Parallel amp simulation with the distortion cranked up to 11.īut because of all the crazy effects, and the additional compression the distortion gave the bass track, it had this annoying oscillating sound between the notes. In one mix I did recently, I piled on the distortion on the bass. It’s one of the two secret weapons I show you how to use inside the Drum Mix Toolkit to transform your amateur drum sound into a punchy, professional drum mix. Instead of cranking up the EQ boosts, maybe the transient designer is the only thing you need to make your drums cut through the mix. It can also add a little more snap to the snare. It can add that extra pop to the beater of the kick drum. If your drums are lacking attack and no matter what you do, you just can’t seem to add it with EQ, swap out the EQ plug-in with a transient designer instead.
Here are four ways I use transient designers during a mix. It’s an incredibly helpful tool to help you shape the waveform of a signal, and can help you fix subpar sound sources with just a couple tweaks. The transient designer is one of the most overlooked mixing processors
