Stringer]

Ahhh The menzingers! Fanboy x1000 on will and that band. Thanks for all you do!

[@danielkisel5661]

I'll jump on the spark bundle train when DBX160Vu and Neve 33609 will be added to the bundle

[@nobirdsnomasters]

natural but huge sounding drums, love his productions

[@Numocron]

Wow man this sounds amazing I love it.😃👍❤️

[@hyoziisora]

One of the best UAD compressor plug-in. DAE-BAK!👍

[@billyhughes9776]

I recently tried the Culture Vulture on a drum bus of a song I was mixing and really liked the results.

[@UniversalAudio]

Indeed, it's a MUST have!!!

[@kristianalexanderpedersen7382]

@@UniversalAudio yes, the hardware is

[@marc-andrebeaudet6040]

Shells and cymbals were recorded separately, right?

[@davearooney]

Looks like just the Crash cymbals - ride, hats and OH are all being routed to the shells bus with the distressor and CV. Good catch!

[@davearooney]

Actually, event he cymbals bus being fed by 3-4 is getting some bleed when the overall kit is playing...

[@marc-andrebeaudet6040]

@@davearooney You can hear in his Snare mixing video, when the snare is soloed that there are zero cymbals. They're recorded separately. That's how he can lean hard on his room mics without the cymbals being trashy

[@youowemeapony]

He let that slip on the URM podcast, and instantly, I was like “duh”.

[@kingech_B15]

That Ultimate 2 bundle deal is looking pretty good.

[@UniversalAudio]

Indeed!

[@kulakver9750]

uad spark :)

[@bigrivermedia762]

Awesome. More content like this please!

[@codyratley92]

okay WILL we know you have more secrets. cough em up

[@rumy6871]

I like the saturation but the compression makes the snare drum painful to listen to.

[@wyrlismike]

of course his raw tracks sound incredible, they sure dont sound like the ones im handed to mix

[@cryptokingz615]

Awesome video! Will we get these with the Spark bundle soon? ;)

[@UniversalAudio]

Sorry Crypto Kings, we can't comment on any future developments or releases. We appreciate your interest though and encourage you to stay tuned.

[@sadkebab]

@@UniversalAudio I personally can't wait for all the UAD compressor plugins to be available on spark :) I just hope it won't take years because I am having so much fun just with the 3 compressors released to date in the Spark bundle ahahah. Honestly, I think it would be a great PR move if you guys disclosed to the Spark community at least a vague roadmap for future releases, maybe avoiding planned dates if you don't feel sure about development time, but just tell "we are working on a, b, c and after that there will be x, y, z" and so on. But congrats for delivering Spark on Windows for fall (just at the start of it, even) as stated since the beginning. I work in software and, in general, it's kinda rare to see a company match their publically released deadlines nowadays so it makes me think the development team is taking it very seriously to do the best they can!

[@AtharvaMusic1]

Stop talking and let us listen to what's happening

[@polliwog4693]

Why isnt this in the spark plugins! I need this.

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

The processed mix is louder, it always is in UAD demos

[@tekis0]

Exactly! How can anyone tell what's going on?

[@shayeasy]

@@tekis0 you can still hear differences in tone and dynamics even if it’s slightly louder. it’s not louder by much and not like they are just fooling people with sounds that are only louder and not otherwise different or better.

[@michaelsnell4187]

But what’s the peak level difference? Surely a gain in the loudness department is part of the appeal of this process?

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

@@michaelsnell4187 What you say is true, *however* in these comparisons, louder is always perceived as better (within reason). Even if the sounds were identical and one was a notch higher 99% percent of brains would perceive it as fuller, more impactful etc. These are promotional videos, and I can’t believe they don’t give the ‘after’ output control a little nudge. After all they could carefully equalise the volumes of before and after if they wanted to. My point applies to every plugin that’s promoted in these videos

[@andrewpolzin8489]

Louder = sales

[@JoeyFTL]

Since you don't seem interested in releasing a USB version of the Twin X you could at least drop some info on Spark for Windows. Fall is 1/3 of the way through...

[@UniversalAudio]

We're getting super close!!! BTW, Fall starts Sept 22nd.

[@pdf_093]

Damn, this is exactly what I was looking for.

[@UncleG0]

awesome сompressor😍UA OneLove!💪❤🌌

[@africanrevolution3551]

Thanks for the tips Will...thank you!!!!

[@ghastlyshimmer]

Peripheral Vision drum sound is fking amazing.

[@alexyoungbased]

please add these to Spark!

[@CoreZeroStudios]

Thank you for this!

[@RETCHED-METAL]

Nice tones.

[@blissfulhumanoid9536]

Cool stuff

[@ShredderEdd]

Good stuff bro! Thanks

[@DanielHodotcom]

Wow! Wonderful sound

[@ZeroGITC]

Thanks, Will and UA! Will is an excellent engineer and teacher.

[@RolandDeschain1]

So is the distressor sent to the entire drum buss, or just to the shells and rooms?

[@kristianalexanderpedersen7382]

only the vocal

[@davidmaraisthecampfireguit2596]

Awesome!

[@MR_Cellarpop]

Thanks

[@UniversalAudio]

🥂

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Lol i was doing the same stuff with the Distressor without knowing it was a technique

[@gh0stransist0r]

holy crap, leave the drum alone! it sounds so much better before

[@theripper8441]

Snare was completely ruined

[@f0kxi]

Thank you Will