bert wrote on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:25 |
i want my drums to cut better through a mix with a lot of other sounds (guitars, etc.). i guess tape compression would do a lot, but since i don't have a fancy vintage tape recorder, what could help? thanks, b |
dcgzr wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 05:53 |
Chain saw guitar sounds tend to wipe out drums easily. |
wwittman wrote on Mon, 22 May 2006 15:11 |
the things that make drums cut through a mix: arrangement level attack brightness unless the sounds are very rounded off or lacking impact, I'd suspect attack isn't the issue. making them brighter is one thing to try (especially in the upper mids)... but I DON'T think there's a quick "trick" or box that is missing. it's not because they're not recorded to tape, and it's not lacking a Fatso or anything ELSE that specific. the drums cut pretty well on about 100,000 records that didn;t use a Fatso. it's hard to know what to tell you without hearing something, but I can be pretty sure it's not a single, simple answer. |
bert wrote on Mon, 22 May 2006 14:25 |
i want my drums to cut better through a mix with a lot of other sounds (guitars, etc.). i guess tape compression would do a lot, but since i don't have a fancy vintage tape recorder, what could help? thanks, b |
j.hall wrote on Mon, 05 June 2006 07:59 |
often times i think it's more a matter of the sounds your mixing around the drums then the drums themselves. |