Start to Finish Drum Mix

Follow along as I mix drums from scratch, in real time!

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[neighbourhoodmusician]

First start is that the original performance is fantastic and it's well recorded.

[gaetanclybouw]

I appreciate the "No Samples Allowed" mixing tutorial, more of this please!

[AnthonyGreenMountain]

Ahahahahah 2:52 "we'll work on the toms later". It's good to see we're all the same and we all leave toms for last because they're annoying.

[charlespowell]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Real drums do still exist. Few and far between these days. When when someone has the courage to record and mix real drums, it makes me so happy. To be able to see how to mix real drums is such valuable information that is so hard to come by. Thank you!

[observrgxlded]

There’s a plug-in called “drum leveler” that can really help out with kick drum situations like this and getting the weaker hits to punch through. I find it can further eliminate the need to blend in a sample.

[anastav]

Damn that drummer is KILLER, how the hell did he manage to be that consistent with his dynamics and time is legit weird. Great video!

[oldguysplaymetal]

I'm recording an album right now with all real drums. Very rarely used samples and never replaced the real drums, just an occasional reinforcement. Its a challenge and a dying art, but Jordan obviously does it extremely well. BTW, Jordan, Silencer is a game changer for real drum recording. I don't say that often, but it truly is the best gate I've ever used. Thanks for great content

[robjohnson]

Jordan, thank you for everything you have done for this community. This video, as always, is a goldmine.

[BurntMcgurnt]

This is really cool man! Would be awesome if did a video on setting relative volumes like how loud the bass is relation to the kick for instance

[DruMarshallDrums]

This speaks to the quality engineering before processing drums. It’s such a pleasure to mix well recorded drums! Well done Jordan 🤘

[davidhayman]

Thanks Jordan very helpful to watch the whole process bringing together all the tips youve talked about regarding individual drums previously

[noise]

I saw this video a couple of days ago and can't get this song out of my mind ever since!

This whole production is the sound of my childhood man, what an excellent job you did!

Any chance of a follow up video or maybe small series, where you brake down the other elements of the production too for us aspiring producers who wanna be more like you?🤔

Cheers from London

[kellerkind]

Love the Video. Thank you. And also I have to tell you I love Silencer very much. Grabbed it instantly, when it came out. Was a real no brainer. Never got so quick results that sound so amizing. If this thing would also have a leveler, it would make all other gates obsolete. Again, thank you for all your highly educating content. Cheers from Germany.

[eweesplace]

Thanks for tackling this topic, Jordan. Being a long time follower, I know that you often use samples as a light augmentation to an otherwise great organic kick or snare. Interestingly, I've seen folks in other videos of yours comment that your drums are 100% samples and that it doesn't apply to them. That couldn't be further from the truth in the cases I've ever seen. I think this video will help to clear up the capabilities of working purely with organic drums and how far one can get if they desire to use no samples. Probably not recommended in modern mixes, but a good practice to get the real drums as good as possible and go from there. Cheers

[luvylesser]

I always wanted to watch more about mixing drums without using drum samples. Cause I like to understand the process behind and the difference on it. So thanks!

[Makker_]

I like that I can also actually hear what you are doing --> A lot of the times with mixing videos people do something and I can simply just not hear any difference...

[DavidLaun]

Best video ever! Also that drummer is a beast wow!

[yuriimedved]

Hey Jordan you are awesome! Appreciate your sharing, I was searching for such info. Best wishes!!!

[oldguysplaymetal]

I've even been experimenting with Silencer on room mics, and it actually works! Takes a little finesse but with added compression and / or clipping, it makes for some fantastic snare drum and tom reinforcement. So, Silencer first, then enveloper to accentuate transient info, and voila!

[nedea]

I really enjoy your mixing videos. By far the best I have come across on the tube, and I'm not even a hardcore head really, even if I used to be. I wish more mixing vids should be of your stature for other genres where you really can get a feel of the process and the workflow. Love the no nonses approach and your consistency with you plugins of choice. Keep up the great work dude!