Making Records with Eric Valentine - 'Mixing Drums'

I dig through all of the mix settings for the drums on another beautiful Greg Holden song called "Save Yourself".

[glasstubes]

5:41 kick
22:40 snare
28:07 toms
31:35 overheads
33:40 hi hat

:)

[BrofUJu]

I absolutely can't believe these are free. This was fantastic and I'm so excited to watch the others. Cheers!

[GraemeWoller]

One of the brilliant things for me about this particular "Making Records..." is the concept "this is a great drum recording, that's how drums sound, but this is what I did to get them to the final mix". I don't think this should go un-appreciated. I've been worrying for years, "my drum recordings are fine into the box, but I feel like there's a lot of work to be done to get them 'finished'. What am I doing wrong?". I also find myself thinking, "are my clients thinking, 'this guy doesn't know how to record drums properly and has to "fix" them with plugins'.

This video has really helped adjust my perspective in a very positive way, so thanks for making it available, Eric!

[Sundaydrumday]

you have literally just blown my mind into bits and pieces, what a revolution for bedroom warriors trying to get good drum sounds, you really opened up alot of out of the box thinking with this video and I appreciate it....holy cow I cant wait to start tracking and just start trying different stuff like this....ty

[CarsonHoy]

6:26 - Kick is from “ Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It “ it’s easy to sample too :)

[shackjonz]

Eric is an audio god and this is an incredible gift he’s giving the audio world. Very grateful.

[angeloboltini]

I still come back to these videos ALL the time!

Something I would seriously pay good money for is a full stream of you mixing a song (or even just drums) live and talking through your decisions. It's already great to see the end result, but seeing the failed experiments involved and listening along to know how far to push things would be amazing.

Hope you're well, all the best!

Damn Eric, now that I've watched your tutorials I'm gonna have to make the best sounding rock album ever.

[WillJukedTheBox]

that kick gate key is a great tip. thanks for that, would have never thought of that. genius

[ritchxmusic]

Best drum mixing tutorial on the internet, hands down!

[vetra-miga]

after watching this, i hit demo on the UAD distressor, put it on a drum bus and used the settings from this video. i'm laughing at my desk by myself because of how it sounds now. holy shit. i. what. time to spend a week watching all these videos

[intheblink]

Eric, I come back to this often. Very inspiring and so generous of you to share.

[magnuslervikmusic]

I went through this videon in detail on a drum recording a friend of mine did for me. Very rewarding!
Q: I would love to see a video where you do a "mix rescue" - mixing drums that are not that perfectly recorded for example. I never have the opportunity to record with the best mics, consoles etc so a common mixing situation for me always means trying to get a good sound from a not so good recording. Would love to see how you work in a situation like that Eric. Thank you a million once again for your videos!

[skyhawk]

If there's one superhero in the industry I've been wanting to study, who's world I've been dying to peek into, it's Eric Valentine. I just discovered this channel a couple weeks ago, and can't believe it's real. Eric, thank you so much for your contribution to art, and for your willingness to share with your community. I can't say I want to be just like you, but the opportunity to learn from an individual for whom I hold such high esteem is absolutely invaluable.

[ryrodrums]

HUGE. Can't believe I just found this channel.. Thank you, Eric!!

[thomasgilmartin]

I bought the eponymous T-Ride new in the record store a long time ago and I've been a huge fan ever since. There was an article from the early 90s where it was mentioned that the big music producers were upset because you produced T-Ride yourselves, and they said something to the effect of "Who is this Valentine kid, and where did he learn to get sounds like that?!". I actually saw T-Ride live in a small club in Buffalo way back, and spoke to Jeff Tyson after the show. He was really cool chatting about guitars and such.

These videos are fantastic for me; I see your scientific deconstruction of sound as being spot-on. Many musicians go on and on about certain gear and sounds, but have no idea what's really happening to make them sound that way. Distortion on drums = genius!!

[adamminer]

The most informative mixing video I've ever seen. I can't believe it's free.

[infinaneek]

Best video for drum mixing, and I’ve seen em all!

[DailyDrumLesson]

I watched the first 30 seconds of this Video and had to subscribe.. I am a big fan of yours, thanks for doing this!

[theorymusic]

THANK YOU FOR THESE VIDEOS! So many gold nuggets of wisdom. I feel richer and empowered!