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Old 9th May 2008, 04:30 PM   #32
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This is what Andy Wallace does . He rides each cymbal hit . Check it out in this interview . I do this too , ride everything , it gives the song this driving alive feeling but takes forever!!!



Tech Tips from America’s Hottest mixer-Andy Wallace

Well, first of all, I ride them a lot of times because sometimes a cymbal won't be as loud as another cymbal or something. So there's that. But also, in a greater sense — and I think that this is what you're referring to — every cymbal crash will be ridden up maybe 5 or more dB.

Sometimes I will feel that I'm hearing more ambient stuff in the overheads than I want to hear in the mix. So when I get that loud section rocking the way I want, I'll end up with the overheads balanced where I want to hear the ambience and sometimes the cymbals simply won't be loud enough to have the impact that I want.
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