Hey All,
I'm pretty new to doing a proper mix, and I've been having troubles with the drums in this song, particularly getting them to come forward and sit properly in the mix (also have this problem with drums to a lesser extent). I've tried a few things - this mix has very low compression (~-1DB GR) on the snare, going to a Drum bus (also sending pre-fader to a parallel compression bus, which I'm not using a lot of at the moment). EQ is up a few DB around 300HZ and 2KHZ. I just can't seem to get the volume and the right sense of space for the drums, and the snare particularly, to sit closer. And, of course, this affects the rest of the mix too because I can't build around the drums.
What am I doing wrong, and how can I go about fixing it? Even a step by step guide following what others have done mixing the drums would be helpful at this point, so I can at least see how it's supposed to word.
Thank you for any help!
I'm pretty new to doing a proper mix, and I've been having troubles with the drums in this song, particularly getting them to come forward and sit properly in the mix (also have this problem with drums to a lesser extent). I've tried a few things - this mix has very low compression (~-1DB GR) on the snare, going to a Drum bus (also sending pre-fader to a parallel compression bus, which I'm not using a lot of at the moment). EQ is up a few DB around 300HZ and 2KHZ. I just can't seem to get the volume and the right sense of space for the drums, and the snare particularly, to sit closer. And, of course, this affects the rest of the mix too because I can't build around the drums.
What am I doing wrong, and how can I go about fixing it? Even a step by step guide following what others have done mixing the drums would be helpful at this point, so I can at least see how it's supposed to word.
Thank you for any help!