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John Suitcase · 14th October 2006

I've used the gated-mult trick a few times, it works well, especially when trying to tame a really loud hi-hat bleed into the mic.

I've also used the shell trick, works well, although I find that you don't need to get terribly close.

Also, time aligning the snare to the overheads and gating the toms (or removing parts where they aren't being played in the DAW) adds some nice crispness to the snare. I think you lose a little "roominess", but it's made up in snap.

Lastly, I've found a high frequency expander can help, if hihat bleed isn't extreme.

I'm enjoying this discussion, I've noticed that a lot stuff out nowadays has this high-end snap on all of the drums, kick included. I think a lot of it is samples (it's a lot easier to add a ton of high end to a tom if there are no cymbals bleeding in), but part of it is probably other things, like using condensers all over the kit.

I wonder if this clicky/snappy drum sound will be another fad, like gated verbs and simmons drum synths...

14th October 2006	#28
John Suitcase Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 2,169	I've used the gated-mult trick a few times, it works well, especially when trying to tame a really loud hi-hat bleed into the mic. I've also used the shell trick, works well, although I find that you don't need to get terribly close. Also, time aligning the snare to the overheads and gating the toms (or removing parts where they aren't being played in the DAW) adds some nice crispness to the snare. I think you lose a little "roominess", but it's made up in snap. Lastly, I've found a high frequency expander can help, if hihat bleed isn't extreme. I'm enjoying this discussion, I've noticed that a lot stuff out nowadays has this high-end snap on all of the drums, kick included. I think a lot of it is samples (it's a lot easier to add a ton of high end to a tom if there are no cymbals bleeding in), but part of it is probably other things, like using condensers all over the kit. I wonder if this clicky/snappy drum sound will be another fad, like gated verbs and simmons drum synths... __________________ Come Mix With Us! Mixoff.org -All Mix Offs, All the Time!