
Alanfc
New member
Question for Drummers that Mix, and any other experts
I'm mixing one of our band's tunes where the kick-snare pattern leads with the snare, and the kick is a quick hit. Rather than a =boom-crack, boom-crack= where the kick is the foundation. The pattern is
(in 1/8 notes)
Snare on 1
Snare on 2
Kick on -and-
Snare on 3
Kick on -and-
Snare on 4
Kick on -and-
that is :
Crack,
Crack-boom
Crack-boom
Crack-boom
Crack,
etc...
Our drummer is very nimble and a little bit jazzy. We worship him. The Kick hits are not his usual force. So they are not so prominent in the mix with this pattern. Certainly audible, but nothing like the stuff we hear on the radio (probably triggered kicks?)
anyway, as a Drummer, are you going to understand that in some songs your kick is not going to shake the walls ? This is a pattern where the kick should be heard but not felt, I believe. Are there measures I can take to bring out the light hits in a pattern like this, besides compression or whatever else? Compression hasn't been helping this situation anyway. I don't know how to trigger and I wouldn't want to anyway.
Next time we record I'm gonna remember to have the engineer mic the beater too ...wish I had known this time.
Thanks for any ideas and hopefully some drummers perspectives
I'm mixing one of our band's tunes where the kick-snare pattern leads with the snare, and the kick is a quick hit. Rather than a =boom-crack, boom-crack= where the kick is the foundation. The pattern is
(in 1/8 notes)
Snare on 1
Snare on 2
Kick on -and-
Snare on 3
Kick on -and-
Snare on 4
Kick on -and-
that is :
Crack,
Crack-boom
Crack-boom
Crack-boom
Crack,
etc...
Our drummer is very nimble and a little bit jazzy. We worship him. The Kick hits are not his usual force. So they are not so prominent in the mix with this pattern. Certainly audible, but nothing like the stuff we hear on the radio (probably triggered kicks?)
anyway, as a Drummer, are you going to understand that in some songs your kick is not going to shake the walls ? This is a pattern where the kick should be heard but not felt, I believe. Are there measures I can take to bring out the light hits in a pattern like this, besides compression or whatever else? Compression hasn't been helping this situation anyway. I don't know how to trigger and I wouldn't want to anyway.
Next time we record I'm gonna remember to have the engineer mic the beater too ...wish I had known this time.
Thanks for any ideas and hopefully some drummers perspectives