How to MIX DRUMS For METAL in Ableton

Mixing MIDI drums to sound real can be a difficult task for metal music. Whether you're using Toontrack, Get Good Drums, Counterkit, within Cubase, Ableton, Protools, Logic Pro or any other DAW, these techniques will help you make your midi drums sound real. There are many steps involved as far as compression, eq, and general shape and tone, so today I include all the essentials before the parallel compression stage. Drums can transform a song from being mediocre to amazing. These principles are used in a Metal setting. Remember to level match your bypassed and active plugins to make sure you're really adding something other than volume. Louder will always sound better. Tune in next time for Part 2 on Parallel sends and returns. Listen to the track OR Download Stems To Follow Along: https://www.beatstars.com/beat/13195725 License one of my instrumentals and release it under your own project: https://www.beatstars.com/brendonpadj... Drum Plugin Used: https://soundblinddrums.com/products/... Episode These Drums Were Created:    • Program METAL Drums That DON’T Suck   0:00 Intro 0:13 Step 1 Leveling 0:24 Step 2 Overheads 0:56 Step 3 Kick 2:21 Step 4 Snare 4:38 Step 5 The Secret Ingredient 7:08 Step 6 Toms 9:17 Step 7 Close Mics and Outro Thanks for watching! Shot on: ‪@PanasonicLumixVideo‬ S1 and ‪@SigmaArtisans‬ DG DN 24mm - 70mm f2.8 #metaldrums #mixingdrums