I wan’t to share with you my tried and true technique for mixing metal snare drum.
We all know how important a solid drum mix is. Without it, you don’t have a strong foundation set.
The truth is that your snare sound is the most important element to get right when dialing in your overall drum mix.
As a matter of fact, I’ve found that the snare drum mix can completely make or break the drum sound as a whole.
Bad snare sound = bad drum sound = BAD MIX
We definitely don’t want that…..EVER.
I find that a lot of people tend to turn snare mixing into rocket science and it’s just not necessary.
Here are some tips on getting your metal snare drum tracks sitting right within your metal and rock productions. Regardless of the sub genre you’re working on…these will work on almost any source drum tracks.
I share with you my go-to technique for mixing metal snare drum.
Quick, simple and straight to the point.
All it requires is some basic EQ and compression moves. No fancy gear required…
A stock EQ and compressor plugin will do just fine.
Be sure to download my FREE Quick EQ Guide for solid starting EQ settings for all of your main instruments.
