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I’ll say it once more for the people that left their Master Volume maxed out while messing around with their Gain… Your Gain Knob is absolutely, 100%, indisputably NOT a volume knob! Keep reading to learn the ups and downs of gain and how you’re probably using it wrong in your mixes.
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Drums are one of the hardest pieces of a mix to get the perfect sound from. Even if you were the engineer on the tracking session, the sound you were after during recording can change drastically once you add in other elements to the production. For this reason, many engineers choose to capture a “useable” kit during tracking without any intention of perfecting it until the mix.
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Clipping could very well be the next big thing to bring aggressive, ferocious depth to drums, screams & so much more. If you’re not using some type of clipper plugin on your heavier mix elements, you’re actually pretty late to the party.
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If you’re looking for a creative way to toughen up your drum tones, there’s no approach quite like clipping. No, not recording so hot that your meters stay red. Not maxing every output of every plugin in the drum mix.
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Parallel processing in nothing new to engineers and producers. It’s a technique that’s been used on countless records; sometimes it’s used on the room mics or overheads, other times it’s using on individual instruments.
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