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Designing Transients with Your Noise Gate: The Overlooked Secret to Shaping Drum Tone
When most drummers and producers think of a noise gate, they imagine a simple cleanup tool — something to chop out tom bleed or kill hum...

Mark Midwinter
Jul 24 min read
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Exploring the Role of Clippers in Drum Production: Make Drums Louder and Warmer
Clippers can make drums louder and warmer than just using compression or limiters.

Mark Midwinter
Mar 104 min read
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Mastering the Art of Distortion: Exploring Types and Techniques for Enhancing Your Drum Sound
It's been a big talking point for guitarists since the birth of the electric guitar. Most guitarists will have their favourite pedal be...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 25, 20234 min read
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6 Essential Tips for Recording Pro-Quality Drums in Your Home Studio
Achieving professional drum recordings from the comfort of your home studio is a goal that many musicians aspire to. With the advancement...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 19, 20233 min read
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3 Ways to use Gates on Drums
Gates are a great tool to have and can help move your audio productions up to another level. As most things in the production world -...

Mark Midwinter
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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Transient Designers and why you need them
Transient designers work on the ADSR envelope which contains four stages

Mark Midwinter
Aug 8, 20233 min read
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4 Reasons you need reference mixes
What is a reference mix? The idea of having reference mixes is nothing new and is done by industrial professionals. Put simply it just...

Mark Midwinter
Nov 4, 20212 min read
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5 Things You Can Do With A Compressor
As part of my online session drum work I use these a lot in my recordings. Alongwith EQ the humble compressor, be it the real thing or a...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 6, 20213 min read
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Add spice to your drums with layering
Adding drum layering to your recordings to give extra texture

Mark Midwinter
Sep 1, 20213 min read
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