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Building the mix from the snare

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Building the mix from the snare

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The snare drum is the pulse of the song, which is why so many mixers like to build their drum mix around it. In this movie, I am going to show you how to start with the snare first and build your mix from there. When we start with the snare drum usually what happens is it winds up being more prominent in the mix. Now, you might want that, and that's a reason why you want to start with the snare. Many people just feel more comfortable starting with it because it is the pulse of the song. Either way, here's how we do it. You'll take notice that there's two snare tracks: one with a snare top and one with a snare bottom. The snare top means there is a mic on the top of the snare, and the snare bottom means there is a mic underneath the snare that's capturing the sound of the snares themselves. Just as when we started with the kick, we're going to bring the snare top channel up so it reads about -10 on the master meters. (music playing) Now it might go a little above and it might go a…

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