Mixing Drums: How to Mix Hi-Hats

Chuck Sutton demonstrates how to make hi-hi hats sound better when mixing drums. He covers EQ, panning, layering, transient shaping, de-essing, and best practices that will help those hi-hats sit well in your mix and maintain the energy of your song. Want to check out the power of iZotope’s Neutron Pro? Start your free trial of Music Production Suite Pro to get access to mixing, mastering, and sound design plugins that will help take your sound to the next level. https://www.izotope.com/en/membership... 0:00 Intro 0:34 Remove lower frequencies to clear muddiness 1:35 Avoid over-processing your hi-hats 2:35 Control your hi-hats with a transient shaper 3:47 How to use a de-esser with hi-hats 4:40 Three ways to pan your hi-hats 5:41 Use velocity, swing, and EQ creatively 6:37 Use EQ and sidechaining 7:41 Layer your one-shots 8:36 Outro #mixing #hihat #iZotope MusicBed SyncID: MB01WFWRYLZHUJ6