Mixing Rock and Metal Drums with Only Waves EV2 Channel Strip Plugin

Drum mixing doesn’t have to be complicated. In this mixing masterclass, I walk you through EVERYTHING you need to mix radio ready, professional sounding drums… using only a single channel strip plugin by !

Don’t have ? That’s OK! You can apply what you learn in this video to ANY plugin!

What you will learn in the video below:
✅ How to route drums into groups and submixes
✅ How to add punch to a snare without sounding muddy
✅ How to mix a kick drum to cut through a mix
✅ How to find and reduce drum cymbal harshness and ringing frequencies in snare and toms
✅ How to tighten up the low end of drums for clean power
✅ My secrets for tightening up toms without EQ
✅ How to set up and use a parallel compression bus
✅ How to use saturation to add perceived volume and aggression
✅ How to use Waves EV2 channel strip plugin to do ALL of this.

The video below is timestamped so you can jump to your favorite parts!

⌚TIMESTAMPS⌚
00:00 Intro
01:38 Download My Favorite Free Mixing & Mastering Plugins Guide!
02:24 Listening to Individual Drum Shells and Cymbals
12:36 Mixing a Snare Drum with Waves EV2
13:33 How to Compress Metal Snare Drum With Waves EV2
15:08 Tips for EQing Snare Drums
20:01 How to Mix Drum Toms
23:24 Mixing Drum Toms in Context of Song
24:45 How to Mix Drum Cymbals and Hi Hats with Waves EV2
27:37 How to Add Clarity To Drums
30:50 How to Balance Drum Cymbals and Shells When Mixing
33:46 How to Mix Drum Room Mics for Rock and Metal
37:13 How to Tighten Up Low End on Drum Rooms
38:40 How to Set the Level of Drum Room Mics
39:16 How to Check Drum Mix in Context of Song
41:15 How to Add More Power To Snare Drum
41:59 How to Remove Mud From Drums
44:53 How to Compress a Drum Bus with Waves EV2 Plugin
48:14 How to Use Parallel Drum Compression
52:07 Automating Drum Volume
53:26 Listening to Drum Mix (Before and After)
54:37 Final Drum Sound
55:11 Biggest Take Aways

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