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Utilizing the crush track printed during recording

Utilizing the crush track printed during recording

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Utilizing the crush track printed during recording

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- As I'm dialing in these closed sounds, I remembered that I'd printed a crush track for the kick and snare. So that was the bass drum and the snare drum going through an 1176 compressor and back into the Pro Tools rig. I always print that to make it sound more like a record right off the bat. So let's get that guy going. (kick and snare track) (kick and snare track with varying qualities) The goal of this track when I'm recording is to make the initial recording sound more like a record. Nine times out of ten when I'm mixing I'm gonna go to parallel compression on the kick and snare to really make 'em punch through the mix. So, printing this track from the get-go is getting me there sooner. (kick and snare tracks) (additional drum track) So you'll notice adding that track has added some more beef, some more 100 hertz low/mid impact to both the kick and the snare. (drum tracks) This is something I like to do it's one of the things one of my mentors taught me, and I've used it every…

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