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Get control of your cymbals

Get control of your cymbals - Pro Tools Tutorial

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Get control of your cymbals

- [Narrator] Have you ever had a track where the cymbal levels seem just right for a bit and then was way too loud in other parts of the song? Here's a way to keep those cymbals under control and make them sound even better in the process. First of all, let's listen to our track. It's with everything in and concentrate on the cymbals. (rock music) Here's what they sound like when they're soloed. (slow rock music) Now in this case, they're not too far out of control but we'd like to equalize the level just a little bit and also make them sound a whole lot better than they sound right now. So here's the first thing we're going to do is we're going to add a filter and the only thing I really want here is a high pass filter and I'm just going to get rid of some of these lows here. (slow rock music) Just want to limit what happens with the snare drum a little bit. Now, let's add a compressor and the real secret when you compress the cymbals is a slow attack and a very fast release. So…

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