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Building the mix from the overhead mics - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Audio Mixing Bootcamp
Building the mix from the overhead mics
Overhead mics are placed further away from the cymbals than normal cymbal miking, and they're meant to pick up the overall sound of the drum kit. That's why we're using the overheads to build your drum mix is a completely different approach to building your mix any other way. In this movie, I'll show you when this method is possible and how it's done. The first thing to know about building a mix from the overheads is there's a difference between the overheads and cymbal mics. Cymbal mics are placed close to cymbals, and they're only trying to pick up cymbals. Overheads are placed above the drum kit, and the idea here is to pick up the entire drum kit. And usually this depends upon the sound of the room and how big the room is. The bigger the room, the better this works. So sometimes this will work great, and other times it won't. If you have a small room and you try to do overheads, the reflections from the ceiling sometimes can just make it sound bad. So just the fact that you've…
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Learning the principles of building a mix1m 1s
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Assigning the drums to a subgroup3m 55s
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Building the mix from the kick10m 8s
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Building the mix from the snare8m 46s
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Building the mix from the toms5m 25s
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Building the mix from the overhead mics3m 53s
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Checking the drum phase4m 44s
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Balancing direct and miked bass channels3m 36s
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Building the mix from the bass3m 26s
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Building the mix from the vocals4m 19s
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Balancing the rhythm section2m 44s
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Balancing the rest of the instruments with the rhythm section5m 22s
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Making a mix without building it4m 20s
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Balancing the harmony vocals2m 35s
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