Mixing and downloads

Mixing

Another pass at BigBlueWave. I pulled apart some highly complex percussion tracks that I had sequenced from a Battery Percussion sample kit.

I had previously Eq-ed out too much bass.

The percussion was deliberately frenetic - the track has elements of crashing waves and the vocal chorus says: 'My love is like a big blue wave". I felt that power should be reflected in huge percussion and drums. But I don't think I have got it right. Really close but not there. So I have been pulling it apart, muting some bits- re-Eq-ing. 

I wasn't happy with the snare either so I started hunting down some snare samples. I think I will buy some but I've downloaded free tester samples to try some out, which I will do.

Downloads

I bought Drum Doctor's Drums years ago. They are good, but 16bit, and things need to be a 24 bit these days. They also have a certain rock sound and I'm not sure I want that for this. I might revisit though. They came on a CD so you have to chop them up manually. I did a load a few years ago but I think I will have to dig out the CD and cut up some tracks for some nice high hats - I seem to remember that the hats were nice, but I didn't chop them up in and store them in my library - just take a few out for projects.

Actually I think I may have neatly filed the CD - I usually assume that it's in some sort of unsorted pile - as that's what my life used to be like - but actually it isn't - I don't give myself enough credit - indeed just thinking about finding things now gives me a huge amount of anxiety that I have to fight because of this!)

Well I dealt with that but the CD is nowhere to be found. Damn. I seems to remember that the hats were pretty good.Looks like I'll have to buy it again, unless all the ones I have downloaded yield something.

However there are lots of new ones to buy - and things like BFD and Slate Drums etc. And Loop Loft's Dry Drums but I'll have to listen to them again - not too sure about them.

Recording Drums

Of course I could just record a drum kit, but I'm do not know anyone with a good one who would be prepared to do all of that - I would have to make a commercial project out of it may be. And I assume that people have done it rather better than me before. I'll have to have a listen and see what I think....