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Mixing Drums Tips & Tutorials

Drums are one of the most important and complex instruments to mix in music. They establish rhythm and act as the foundation for most songs. Check out our resources below to learn drum mixing techniques for enhancing and controlling your percussion tracks.

Our Best Articles on Mixing Drums

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7 Tips for Mixing Drums

Learn how to get a full, clean drum mix with these tips for mixing drums, including how to EQ drums, transient shaping and panning techniques, and different ways to apply compression to drums.
August 3, 2022
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How to Mix Hi-Hats: 8 Tips for Added Energy

When mixing drums, the hi-hat is often undervalued versus low-end elements. But a hi-hat is vital to an overall great drum mix, here are eight tips to get you there.
September 9, 2019
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4 Types of Kick Drums and How to Mix Them

The kick drum is the foundation of a mix in many genres. In this article, we’ll cover four different kinds of kick drum sounds and how to get them in your mix.
December 7, 2022

Most Recent Mixing Drums Articles

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Music Technology History: the Electronic Handclap

In 1980, Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi’s rewired pop and underground music technology history with the TR-808, which revolutionized the handclap. We chart some of the handclap’s most pivotal moments.
February 20, 2019
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How to Tune Drum Samples for Better Tracks

Even after compression and EQ, some drum samples don’t want to gel with everything else. This may very well be a tuning issue. Here are five scenarios where tuning drum samples will greatly improve the quality of your mix.
January 14, 2019
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Mixing Music: 4 Rules You Should Know When to Break

Mix engineers are often taught to follow some hardline rules. However, a time and place exists for these rules to be broken when mixing music.
December 13, 2018
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2 Approaches to Mixing Live Drums

Sometimes, drums are recorded quite badly, or out of step with the rest of the tune. It’s your job to fix it. Here are two common approaches to mixing live drums.
September 5, 2018
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6 Times Transient Shaping Beats Compression

Should you use a transient shaper or a compressor? From drum loops to synth leads, we examine six times a transient shaper just might beat a compressor.
August 13, 2018
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6 Percussion Instruments to Spice Up Your Song's Rhythm

Whether you’re picking up the drums or just looking to add some spice to your music, learn how to use six percussion instruments to take your songs and grooves to the next level.
July 25, 2018
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Using VocalSynth 2 on Different Instruments

Although it was designed for vocalists and producers, sometimes it’s fun to experiment. In this walkthrough we use VocalSynth 2 on three different instruments: bass, guitar, and drums.
July 23, 2018
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In a Creative Rut? Make a Song Using Oblique Strategies

Ever gotten stuck while writing or producing a song? Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s ever-cryptic Oblique Strategies cards may help. We made a beat using them.
May 8, 2018
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