Where an otherwise strong performance would benefit from tighter timing, most modern DAW software offers simple ways to make audio timing adjustments. Good timing is crucial, so it pays to put some time and effort into rehearsing, and thus to capturing a good, tight performance. If you're editing your bass part to tighten timing, be sure to use the drum part as a reference, rather than snapping everything to the grid. There's always the option of drum replacement or reinforcement with samples, of course, but that's often a less straightforward process in practice than the theory suggests it should be! We've covered that subject in depth relatively recently ( /sos/mar11/articles/cutting‑edge‑drums.htm and /sos/apr11/articles/trigger‑happy.htm), so have a look at those articles if you want to know more about that. Rather than write another 'everything you need to know' article (you'd need a book!), I've set out to offer a selection of practical tips and techniques that should help you make tangible improvements to your mixes very quickly.
These observations apply mainly to acoustic drums and to bass guitar - simply because that's what these projects used - but most tips will also be applicable at least to some extent when working with electronic sounds. However, I'll say a little about editing to improve timing, and remedial work required to bring recorded kicks up to scratch, because in my experience getting a great recorded drum sound in a small home studio can be a real challenge. For the most part, I'll assume that all the parts in your track have been well played and recorded, and that only the sounds of the instruments need attention.
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What better place to start building your mix than the kick‑drum and bass parts? Get them to work well together and you're on your way to a good mix.Īfter some recent, and occasionally frustrating, experiences working on readers' remix projects, I thought it would be useful to offer a bit of advice on getting drums and bass instruments to work well together in a mix, and in particular how to get the kick drum and bass working in tandem.
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