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COMPLETE Drum Mix Walkthrough (Rock)

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Here's how I mixed the drums on the album "Remarkably Human" by Nick Johnston. This is a free excerpt taken from my premium Mix Vault course
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0:00 - Intro & listen to the drum sounds
2:30 - Kick drum
7:05 - Snare
18:44 - Parallel Compression
21:27 - Overheads
24:25 - Room tracks
27:23 - Drum Bus

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  • @RKs_MusicLife
    @RKs_MusicLife4 жыл бұрын

    I did not know you mixed this record. It's been in my reference list for quite some time. It sounds absolutely great!

  • @EthanRom
    @EthanRom3 жыл бұрын

    it's so simple that it made me realize I've been overdoing things

  • @thedamntrain3467
    @thedamntrain34674 жыл бұрын

    Discovered johnston's stuff years ago and only found out this channel recently. What a weird feeling.

  • @StoneGregory7

    @StoneGregory7

    4 жыл бұрын

    dude same

  • @Jn1spion

    @Jn1spion

    3 жыл бұрын

    billy, is that you?

  • @mohitrahaman
    @mohitrahaman4 жыл бұрын

    Let me remind you this is a very special channel. Thank you Jordan for breaking down your process.

  • @jordanprice7124
    @jordanprice71244 жыл бұрын

    Of course you mixed this record.. This is my all time favorite NJ album.. I could listen to the whole album on repeat for days. So much separation, the drums hit hard when they need to and sound organic throughout. Love your work on this album.

  • @nunobaiao-NBdrums
    @nunobaiao-NBdrums4 жыл бұрын

    Gavin Harrison on drums it's half mix already :)

  • @josephadler383
    @josephadler3833 жыл бұрын

    dude...how do you not name drop Gavin Harrison?! I knew immediately who it was when I first heard this record. It was a good mix though

  • @franckydookie
    @franckydookie3 жыл бұрын

    The drums was really well recorded

  • @MrBikboi
    @MrBikboi6 ай бұрын

    A high level overview of what you put on your guitar buss or your main funnel points would be awesome.

  • @BukanIbuMu
    @BukanIbuMu4 жыл бұрын

    I've watched this back in 2018. Great tutorial. Really worth it.

  • @guibollini6141
    @guibollini61414 жыл бұрын

    GREAT natural drum sound! I'll try on my rock mixes, thanks A LOT!!!!

  • @mylord5167
    @mylord51673 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial is a truly inspiring, your simple explanation with expensive knowledge hats off to you man bless ya.. Keep doin always supporting 👍🤘

  • @krustdogg131
    @krustdogg131 Жыл бұрын

    The room mic really makes this drum sound

  • @brianbriggs2183
    @brianbriggs21834 ай бұрын

    I had no idea you mixed this record! I love this record so much.

  • @joemarta8221
    @joemarta82213 жыл бұрын

    Sounds amazing, and of course a Gavin harrison track is going to be flawlessly played

  • @drummerjeroensimons
    @drummerjeroensimons4 жыл бұрын

    Gavin Harrison on drums??? Thanks man for this video!! Cheers, Jeroen Simons, Indepenent, ex- Epica.

  • @lolmanzify
    @lolmanzify3 жыл бұрын

    Now I understand why this record sounds so good, you mixed it :)

  • @mengeleto11
    @mengeleto113 ай бұрын

    Great sound! I thought that this is Superior Drummer 3 VST drums...

  • @domithedrumster
    @domithedrumster3 жыл бұрын

    great album, nice work you did there

  • @stijnbos7614
    @stijnbos76144 жыл бұрын

    Would love to hear your insights on the small automation moves you make! I can see kicks being boosted on the downbeats for example, but what other tips and tricks do you have regarding automation?

  • @VormedGuitar
    @VormedGuitar4 жыл бұрын

    Dudeee, i was looking for this so bad!! Thank you!

  • @orochimaru623
    @orochimaru6234 жыл бұрын

    Hard to believe the mix was done entirely in the box because people on Gearslutz said you can't have a good mix in the box.

  • @tomix1970pl1

    @tomix1970pl1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They cant have good mix in the box.I do only in the box.heavyvibrationstudiopl.bandcamp.com/

  • @MK-fw4to

    @MK-fw4to

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rule #1: Take stuff in from Gearslutz with a HUGE grain of salt.

  • @punch-in-the-facerecords1439

    @punch-in-the-facerecords1439

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can ask Andrew Scheps what he thinks about that XD

  • @noir4659

    @noir4659

    4 жыл бұрын

    Frankly we here in 2020 lol it's just straight up dumb at this point to make statements like that

  • @orochimaru623

    @orochimaru623

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@noir4659 you can say that straight to their face.

  • @01left
    @01left3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds sooo good

  • @kenzealproductions
    @kenzealproductions4 жыл бұрын

    I am curious to know what’s on your mix bus. Great lessons learnt in this video thanks Jordan. 🙏

  • @MikeLuke
    @MikeLuke4 жыл бұрын

    Well done and very well explained. Great work.

  • @Moisesdbello
    @Moisesdbello4 жыл бұрын

    I haven't been able to find drums that sound similar to this, you should make drum samples for our use!

  • @mrcoatsworth429

    @mrcoatsworth429

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can get some of his samples if you buy the courses. You get also a free snare sample if you attend his free webinar.

  • @Moisesdbello

    @Moisesdbello

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mrcoatsworth429 Amazing!

  • @janhoyer2556

    @janhoyer2556

    4 жыл бұрын

    Otherwise check out Steven slate trigger or iwantthatsound...they have amazing drum samples

  • @brucemorgan94

    @brucemorgan94

    3 жыл бұрын

    GGD modern and massive are very close to these drums especially the room and snare sounds.

  • @GoldenProductions2019
    @GoldenProductions20194 жыл бұрын

    Hey man great drum video keep up the great work sounds great

  • @AndrewRusinas
    @AndrewRusinas3 жыл бұрын

    Your content is gold

  • @kylegrossi8175
    @kylegrossi81754 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Love these

  • @ThomasHope73
    @ThomasHope734 жыл бұрын

    Perfect tutorial! 👍👍

  • @lucianomanfrinato5481
    @lucianomanfrinato54812 жыл бұрын

    This sounds so amazing man! Thank you for sharing this content.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Жыл бұрын

    15:00 too much cymbal bleed? then why not gate first then do the EQ after so it only eqs the drum and doesn't affect the gating? Just confused why you say cymbals are holding you back. thx

  • @clapiotteunik
    @clapiotteunik4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like there's been compression on the way in right ? At least on k and SN

  • @XiyuYang
    @XiyuYang3 жыл бұрын

    I think the most important question here is: how does it feel to mix Gavin Harrison's performance?

  • @hardcoremusicstudio

    @hardcoremusicstudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    A joy to mix these drum tracks

  • @arthur.monticelli
    @arthur.monticelli3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jordan! Once again, great stuff, thank you very much for taking the time. I got a question for you, please: why are you using aux sends to your snare bus and kick bus from the original channels, instead of setting the output of those channels to your kick and snare buses? (The output of the original channels in this project is set to your drum bus). This way, your snare sound comes both from your snare bus and also from your drum bus in a parallel way (besides your "crush" channel which is also working in parallel). Why do you choose to do this? I hope you can understand my question. That's the only thing I didn't understand about your workflow. But everything else is clear and I really appreciate this tutorial. Thank you! Edit: Nevermind, I found out those are just VCA channels. Thank you

  • @BurntMcgurnt
    @BurntMcgurnt3 жыл бұрын

    Damn mam slow tools just looks archaic haha

  • @kyuubimaster1
    @kyuubimaster12 жыл бұрын

    What would be a good alternative to the Lo-Fi plugin for non-avid users?

  • @joek2904
    @joek29043 жыл бұрын

    Is it common to make these same eq moves on even decent recorded instruments?

  • @cristobalc5101
    @cristobalc51013 жыл бұрын

    A thought for a moment you were mixing the beggininng of Blackstar from Yngwie XD

  • @boxculture
    @boxculture Жыл бұрын

    14:00 this happens to me. I get a lovely snare sound. And then when the room / reverb goes in, the snare top disappears and makes up like 5% of the overall snare sound! Can anyone hear a noticeable difference when the plugins are on and off in this section?

  • @Axeltab

    @Axeltab

    7 ай бұрын

    Try to use the reverb only on the snare sample..

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Жыл бұрын

    I can tell you're from Canada by the way you say "out" which is "oat". Let's check this oat. So, where is Nick from???? Canada! I heard some of that album a few years ago. I thought it was really good but never really listened to the drums so much (being a guitarist) but this is quite interesting. I wonder how you got those samples into their own tracks. Did you somehow trigger them FROM the real tracks? Maybe you have a vid on that where you explain. Thx for the walkthrough!

  • @capoman1

    @capoman1

    Жыл бұрын

    I can't remember which video. I think it was one of his "best plugins" videos. He uses a plugin called Trigger 2, it triggers off of audio and you load your own samples. I think he even mentioned he shares his custom samples on his site.

  • @TruthSurge

    @TruthSurge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@capoman1 ah. ok. Yeah, layering sometimes lets you get more interesting sounds and more control. I always wondered about using like 7 or 8 snare sounds just to create one snare sound. Prob wouldn't be so amazing but what if you panned each one? and gave each it's own effects. hahah multitracking.....

  • @capoman1

    @capoman1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TruthSurge One of his videos he shows loading a bunch of samples in Trigger, it has an inbuilt mixer. So yes he was adding top and bottom snare and room snare samples and mixing them to give the snare more body. So yes it can sound really good, and it's transparent, mixed together it sounds like a unique sample.

  • @TruthSurge

    @TruthSurge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@capoman1 yeah, layering is a great technique. I have done quadruple guitar tracks to make rhythm sound bigger and even 7 tracks of guitar. It really can make some amazing sounds

  • @TruthSurge

    @TruthSurge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@capoman1 yeah, the final result sounded really good. Had body, crack and ring. all that. Sounded really good.

  • @ProducerRyan
    @ProducerRyan3 жыл бұрын

    soooooo helpful

  • @docshadrach
    @docshadrach Жыл бұрын

    Do you use saturation instead of clippers in the kick and the snare? Or sometimes you use clippers too?

  • @thomashohlcomposermusician7488
    @thomashohlcomposermusician74883 жыл бұрын

    how do you handle phase issues with room mics that are not far away enough... As always a lesson learned on your videos!! Cheers

  • @barsaran2059
    @barsaran20594 жыл бұрын

    Hey Jordan! Great video! Just curious, did you mix his last album as well?

  • @BukanIbuMu

    @BukanIbuMu

    4 жыл бұрын

    No he's not. Wide Eyes in the Dark (2019) was mixed by John Douglass.

  • @FaithinFaces
    @FaithinFaces2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jordan ! Thanks a lot for this walkthrough ! Just a little question but how do you exactly handle tracks like OHs, Room, Reverb and Parallel Compression in the case of a metal/modern nu metal drums ? I have watched every videos from your channel but these tracks often seem to have the same goal, I don't really know how to properly set the compressor and volume for each ones. Thanks a lot !

  • @cjrodgers7591
    @cjrodgers7591 Жыл бұрын

    2:51 Nice

  • @noah568ify
    @noah568ify2 жыл бұрын

    appreciate the tutorial. You got one for high hat mic?

  • @drumgod666
    @drumgod666 Жыл бұрын

    What did you do to match the Kick Sample Velocity/Level to the live Kick?

  • @GuitarGravityMusic
    @GuitarGravityMusic4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Jordan, Just curious - do you happen to know where these drums were recorded and who the engineer was on the project? Thanks

  • @Hellion421

    @Hellion421

    4 жыл бұрын

    If I remember correctly, the drums were played and recorded by Gavin Harrison in his home studio.

  • @ringomaharaj1268
    @ringomaharaj12683 жыл бұрын

    Do you normally double kick and snares on mastering?

  • @HypeKajb
    @HypeKajb3 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @jdimeleegoku2971
    @jdimeleegoku29712 жыл бұрын

    Hey! I don't know why I'm having issues (like phase cancelation or something) when I put the decapitator on my parallel drum bus compression. I think all the sends and buses are routed well, any idea on why could this be happening?

  • @jdimeleegoku2971

    @jdimeleegoku2971

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same problem on my general drum bus, it's like it sounds more narrow and thin, like something is missing. What could it be?

  • @hardcoremusicstudio

    @hardcoremusicstudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    check that delay compensation is on. if it's still giving you phase problems, copy the plugin chains so they're the same on both tracks, and just bypass the ones you don't need to each one specifically. That way the plugin delay will line up.

  • @jdimeleegoku2971

    @jdimeleegoku2971

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hardcoremusicstudio Thank you for investing your time in answer me and thank you for mixing this album

  • @johnwalter6410
    @johnwalter64103 жыл бұрын

    Renaissance EQ looks so archaic. ha

  • @thepandoralabs.861
    @thepandoralabs.8613 жыл бұрын

    EZX

  • @hardcoremusicstudio
    @hardcoremusicstudio Жыл бұрын

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  • @ten-tonnetongue
    @ten-tonnetongue11 ай бұрын

    That guitar part would sound really good in a cathedral with an ambient mic up in the tower to give it a spiraling sound as if it's coming out over a lake from miles away. DIGITAL REVERB IS POOP. You will never get room effects using digital reverb. Not even with hardware reverb. You need mic placement.

  • @BurntMcgurnt

    @BurntMcgurnt

    10 ай бұрын

    Nah ya just gotta wipe the poop from both ends

  • @Mynelka
    @Mynelka Жыл бұрын

    It`s funny how all of you "mixing gurus" recommend that one should only work on a track in the context of the whole mix with all tracks going and then work on isolated tracks and busses all the time ( which makes perfect sense ) ... I have no idea why you say nopnsense like this ... of course you need to work on individual tracks before you do the whole mix ... and there`s no way around it ... there are many other tips you give that are very iffy at best. The advice I have is this: LEARN YOUR GEAR WELL, HAVE THE SOUND OF THE FINAL MIX IN YOUR HEAD, GET AS CLOSE TO IT AS POSSIBLE and PRAY THAT YOUR CLIENT LIKE IT TO. If you don`t have the ears and the resolve to do it, you don`t belong in this business. It looks like you only do these videos for some YT pennies

  • @MrBikboi

    @MrBikboi

    6 ай бұрын

    What work have you done professionally? I'd love to hear your portfolio as you're definitely more reputable based on your rambling in the KZread comment section and your schizo videos. Post your work boyo.