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Oct 4 2008, 05:42 PM
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Drum mixing is a pretty wide area, that depends on many factors such as gear, or style of music. All VST drums bellow have the option to split drum compontents into different channels, because that's the only way to mix them properly.
Good basic VST's are as Siggum suggested Addictive and EZDrummer. The two are good for everyday use in pilot projects. Two more serious VST instruments are Bfd2 and Superiour Drummer 2. These two have a lot more options, huge sample base, and advanced humanize algorithms. Use of all these VST is a bit easier because they contain predefined presets, but in the end, the more you try manually to make your drums sound good in your composition, and know what you are doing you can make great results even with a basic setup of VST drums. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 5 2008, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE (steve25 @ Oct 5 2008, 12:04 PM)  Ok cheers i'll look into these. At the moment i've just been using the default that comes with it. So do you just load it from cubase and the interface will appear inside cubase? Hmm i'm a little confused, are you saying make a midi track and record all the drum parts in that 1 midi track then split the different parts? Yes you load it in Cubase from VST instrument list (F11), and the interface will appear inside just like any other plug. You make one MIDI track fro drums only. You don't need anything else really. Drums are mapped to certain notes, and all of these drums are usually mapped similar to GM mapping tables, so you have kick on C1, rimshot C#1, snare D1 etc.. The channel splitting is handled via plugin itself. When you open the plug it will create it's own audio tracks. I think all of these plugs will open at least 8 audio tracks, and then in the interface of the drum plugin you route the signals from different components to any track you want. I would strongly suggest that you go through the manual if you install any of these drums. It is not so hard to read them, you just need to do some light reading, and it will save you a lot of time, believe me. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 9 2008, 02:21 AM
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Nice topic Steve. And excellent posts by Ivan & Nemanja. I would like to add a few things to the mixing side of drums. There are few basic techniques of drum mixing. First of all, u should cut off the highs of the kick and cut the lows of snare and cymbals/hi-hats. This will reduce the clash of different frequencies and make your snare and kick sound more focused.
Some people also like to pan different drum parts. Like put the kick to the left snare to the right (not extreme) n toms on both side. It creates a stereo image which makes it sound wider. You can experiment with these to achieve the tone that you want. Also, when mixing a full song with different instruments, its better to mix the drum first then go to bass and other instruments. It gives you more headroom for drum mixing. U can also add a little compression to the kick to make it punchier by playing with the attack or add a little bit of reverb to the snare. Mixing drums could be really fun but it can also frustrate you. Experimenting with different things will improve your skill just like playing guitar. Hope that helps. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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