The Complete Live Drums Editing & Mixing in Pro Tools Course
What you’ll learn
- Editing live drums to be tight and on the grid using Beat Detective
- Using Strip Silence to clean up Toms
- Understanding phase relationships and how to get the best out of your recordings
- Mixing live drums to sound as big and natural as possible
- Drum samples – best practices on how, when and why we use them
- What reverb/effects to use to enhance your drum sound
Ever wondered why your tracks don’t stack up against your favourite pro-released records? There are many factors why these records sound so polished and larger than life, but one of the biggest ones will be the performance of the musicians and how tight the recordings are. How tight a record sounds begins with the rhythm section, aka the drums and bass. If you get these elements as tight as possible, your records will immediately sound 10 times better. This is why learning how to edit your live drum recordings during the tracking phase is CRUCIAL! From here, the next most important factor of a drum sound is how these tracks are mixed. So join me on this complete live drums editing and mix course where you’ll learn how to take your sloppy and raw drum recordings and transform them into the tight and punchy drums you’ve always wanted! First, I’ll take you through my in-depth step-by-step editing process that use to take sloppy drum performances and get them tight on the grid. Then I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to get these tight drums to be punchy and powerful in the mix through many different approaches to EQ and compression, as well as some of my other favourite mix techniques.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner to Intermediate Pro Tools users who want the best method for editing and mixing live drums
