Drum Werks Drum Replacement Tutorial

Drum Werks Drum Replacement Tutorial So, there you are. All the tracks have been recorded and you're going in to settle on a final mix. The guitars are crunchy, the vocals are clear and vibrant. The bass is sitting right in there with some serious low end. But, something is missing. Something is off. You zone in on the drums and realize the problem - the drums just aren't cutting it. You try EQ. You try compression. You try every trick you know yet the drums just aren't setting up the mix the way the other instruments are demanding. Years ago, you were stuck. Today, however, much can be done to salvage poor or weak sounding drums. Time to call in modern technology to the rescue. Choice of Software These days you have a number of options to replace bad sounding drums with better sounding samples. Each performs the purpose effectively and can be used in virtually all major software recording platforms. The most popular drum replacement software today includes: • Drumagog • Drum Rehab (Trillium Lane Labs) • SoundReplacer (Digidesign) For the purpose of this tutorial, we will reference Drumagog. For ease of use and versatility, it is our drum replacement tool of choice. If you want to learn more about it, visit www.drumagog.com. A Word of Caution Like most situations in the studio, fixing it "in the mix" is often a time-consuming and frustrating process that could have more easily been solved getting the sounds right in the ...