Welcome to another REAPER Blog Tutorial. We’re backing looking at EZ Drummer 2 because we had a request for a How To Mix video, starting with the track template I shared recently.
(1:30) We have a huge advantage with EZDrummer over real drums in that we can adjust how much bleed is in the tracks. We start off the tutorial adjusting the bleed controls.
(5:00) After dialing the bleed to our liking we pull all the faders down and get a good level balance using only volume and panning, keeping an eye on headroom in the Drum Bus.
(6:55) We then move into EQing the kick drum in and out mics, then the overheads and snare.
(15:10) Processing on the ambient tracks is the next step. We have a good balanced starting point but using some some basic processing (ReaEQ and ReaComp) we can make these sound huge!
Parts 2 and 3 of this series are coming up later this month!
Toontrack EZ Drummer 2 product page
EZ Drummer Routing Track Template video
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