Quote:
Originally Posted by rgr22  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? |
You'd be surprised, a lot of mixing engineers replace the drums with samples. Don't be afraid to do so, I've done it tons of times. Just let him know first, and if he says no, don't do it. Are you paid to mix?