Andrew Stone
Kick Drum with Jeff Sandstrom
Explore the art of achieving diverse drum sounds with Jeff Sandstrom. Focus on the kick drum, and the subtleties of mic placement and audio processing. These techniques create distinctly different drum sounds. Using different mics and approaches can significantly alter the sound of a kit.
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Mixing Drums with Jeff Sandstrom
Explore the process of integrating a well-mixed drum kit into the full band mix. The focus is on maintaining the drums’ prominence. It’s important to ensure they work harmoniously with other instruments. Jeff Sandstrom discusses techniques to enhance the drum’s presence and energy in the overall mix. He covers adjusting individual drum levels, as well as using parallel compression, referred to as the “smash group.”
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Hi-Hat with Jeff Sandstrom
Focus on mixing the hi-hat in a live drum kit, a component often overlooked. Delve into the specific challenges for managing the hi-hat sound. Highlight the importance of EQ adjustments and filtering. They help achieve clarity and presence without overpowering the mix.
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Acoustic Guitar Basics
Learn the basics of mixing an acoustic guitar. Jeff, Andrew, and Lee discuss integrating guitars into your church’s band. They focus on enhancing their sound quality despite the many common challenges that come with mixing an acoustic guitar.
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Drum Reverb with Lee Fields
Delve into using effects on drums, specifically focusing on reverb. Lee Fields explains his process for integrating two distinct types of reverbs into a drum mix; a gated reverb and a standard drum reverb. He emphasizes the importance of treating the gated reverb as an extension of the snare drum, almost like an additional instrument.
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Quick Effects Routing
Quick solutions for effects routing while not using scenes or snapshots.