Mixing Snare with Glenn Fricker - Warren Huart: Produce Like a Pro
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Glenn Fricker is a known proponent of natural sounding drums. He chooses to mix without drum samples and advocates for human performance. When you hear his drum sounds you'll see why.
In this excerpt you will see Glenn's signal chain for one of two microphones he uses to mic the snare drum. He goes through the plugins he uses to create a fat, punchy snare drum that sounds great in the track.
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@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Friends! Glenn Fricker shows us how he mixes a Math Rock by Christian Vegh featuring Matt Starr on Drums and Tony Franklin on fretless Bass! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@iwantappledumplings6187 6 жыл бұрын
thanks warren and glenn for the great work !!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I'm so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording, many thanks Warren
@SpectreSoundStudios 6 жыл бұрын
It doesn't take much to get a great snare sound in terms of processing when you've got a great drummer!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
I agree! I love recording Matt Starr's Drums! He's such a great player! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@horowizard 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Want a great drum sound? Get a great player. They know how to play consistently. Nothing will drive your day crazy more that a guy who can't hit the Drum in the same spot for the Back Beat. But you also in most cases want a Kit that's well tuned and together mechanically with no loose rattling or squeaky hardware and heads that aren't beat to hell. That goes a long way.
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi horowizard yes indeed! It comes from the player! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@HeyZeus096 6 жыл бұрын
Great drummer+great room+great mic technique+great preamps and you get great drums!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi HeyZeus096 very true indeed!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@hogblockula9335 6 жыл бұрын
holy fuck thats a great sounding room.
@derSTEFstef 5 жыл бұрын
4:13 - just adding a little bit of christmas to it.
@MarkBayfieldvillageidiot 6 жыл бұрын
A good drummer takes care of the majority of problems, with a good source the engineer can create magic, great vid guys
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark and yes, agreed!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@SpectreSoundStudios 6 жыл бұрын
thanks very much!
@mattmcqueen8231 6 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah! Simple yet effective! Great work Glenn! That’s the way to mix a snare! Sounds great, was recorded well too!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Matt! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@jacinthclifton636 6 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this entire video quite a bit, especially because I also use 3 mic's on the snare and a trigger for side-chain gating (Sm57 and NT-5 held in phase on the top with a Wilkinsons clip , and a CAD 411 on the bottom exactly opposite angled) and until this I never thought of sending the bottom snare signal without a gate for ghost notes. Cool trick! Thanks!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your great comment Jacinth! Yes, I think that was a very cool trick! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@haydencluff896 6 жыл бұрын
Love that! Great sounding snare. Thanks Warren and Glenn! Gonna try using a condenser with mine!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, a lot of guys I know do that! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@sarahmcqueen3915 6 жыл бұрын
A great mentor and encouragement for the purists!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Sarah for your great comment!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@demagmusic 6 жыл бұрын
Nice tutorial. Thanks to Glenn, and thanks to Warren for bringing him aboard. Great sounding track, too
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! Yes, Glenn rules! Great guy! We always have a blast working together! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@darlenesheffield9835 6 жыл бұрын
Glenn you rawk! Great simple easy to follow explanation
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Haha yes he does! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@TheColebyArnett 6 жыл бұрын
Glenn is the best. Could listen to him talk all day.
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@jeremythornton433 6 жыл бұрын
I really dig these informative videos! Thanks a ton, Glenn!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Jeremy!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@johnroesch689 3 жыл бұрын
Nice.Glen.i just switched to reaper and I love it.thanks
@iwantappledumplings6187 6 жыл бұрын
thanks Glenn for the great explanation!!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed! It was a great explanation! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@spitfiremusic3997 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Glenn! Great work!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@simonjerrems3738 6 жыл бұрын
Nice solid mix, thanks Glenn Fricker
@EricGPLAP 6 жыл бұрын
such an awesome track and an awesome course!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric, Thanks ever so much!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@harmonystudios1182 6 жыл бұрын
excellent video Glenn ! The mix sounds great ! Just goes to show when you solo things the compression seems a lot but in the mix it's perfect !
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly!! You made a very good point indeed! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@MatthewDiamante 6 жыл бұрын
Nice! - I picked up your course last week! Would love to see more like this! :)
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks ever so much Matt!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@SonicologyRecords 6 жыл бұрын
Nice tutorial, it was great seeing you at AES NYC 2017.🤘🏽
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Sonicology Records I'll let Glenn know! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@SpectreSoundStudios 6 жыл бұрын
Nice meeting you too!
@davidallenhammond2777 6 жыл бұрын
Great presentation Glenn!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi David, yes! Glee did an amazing job! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing! Many thanks Warren
@ManchesterBlackSheep 4 жыл бұрын
Niiiiiice sounding drums.
@auricdude 6 жыл бұрын
He said Ludwig Drugs 😀 respect 😎
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Haha I think he might of!? Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@DailyDrumLesson 6 жыл бұрын
I bought the whole course and it's awesome.. no I don't get paid to say that, haha!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much! Yes, I love it! You get to mix Tony Franklin for goodness sakes! Haha Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@KOOLAVA_RECORDS 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!!
@cryptonios 6 жыл бұрын
which are your go to pres on drums? do you ever use the rme pres and for what for...a presentation on your setup and wiring would also be great...thanks
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Yannis! Great question! Glenn? Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@steveasheim4568 5 жыл бұрын
Hey Glenn, just wondering which albums you mixed/produced? Been searching everywhere to no avail.
@Havvse 6 жыл бұрын
you could have shown how the processing sounds in the mix after you've done it, how am I supposed to reference if anything was improved
@michaeltsouris8190 5 жыл бұрын
How to mix great snare: 1. Have great snare 2. Have a great drummer 3. Have the drummer play perfectly. 4. Mic the snare any way you want, as long as it doesn't clip. 5. Done , great snare in the mix.
@XiyuYang 4 жыл бұрын
You need to tune the snare, maybe to the song, proper mic selection, proper mic placement, isolation when needed, take care of phase alignment etc etc, you're simplifying this way too much lol.
@lodougherty 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Glenn, Have you thought about going through your studio rack gear for your viewers? I only ask, because I see off to your left in this video you have quite a few add ons on the bottom rack, and I've always been curious how those actually hook up and are utilized in a mixing scenario. I've seen them sold piece by piece on websites like musicians friend, sweet water, etc, but I've never seen anyone explain how they are installed and are used in a real time scenario. Thanks for the videos! Cheers from the US!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
I'll have to ask Glenn to answer this! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@SpectreSoundStudios 6 жыл бұрын
Sure! It's on my "to do" list!
@terrydoylemusic 6 жыл бұрын
Nice one. I got the full course and it was well explained. I'm almost finished my mix and I'm not using a lot of compression on individual tracks but liking a bit of bus compression to bring it all together. I don't have much experience in mixing jazz-y tracks and I think I will need to automate some of the compression because of the dynamics of the track.
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Terry for your great comment! Thanks also for the insight into your process! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@jessicashelswell44 4 жыл бұрын
Ditch the condenser if you have the bottom mic'd. 421 on top for phat and switch out the 57 for the MB75
@horowizard 6 жыл бұрын
At 2:02 you're really getting into Ludwig drugs? They must be good! Bottom mic does sound papery. Did you flop the polarity on it? I do on mine and man, what a difference when you combine..
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, he printed the bottom snare with the polarity flipped. Ultimately the Drummer has control over the snare sound and obviously someone as talented as Matt Starr should have control over it! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@L.A.W.Studios 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Glenn or Warren... Where was this tracked? It sounds like Warren's snare/room, correct? Anyway, think I'm going to pick this one up and go for a more 'traditional progressive' sound than Glenn's got going on here.. We'll see where that goes, if the raw tracks are flexible enough for that, (hope so).. I guess I'll find out...If not, I may have to mix in some **shutter** samples...haha..
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve A yes!! Glenn Flew out to LA and tracked drums at my studio with Matt Starr! Glenn produced and engineered the track! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@danjohnson3459 6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see pros using reaper!
@mattvdh 6 жыл бұрын
I love that you use Reaper, but why not logic pro? Sorry I know you get this question a lot.
@mytt88 6 жыл бұрын
Matt van den Ham he doesn't use mac
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt van den Ham all the DAWs do great things! Use whichever one you know best! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi mytt88 yes! You are correct! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@wurbski 4 жыл бұрын
“ghosting is something ive struggled with for the longest time”
@elementsdumal 5 жыл бұрын
That sounds so much like Chon!
@RobKingRC 3 жыл бұрын
I believe you have the Audix i5 on the bottom.. 🎅
@Sage-zs9qy 6 жыл бұрын
Is that Mr. SpectreSoundStudios?
@tomvomton2371 6 жыл бұрын
Why does the waveforms looks so limited ? Did someone put it thru DrumLeveler before and not tell us ? And i get a more natural sound with the help of samples, than this totaly overcompressed drums. And in modern metal, in the end, the drums sounds like Midi anyway.
@Heshanudugama 6 жыл бұрын
what is he doing ? sorry i dunno anything about music
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Haha he is mixing snare drum! That's part of a drum kit, just one element! Many thanks Warren
@GreenSessionsMX 4 жыл бұрын
The 50% of the sound is the Reverb
@askyles91 6 жыл бұрын
1073 is a 12k lift
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@gabet3754 6 жыл бұрын
Glen looks like the guy who trolls athletes and movie stars online.
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi a te haha would you know what someone like that looks like? Haha Glenn looks like a guy who loves his Rock to me!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@gabet3754 3 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro I just stumbled upon this comment just now. I admire your positivity man. You’re a true gentleman and a class act.
@jamesrockford2626 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Gentle Giant
@hogblockula9335 6 жыл бұрын
So many people bitching in the comments "boo hoo the drums are overcompressed, no life left". Tell you what - go buy the tracks and outmix Glenn. Then you'll have the right to bitch. But that won't happen, cause if you were able to do that, you'd be out there making great records instead of dropping salty comments on youtube. Go get a life.
@hogblockula9335 6 жыл бұрын
Do i love glenn's mix? I'm not too crazy about it, i think the song might need a bit more gentle processing. But it's a solid mix nontheless, so i'm not insulting him or trying to discredit him as a mixer. Not being a cunt goes a long way, guys!
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
It's ok! I hear you! Everyone has their own idea of how something should sound! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@hogblockula9335 6 жыл бұрын
i agree boss, i'm just not really happy with the way some people choose to express that idea
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Hog Blockula I understand! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing many thanks Warren
@ElMoShApPiNeSs 6 жыл бұрын
He screwed it up during tracking. The waveforms are completely flattened. He may as well have just pasted a sample over some bleed.
@SheaRecordmetal 4 жыл бұрын
I like “the Drummers getting mad at your for gating there ghost notes”
@yyguuyg 6 жыл бұрын
In the mix, the snare sounds pretty good, even though it is squashed to shit, but honestly those cymbals pumping kinda ruin it for me
@Producelikeapro 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed, we all listen to music differently and hear it different ways! As Andy Wallace points out no one listens in solo! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
@frankpaws 4 жыл бұрын
The one thing no one ever does, is when you get crap drums.
@JimboJones99 6 жыл бұрын
How can he hear with all that hair
@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785 6 жыл бұрын
I allready noticed in the playthrough video on glenn's channel, but there's quite a lot of compression going on with the drums, especially on the background ambient/room/verb sound, rathe r unpleasant imo.
@dimoscondos 6 жыл бұрын
bought the whole thing...hopefully the tracks themselves will make up for the 37 dollars...cause the explenatory videos...totally amateur...sorry but thats what i experienced with this ...
@1dnery 6 жыл бұрын
Slate stuff,sounds plastic to me,i dont like this.
@ElMoShApPiNeSs 6 жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with the Slate plugins. Look at the waveforms, the tracks were pretty much ruined during tracking.
@dimoscondos 6 жыл бұрын
exactly...if you watch the video with matt playing he hits the c12 on the rack tom during a fill...ouch...warren's assistant...dude keep doing the edits and stuff...leave the rest to someone who knows more than software ;-)
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