This is like a master-class in drum compression and all for free. You are a champ for doing what you do!

@philburns5656

Жыл бұрын

Yes very good material.

Honestly. Stumbling on this guy's channel has greatly improved my mixing. He has no bs approach to mixing which is why I really dig his videos

The source tone sounds fantastic, even without any compression

@Skoora

Жыл бұрын

Having a good source tone is the majority of getting a good mix. It’s why people used to spend a lot of time on sounds when recording because it would pay off when it was time to mix. You can only polish a turd so much.

The snare bottom process was gold. Never considered that. Thanks man! Stay safe :)

@dj_instruments937

28 күн бұрын

is he using the bus compression for this technique?

@georgepelekoudis

28 күн бұрын

@@dj_instruments937 SSL Chanel strip. Works the same with other plugs too

fast attack on bottom snare mic is awesome! im gonna use this from now on..

Just the first compression tip is pure gold. Thanks Hardcore Music Studio!

I jump on trying to mix my music more in depth lately and found your channel VERY useful and in a great instructive way! Thanks a lot!

Jordan has great info of course but I want to add some important things going on here (there are three) ... One, is a great performance by a great musician. Two, is a quality well-tuned drum kit. Three, is undoubtedly properly placed Microphones - whether expensive mics or not, whoever recorded this knew what they were doing and how to position the mics. Without these 3 things a compressor won't be much help. Thanks for the great video Jordan

@dzamija922

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. If just one of these three things is off, no magic mixing move will save the mix. Sad but true.

@SimpHarderPlz

2 жыл бұрын

@@dzamija922 actually dubbing w midi or using trigger will.

@dzamija922

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimpHarderPlz not at all, from my experience, but to each his own

@FrancisFarmerMusic

7 ай бұрын

I was also going to call out how consistent the drummer is, and how great the source snare/recording is. Totally vital to create a great mix with little work here. You don't even need sample replacement or beefing with this.

@dj_instruments937

28 күн бұрын

@@dzamija922 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

Literally taught me how to compress snares. I've been having trouble just hearing my snare drum for ages. It's either been inaudible or it's been clipping like it has fuzz on it. Thank you so much.

Excellent video, Jordan! Currently struggling with getting the snare sound I want in a mix, so this is super helpful!

Some of the best explanations on the web. Keep up the very fine work. Thanks. 🙌🏻

Srsly, you have some of the best mixing content on yt. Thanks for all the Effort!

Dude you really deserve more subs.

@hardcoremusicstudio

4 жыл бұрын

Working on it!

For a while i struggled to hear compression, but then I realized it's more like you FEEL it. So instead of trying to "hear" it, I started trying to "feel" it (granted you FEEL it between your ears), and it's pretty easy to "hear" it now!

Great stuff jordan. Im a preset fool. But i always end up backing out and starting over. I got the cla signature series, so i wouldnt have to deal with stuff just slap a preset on and move, but i find i love my mixhub plugin cause of the ssl style, and i actually want to mix mix not just phone in. This vid really helps. Thanks man, you rock.

That's a pretty damn impressive snare drum recording.

@-........

3 жыл бұрын

yes, i'm very impressed by the bottom mic recording. really well recorded

@firmans12

3 жыл бұрын

Even without sample its sounds rly good.

Great tutorial, very illustrative and clear. Thanks, Jordan!

Great video, great delivery and walkthrough.

great tutorial as always Jordan. Thank you so much for these videos

Fantastic indepth lesson. Interesting and a joy to listen to it. Thanks.

Great tutorial, simply explained and effective !

Thanks, Jordan. I enjoy your tutorials and emails.

This was so helpful for me. Thank you for breaking this down.

Thank you! Really helped me out with metalcore drums!

You'r awesome, since i follow you, i've really increase my mixs ! Ty

Thank You Jordan, awesome and helpful videos as always

This is great Jordan! really really useful thanks!

You got some better tutorials than others. Gained yourself another subscriber.

Again Jordan, so great!!! Thanks so much!

never thought of using distressor for snare, gonna play arnd with it thanks jordan

Awesome Jordan! Keen to tuck into molding awesome snares - thanks to your guidance. \m/

Pure gold thank you!!!!!

I have a question. In the last section, he's addressing parallel compression and demonstrates with what appears to be a solo'd "Crush Bus" where we're only hearing the Crush Bus by itself . . . .then he makes his changes and brings the main drum sound back in and brings up the fader to show us how it makes it better . . . BUT!!!! HOW is it routed so that he can only hear the instruments coming into the Crush Bus and NOT the rest of the primary tracks? I'm guessing the CRUSH BUS SEND is set to "pre fader" but I'm not in front of my computer to try it!!! That seems VERY helpful. (sorry for the caps . . . we don't have "italics" . . . and I'm excited.

Excellent tutorial - thank you!

Amazing tutorial! So generous!

Brilliant explanation, thank you!

THIS is a reallllly great video_! thanks for posting it :)

Finally more tutorials man!

Excelente video, 👌 muchas gracias por compartir

Great explanation. Thank you!

Well done mate!informative and interesting

This helped a lot! Thank you so much for this video!

As always, awesome guide!

This was awesome. Thanks a lot man!

always top notch mixing tips

That is very helpful thank you.

Great video excellent tips I have all those plugins also which is a plus👍👍

brilliant breakdown, thanks!

thanks man will try this out on some of my mixes

Good information here, would you be able to do a tutorial on getting the HM-2 guitar tone (aka Swedish Chainsaw guitar tone) to sit in a mix, there's not a whole lot of information on it and I'd like to get your take on it

Wow that actual snare itself is amazing. What is it? Super consistent drummer too. Probably the most important part of a good snare sound is a .... good snare sound and drummer ;-)

Hold shift while dialing in the input on the Distressor and the output volume accommodates so you're not adding volume just compression.

oohh yeahh!! it's perfect snare time!

Just found this page and wow dude, the info you provide is amazing! Ready to support big time. Do you have any vids/resources on making drum over video/mixes.

Great video, thanks for that !

Amazing brother!

Hey thanks, great tip on the fast attack on the bottom head, I will try your approach, it's interesting! Just wondering why you left the phase on both heads the same though?

Could we get a run down of how you did the guitars on this track? sounds like a strat middle pickup and it's hard to find mix tutorials which use that pickup :O

Love drums

Nice man, thanks

Hi! May i ask you a question? do you send both snare top and bottom to a snare bus?? and the you apply the parallel compresion to that snare bus? thanks! great video!

i love this song

The segment when you use the SSL on the snare is actually the kick. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you, really.

If we are using a compressor with a knee setting, what knee settings are we looking at for the snare top, snare bottom, and the parallel compressor?

Thank you.

What other plugs do You have on the snare and parallel Track?

Hey thanks for everything as always. I noticed that you only parallel comp the kit and not snare, kick, and kit. Or do you have instances where you choose to parallel snare and or kick and or kit.

Hold shift while adjusting the input knob in VMR :)

so could this be used on a mixer like qu 32 and playing live?

Do you use gate and compressor at same time?

would you say to keep all drums in one bus? ive seen people who do like EDM and other electronic music so have the snare on their own bus and the kick on their own bus, then the rest of the drum/ percussive instruments being mixed under a drum bus

Did you use two compressors on the snare drum

do i see a raise in volume?

Hello, Out of curiosity what are the 2 other plugins on that drums parallel CRUSH... The THeD and JST. Thanks!

What are the numbers though, in milliseconds? I mean, I’ll try to improve my ear, but “slow” and “fast” are a bit vague for my noob brain.

I couldn't get the mix cheatsheet to download.....can you help me with this please ?

At 4:26 when you talk about “really hearing” what compression does by cranking it up, I just want to say that I heard people say that for years and never got it until I started doing that without automatic gain compensation turned on. Because then I was able to hear how the compression was really “compressing” the signal (i.e. lowering the signal). I never understood how or why it was that when I compress something it gets louder. Like that didn’t make sense to me and blocked me from understanding it for so long. Gain compensation is cool when you understand what’s going on, but before that it’s like a smoke bomb that obscures what’s really happening. Hope that helps someone. And by the way, that can be applied to limiting too. Instead of setting the limiter at like -0.1 db and pushing into it so everything gets super loud, try lowering the threshold down onto the mix and listen to what it’s doing by chopping of those peaks and transients and kinda mushing out the mix. Again, harder to notice when everything is just getting louder and louder.

With the snare top and bottom am I using 2 comps on one track or am I choosing between either or technique based on snare sample?

I wouldmlike to get the cheat sheet, but when i fill in the form nothing shows up in my mail. Also not in spam or whatever

How is there no bleed on that bottom snr mic?!

Why is a sampled snare better than the one recorded on a live kit? No bleed?

hi sorry for the noob question, how does your mic not pick up your speakers when mixing?

What was the actual snare recorded?

So... mix your drums, give it some silly name and save it. Now you have a new Superior Drummer 3 expansion for free ;) Add some reverb and call it Arena or Royal Albert Hall :P

@dj_instruments937

28 күн бұрын

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how slow is a slow atack?

Thanx for the video. What's on the main drum buss for plugins?

@adambuckleymusic

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Waves SSL Buss Compressor, Waves REQ 4, and then Crane Song Phoenix II last

nice one . do you also send your snare samples to the parallel compression track

@hardcoremusicstudio

4 жыл бұрын

Yup!

what would be the Waves equivalent (or closest thing) to the FG-Stress?

@izvarzone

3 жыл бұрын

I think CLA-1176 or API-2500 or DBX-160, not quite the same ofc. Waves don't have distressor emulation.

Hey Jordan, I watched your other video on EQing snares, but I've heard a few guys talk about the phasing problems with EQing more than one source of an instrument, specifically Bass when you're high passing one and low passing the other. In your other video I saw that your EQ moves were fairly similar between the top and bottom snares. Could you maybe do a follow up video to this one going over the EQ you used here and what the potential phasing issues could be and how to avoid/work around them? Thanks.

@BrofUJu

4 жыл бұрын

Some people eq the top and bottom, some do it on the bus. I tend to only do notching or high passing on either which is fine, and then eqing both together. No right of wrong way!

Jordan, what if I'm going for a more unorthodox, less "hi fi" sound, something like the drums on Cult Fiction? I know the bottom heads are loose for that kind of sound, and a lot of source tones are different, but is there any processing or mixing you would do differently for something like that?

@hardcoremusicstudio

3 жыл бұрын

No, I think it’d be the same. Without a bunch of processed samples you’ll have that smaller drier drum sound

Once u find the right transient level, can u use EQ to get rid of unpleasant overtones?

@dougleydorite

2 жыл бұрын

I am trying to solve this problem too. that ring cuts through so loudly

what is this band?

Dear youtubers! Please, produce or mix some music sounding a millimeter close to any of the 70 years old disco/rock song and then i'll trust your videos.

Why did I only discover your channel now, after all the rubbish I've heard over the past 3 years?

@izvarzone

3 жыл бұрын

its random

2:00 on and off sound almost identical to the point where it's pointless.

That top snare sounds like an improved version of the St. Anger snare

hey! this was helpful! helped me in my drum cover.. check it out!

I think that snare sound sucks. That drummer needs to learn how to tune his drums for a recording session. It's not the same as for a live performance. And I hate rimshots on a recording. They end up sounding like a slapstick.