So i'm workin on a track where i want much of the focus on the drums. And then of course i want the drums to fill most of the mix and such.
And i listened around some on others tune to hear how they usually mix things up and i hear much from noisia that their drums are really beefy yet compact in a way (yeah, hard to explain) but if you listen to e.g. The Tide, Lost Cause and Stigma you can hear that the drums aren't just for holding the beat in the background, thats for sure!
Overall they keep hihats rather low in the mix and focus on kick and snare (and ghosts) and then they achive that 'pumping' sound i'm looking for.
So the question is: Does anyone have any tips/tutorials/links to help me on the way for more 'pumpier' drums like that?
i'd try several things to bring your drums more forward in your mixes. first of all for your kick and snare try combining 2 or 3 individual hits (all eq'd separately) to create one big shot that has all the properties that your looking for (kick would need a nice low boom but at the same time have enough punch to cut thru the mix, for the snare again a nice low thump and also a higher snap), processiing these layers together with further eq and compression can help them gel as one sound.
to acheive that "pumping" sound try sidechaining your percussion layers (rides / hi hats) to your kick, noisia admitted in an interview that they use this technique quite often it definately helps your kick stand out and get a bit more movement in your beat quite easily
for some more info you can have a look at this thread:
sidechaining is pretty straight forward really so depending on what DAW you're using just have a search on youtube and you should find something easily there
Originally posted by Ketz
i'd try several things to bring your drums more forward in your mixes. first of all for your kick and snare try combining 2 or 3 individual hits (all eq'd separately) to create one big shot that has all the properties that your looking for (kick would need a nice low boom but at the same time have enough punch to cut thru the mix, for the snare again a nice low thump and also a higher snap), processiing these layers together with further eq and compression can help them gel as one sound.
to acheive that "pumping" sound try sidechaining your percussion layers (rides / hi hats) to your kick, noisia admitted in an interview that they use this technique quite often it definately helps your kick stand out and get a bit more movement in your beat quite easily
for some more info you can have a look at this thread:
sidechaining is pretty straight forward really so depending on what DAW you're using just have a search on youtube and you should find something easily there
hope that helps a bit
Yeah, thats sound's like the way to go
I've been testing some of that stuff for quite a while but i think my drums get a bit too choppy-like. It's like they don't connect enough with eachother. IMO what i think it depends on is my hihat samples.
A lot of hihats i hear from e.g. noisia, spor, evol intent and such are pretty crunched and relatively long.
Any good hihat-tips on samples/mix you could share?
