In this short mixing masterclass, mix engineer, Matteo Marciano will walk you through some of his favorite WAVES plugins and show how to use them to mix radio-ready, professional-sounding drums!
What you will learn:
✅ How to route drums into groups and sub-mixes
✅ How to add punch to a snare without sounding muddy
✅ How to mix a kick drum to cut through a mix
✅ How to tighten up the low end of drums for clean power
✅ How to set up and use a parallel compression bus
✅ How to use tape saturation to add perceived volume and aggression
✅ How to use Waves plugins to achieve radio ready drums sounds
🔈 PLUGINS USED 🔈
► Waves in-Phase: https://waves.alzt.net/yRd7n3
► Waves NLS: https://waves.alzt.net/P03zJj
► WAVES SSL EV2: https://waves.alzt.net/qnbJDn
► WAVES Smack Attack: https://waves.alzt.net/DVXP0y
► WAVES Torque: https://waves.alzt.net/rn6Z4G
► WAVES Renaissance EQ: https://waves.alzt.net/5b96an
► WAVES J37 Tape Machine: https://waves.alzt.net/a1aqRj
► WAVES H-Compressor: https://waves.alzt.net/VyqEaR
► WAVES PuigTec EQ: https://waves.alzt.net/WDmnX3
► WAVES BB Tubes: https://waves.alzt.net/b3AxqP
► WAVES EPIC: https://waves.alzt.net/2rxEgg
► WAVES dbx 160: https://waves.alzt.net/4eQbLM
► WAVES Gate C1: https://waves.alzt.net/rn6Z05
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⌚TIMESTAMPS⌚
00:00 Intro 02:00 In- Phase 08:50 NLS Non Linear Summing 11:56 SSL Channel Strip EV2 27:12 Smack Attack 30:29 1176 34:33 C1 Gate 39:20 Torque 42:33 Epic Reverb 45:00 R EQ + dbx 160 47:40 Mix Bus 49:09 PuigTec EQ 49:30 PuigChild 670 51:05 J37 Tape Machine 52:40 BB Tube 52:59 REQ + H-Comp 57:06 Final Thoughts BEFORE and AFTER 57:46 Conclusions