Anytime homie, let’s go!

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I found you!

Hahaha thanks homie

Hell yeah thanks for sticking with me homie!

Great to Hear! glad you dig the vid!

Thanks homie I will!

Thanks homie!! I really appreciate that

Of course homie! Added a pop punk vocal mixing video to my list! Make sure to subscribe so you get notified when it’s out. Let me know if you have any questions

Wow thanks homie! Glad you dig the videos 🤘

Thanks! I will 🤘make sure to subscribe!

Of course homie! Let me know if you have any questions

Thanks homie! Remember mixing is only the last 25%, at least in my opinion. Editing and the elements of the song come first! Glad you enjoyed the video

I generally agree with you. I'm working on that too LOL. @@PetexZen The stuff I've released thus far (Letters From Suburbia) I have paid some music friends to mix and master I'm just trying to be more self-sufficient and I have a fair amount of equipment, plugins, computer power, etc., to do it. Just need to put it all together consistently.

Thanks homie!

thank you homie! Ill have another video up on tuesday

Dang!! An OG. Ya man, getting back on my KZfaq stuff! Been doing a lot of producing/writing for artists these days.

No problem! A good compressor and pro q by fab filter will bring you a long way! Thanks for watching homie

Will do! Thanks homie.

Hey homie, every song is different, but anything double tracked I usually hard pan. I record in mono most of the time, but if I'm running a stereo pedal like chorus or delay then I'll record in stereo. Thanks homie!

I’ll do a mix bus video sometime! Thanks for watching homie

Hey nate, I hope im not hidden for long haha if you had to get ONE plugin that would change your entire world it would be PRO q 3, not only is it a great transparent eq but it has some dynamic compression features as well. AND since you can solo out frequency changes you can actually hear what youre adjusting. Before I got that plugin I felt like I was mixing a little bit blind no matter what plugins I was using. But i will say doing a lot of low and high cutting and general leveling will get you 90% of the way there in my opinion. So trust your ears and really learn to MASSAGE the mix. Thats the biggest tip I can give you with mixing with stock plugins, best of luck homie!

I’ll drop the preset in the description tomorrow, thanks for watching!

Just added the preset to the soothe 2 drum bus in the description of the video! enjoy!

@@PetexZen thanks a lot mate......cheeers

Sorry I missed this comment! So glad you dig my videos! As long as my DI isn’t clipping going in I’m happy haha gain staging isn’t my strongest skill but my presets in amplitube match my preset on my interface so at some point I did dial it in. I guess my best advice is spend some time trying different levels and see what combinations you like and keep tweaking your presets until you have a solid sound that you can open up and get writing to!

Thanks homie, so the levels in GGD are definitely massaged a bit, I usually like to push the snare kick rack and floor pretty hard into the room mics. Otherwise everything else is pretty straight. No turbo on anything, maybe a bit less cymbals in the rooms for this. But honestly depends on the vibe of the band

@@PetexZen dude thank you for getting back so quick!!!

Thanks homie, it’s not out yet, still working it out with the artist. Glad you dig the video!

@@PetexZen I’ll be waiting for it! This is exactly the style of music I produce and I loved the sound. I also use Seb’s samples and they rock!

Nice! And ya he sent me his one shots awhile ago, they are cool blended in.

Haha thanks brother!

I love the xstressor! I use it all the time

Parallel compression on close mics can be super cool, but in my experience it doesn't directly compare to sample reinforcement - they are different techniques that provide different results and advantages/disadvantages. Parallel compression can boost the body/fullness of the drum sound and increase the ambience already captured in the mics, while maintaining some of the natural uncompressed transients. However, along with increased ambience comes increased bleed. This can be good or bad, depending on what your mics are capturing and what you want the end result to sound like. Sample reinforcement on the other hand, doesn't affect the original sound of your mics - it only adds to it (or subtracts - watch that phase correlation!). I would think of it this way - are your mics capturing sounds that you like, and you want to enhance that sound? Try parallel compression. Are your mics capturing the core sound, but you're struggling with cymbal bleed and a less-than-stellar room sound when processing your mics? Try sample reinforcement.

These drums were programmed but usually what I do is I’ll record drums then use Massey drt to create phase accurate midi notes to trigger samples. Thanks for watching! Glad you dig it.

Thx a lot! ✌️

thanks homie, modern and massive get good drums

@@PetexZen thanks man!

Thanks homie! I used the seb barlow one shot pack, but I do often use steven slate kick 10 and snare 10 through trigger 2, try those out as well!

@@PetexZen Gonna try those then!! It's the very first time my drums sound similar to modern Travis Barker, you are the best my man!!!

Every eq has different characteristics! I like the top shelf on the ssl eq, I think of pro q 3 as more corrective eq and console eq as flavor eq. Thanks for watching homie!

Got it, that makes sense, thank you!

Thanks homie, I think it was a preset I found through splice!

got it!@@PetexZen

Think I used the seb Barlow one shot with the get good drums modern and massive kit. But snare 10 in slate is great!

I dont because this is an unreleased track for a client, thanks for watching homie!

Gotcha ! Great song !! By the way, I am curious about the mix nob pourcentages on trigger 2 for the kick & snare ? @@PetexZen

Its different everytime I mix, I dont even use trigger anymore, but Usually like 25-50% is good, that way you dont lose too much dynamics! @@ericcorriveau8482

I usually dont compress my overheads, but I do compress my drum bus a ton and then mess with the mix knob. So they do end up getting compressed as a whole, but yeah I usually keep my cymbals pretty untouched. Sometimes you want the snare and kick and toms peaking through untouched in the overheads just too keep everything sounding a bit more natural. Now CRUSHINGGGGG the room mics can be really fun, try that out! Thanks for watching!

Sounds good! Thanks a lot for your response. Makes total sense. Also, how do you record your overheads? Do you use a spaced pair technique, with two small diaphram condensers?@@PetexZen

It’s coming!

Yeah man shoot me an email! Let’s work!

Dude that entire record sounds so good

@@PetexZen ya underrated for sure. Benson strikes again!

Splice!

I tend to like fatter mixes, but when I go to master I usually add some highs and lows.

Protools! I suggest cubase though, much easier to use.

Thanks homie! Yeah totally a preference, in my mind I think of it like there is so much shine on everything else going on in this specific track, samples are a nice static element to layer in to help the drums fit better to this mix. Atleast to me, I know you get a killer live drum sound though, so if it was your drums in here I wouldn’t dare put samples on them haha

I think knowing the reasoning behind mixing choices is more important than copying someone’s settings, it’s a lot to cover. Also the full mix is in the beginning, if you need a reference. Mixing 100% from isolated tracks isn’t a good move in my opinion

Wtf kind of stupid comment is this? His input is very much needed