Comments on: Mix Recipes: Snare Drum EQ and Compression

By: online mastering

online mastering — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:06:28 +0000

Nice info there, one of the best eq’s is moving the microphone before you press record. Great to list a decent frequency list in there. cheers

By: bvesco

bvesco — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:41:35 +0000

Yes, the drum sounds in drum plugins like that often are already quite processed. One of the reasons I really like Jamstix (by Razoon) is that the drum sounds are a lot more raw like a well recorded (but unmixed) track.

By: artrimino

artrimino — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:29:53 +0000

I am new to home recording. I use sonar 8.5 producer and for the drums I use SessionDrummer 3. I tried to follow your examples above as a starting point for drum EQ and compression but the result is quite disappointing. Could it be that the sounds in Session Drummer 3 have already been equalized and compressed and need no extra EQ and compression?

Thanks a lot for your advice

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:26:25 +0000

Fantastic information, thanks a lot!

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Thu, 20 May 2010 21:35:18 +0000

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By: bvesco

bvesco — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:51:31 +0000

Try a low pass filter (removes all high end) on all the spacial effects to keep the initial snare sound “up front” in the mix. You can also try putting the effects 30-70ms after the initial snare sound instead of right on it (you can do this with an aux send where the first effect is a single slap delay with 100% wet). Also try compressing the principle snare sound unnaturally to increase the sustain and make it thicker. You can do this by tuning the compressor release time to be quicker than normal so the compressor is turning the snare up louder as it decays.

Good luck!

By: James

James — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:09:58 +0000

I have a typical issue with snare(May be not), I am using cubase essentials, Ez drummer as my DAW and drum sampler.
I am mixing a Ballad, i wanted my snare always to stand out with long delayed reverb effect tail and crisp.
The snare with added delays and reverbs sound good in solo but when i remove solo, the effects get lost in the mix and instead of making it prominent that snare get either dull or very sharp in the final mix down !! never stands out ,…same goes withe toms…i want a roomy feel like November rain to my Ballad…but thet snare and the toms dont sound the way i want, or the way they sound in NOVEMBER RAIN

By: ORRIE VIGIL

ORRIE VIGIL — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:37:03 +0000

Love your way of explaining compression and eq. It really helped me as I try and navigate this world of audio. Thanks and keep up the most excellent articles! PEACE

By: Celso Ahnert

Celso Ahnert — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:37:20 +0000

hey bvesco…

I’m a drummer from Brazil, and I just started doing some recordings in my recently set up home studio. In the beginning I’ll focus on recording drums and in the future try “the rest of the band”.

These infos here are REALLY helpful, great starting point. I made some takes and used the recipes as a guide and the results were quite good.

Keep up the great job you’re doing

Cheers

Celso

By: Nedžad

Nedžad — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:51 +0000

Interesting approach!
i like the “adding frequencies” way of thinking.
Thanks!