How to Mix LIVE Snare Drum | Gate, EQ, Compression, Parallel

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How to Mix LIVE Snare Drum | Gate, EQ, Compression, Parallel

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Snare drum is one of the most important inputs to get right, and sometimes it can also be one of the hardest. In this quick tutorial I show you how to use gate, EQ, compression, and parallel processes to get a great snare drum sound live!
In this video I used a Digico SD12, however this process can be done basically any DAW or live console.
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Consoles: Behringer X32/M32, Allen & Heath SQ5, Yamaha CL5/Rivage, AVID S6L, SSL, Digico, etc.
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00:00 Intro
00:55 Snare Top
02:05 Snare Bottom
03:16 Snare Fat (HUGE TRICK)
04:03 All 3 together

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@richardgore1692 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining parallel processing. I had heard of it, but it sounded very exotic. Now that I have a basic understanding of it, I can experiment with instruments that I think need help in my live mix.

@SimpleMusician Жыл бұрын

Hey Andrew! Please keep making more content on live mixing. I'll be mixing on our church this Sunday. I just had a crash course on board mixing and instantly be operating Digico SD9 with Full band, 15 RF, with full orchestra. Wish me luck! 😂😂

@elaiharamos8236 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Great Video

@deanb192 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on what you do with the whole kit on the SD12?

@nathanbenjamin5598 Жыл бұрын

This is helpful

@gladsonclay69 4 ай бұрын

Top

@thomasoosthuizen7217 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Andrew! Cool Video, I've always loved the double patching function on Digico. Would love to hear your comments on delaying the top and bottom Snare mics to be aligned, I recently did this and I enjoyed the result.

@andrewlepard 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely check their phase alignment by just flipping the phase and listening on one of them, but I've actually stopped trying to perfectly align them and have moved back to just making sure all the inputs are hitting the desk at exactly the same time and I've actually found that the slight natural delay between the two mics, and also the delay between the snare mics and the overheads sounds more natural. DEFINITELY something that varies though, so if it sounds better lined up for you absolutely stick with that!

@thomasoosthuizen7217 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlepard awesome shot! Love your content, you’re inspiring me to continue to make my own videos!

@alfre945 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🙏

@calvingudu9237 Жыл бұрын

Awesome process. The song is very together. Where can I hear it along with other mixes you have done. BTW can you do similar tutorial for other pieces ie kick, toms etc. Thanks a mill.

@andrewlepard Жыл бұрын

I haven't mixed service the past couple of weeks, but here's my mix from 2 weeks ago! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJZlgJx3qKjef58.html&ab_channel=MissionHillsCO

@andrewlepard Жыл бұрын

I did a video with an X32 showing my EQ process for drums, but I imagine I'll do a more in-depth video explaining kick, toms, etc on my main console in the future kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ib9dddF9trTbf5c.html

@samgonza1975 2 жыл бұрын

Question. This is all translating very well to the video. But your processing is for the video? Are the settings for the sanctuary different and is it drastically different?

@andrewlepard 2 жыл бұрын

I normally mix for broadcast, so what you're hearing in the video is exactly the same as what would hit our online stream. As for mixing in a big sanctuary, in general these processes work for FOH and broadcast the same so assuming your PA is tuned fairly well you shouldn't need drastically different settings for it to sound great!

@MrRoberacer 2 жыл бұрын

So with drums I treat the kit like it is one instrument. I find that trying to disect it only ends up with it sounding unnatural and it just never sits in the mix well. Many studio engineers talk about the sound of the drums are all overheads. My overheads are positioned to capture the kit, not just the cymbals and the individual drum mics are really just there to give them some beef. Even then the mics on the drums are not too close. For me it is all about capturing what they are not trying to make a new sound.

@bentweedy8663 2 жыл бұрын

Same, I can't remember the last time I used a gate on a drum, studio or live

@banturecords5 6 ай бұрын

🎉❤😮😮😮

@bernardbiju2581 Жыл бұрын

Can you give us a video on how you eq you master?

@andrewlepard Жыл бұрын

I don’t do any EQ on the master. I typically use an API2500 doing MAYBE 2-3db at most of compression, a little tape saturation and then a limiter and that’s about it. I might eventually make a video about my master bus chain, but in general it’s really simple.

@cristianvillarreal34 Жыл бұрын

Hi andrew on my church we just have a studio live from presonus the first version and i don’t know how to do parallel compresion with it i dont know how you send the snare signal to 3 channels at the same time

@andrewlepard Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if StudioLive can do this, but you should be able to just set the input for multiple channels to be the same thing. So snare top and snare fat would both be set to the same input. Again, not 100% sure it’s possible, but I think it should be.