You can mix metal drums in Reaper with absolute ease IF you have a simple roadmap to follow.
Drum mixing can seem so overwhelming when faced with the millions of options we have at our disposal as engineers. Just too many questions and not enough clear answers.
What plugins should we use?
Should we use drum samples?
What should be EQ’d and what should be left alone?
How should we route our drum tracks?
Just to demonstrate how simple metal drum mixing can be, I’ve decided to do an entire drum mix in Reaper using nothing but STOCK PLUGINS.
Just universal, solid mix moves that help achieve that crisp metal drum sound most of us are after. As you will soon find out, drum mixing doesn’t have to be complicated.
Also, you can download the exact same Reaper session and multitracks that I’m using in my latest tutorial by clicking HERE.
You don’t need any third party plugins whatsoever. I’m only using the in-build stock Reaper plugins in the drum mix.
Simply download it, open it up and learn from my exact settings!
Feel free to use it as a template for your own drum mixes.
You can watch my mix metal drums in Reaper by clicking HERE!
