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rgr22 · 28th May 2009

Hey guys, I was just wondering if there´s anyone here who mixes only with drum samples instead of real ones? Cause I´ve been having trouble mixing drums lately and I like the way my mixes turn out with samples.

See, I´m mixing a project for a rock band, I didnt take part in the tracking process and to be honest... the drums totally suck! they are poorly recorded, so after spending a week trying to mix the unmixable I finally decided to go for drum samples and the result is fabulous, it made the song sound so alive and punchy so maybe Ill just stick with samples for a while but here´s the problem:

The drummer is a good friend of mine but Im afraid that if they ask me about what I did to make the songs sound better I´ll have to tell them I used samples and if I tell them that, then the drummer will feel like he´s not a part of the songs anymore, its not really him. Of course, what I did as a mixing engineer was to do what I had to do to make the songs sound the way they should sound according to the band´s style, has anyone else been in this situation? And who gave up on real drums and went for samples?

28th May 2009	#1
rgr22 Gear Head Joined: Apr 2009 Location: In a van by the river Posts: 70 Thread Starter	Is there anyone here who uses only drum samples instead of real drums? Hey guys, I was just wondering if there´s anyone here who mixes only with drum samples instead of real ones? Cause I´ve been having trouble mixing drums lately and I like the way my mixes turn out with samples. See, I´m mixing a project for a rock band, I didnt take part in the tracking process and to be honest... the drums totally suck! they are poorly recorded, so after spending a week trying to mix the unmixable I finally decided to go for drum samples and the result is fabulous, it made the song sound so alive and punchy so maybe Ill just stick with samples for a while but here´s the problem: The drummer is a good friend of mine but Im afraid that if they ask me about what I did to make the songs sound better I´ll have to tell them I used samples and if I tell them that, then the drummer will feel like he´s not a part of the songs anymore, its not really him. Of course, what I did as a mixing engineer was to do what I had to do to make the songs sound the way they should sound according to the band´s style, has anyone else been in this situation? And who gave up on real drums and went for samples?