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10Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comDamping is especially useful in groove-oriented music or songs with a fast tempo: shortening the decay of the drums

11Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com2:6. Keymapping tricks• Layering individual Hit typesThe Key2 parameter in the Advanced keymapper (Hit Options panel

12Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com1. Consider how a drummer would play a pattern. Most drummers have 2 hands and 2 feet: 4 limbs in total. It therefo

13Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com3. Mic channels, outputs, mixing levels and panning3:1. Mic channels and controlling ambience levelsYou must pay clo

14Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comLike any aspect of mixing, no single method of bussing into further processing is inherently better than any other m

15Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comTo put it simply, bleed is spill between the direct mic channels. When you mic up a drumkit with close mics for each

16Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comIt can also be useful not to go overboard on panning toms and cymbals. The default pan positions in BFD are to match

17Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comAll the kick drums in BFD, BFD XFL and Jazz & Funk Collection were recorded with both kick mics facing in the sa

18Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com• Mixing into the headroom of the systemOn a digital system, it’s very easy to make the mistake of running each chan

19Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comGet a feel for your monitoring environment. Listen to music you know well to get a reference point. However, always

2Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comContents4 1. Introduction4 1:1. Processed vs unprocessed sounds5 1:2. Originality and creativity6 2. Programming

20Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com4. Processing techniquesBefore you start piling on the plugins, ask yourself if you really need to do it, and what y

21Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comThe functionality of modern DAWs in many ways eclipses what you could do in those big old-school studios: virtually

22Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com4:3. EQ and compressor routingThere is no hard rule about the order in which you should place an EQ and compressor o

23Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comyou’re going for extreme compression effects, a zero-attack, totally squished sound may be exactly what you want. It

24Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com• Use a MIDI controller!It can be a really good idea to map a compressor plugin’s parameters to a MIDI controller, s

25Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com5. How to approach mixing each part of the kit5:1. KicksThe ‘low end thump’ of a kick lies in the 40-80 Hz range - m

26Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comCutting the low mids at around 250-400 Hz will ‘open up’ the sound of the drum, while removing some mids at 700 Hz w

27Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comIf you want thunderous toms, use larger ones! Don’t stick to preset conventions on tom selection. BFD allows you to

28Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com6. Creative processing6:1. Other dynamics processorsGates are a good way of recreating older drum sounds, such as th

29Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com6:3. Recreating retro soundsTo get older drum sounds from the 50’s and 60’s, experiment with strange panning - perha

3Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com28 6. Creative processing28 6:1. Other dynamics processors28 6:2. Artificial reverb29 6:3. Recreating retro sounds

30Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com6:6. NoiseTalking of organic vibes, don’t be afraid of noise. At the risk of sounding rather controversial, its pres

31Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com7. A demonstration of getting a good drum soundThe following guide, along with the sound examples, is a practical ap

32Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comSnare channelsSome low-end boost is added to the top snare channel with small cut in the mid-range to remove some of

33Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com4. Bus compressing the kick4-comp_kicks.mp3The kick channels are processed through their own bus compressors. These

34Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com7. Re-introducing the room and PZM channels7-room+PZM.mp3Bringing the room and PZM channels back into the mix adds f

35Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com8. How to approach mixing a songIf you’re feeling a little lost and don’t know where to start, perhaps these guideli

36Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comOne technique that often works well is to remove some extreme low-end (up to 60 Hz) from the bass guitar to leave ro

37Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comUsing compression in this type of situation lets you even out any wild fluctuations in levels. If you want to totally

38Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comPay attention to the tone of the reverb. An overly bright, washy reverb will be distracting in the mix, while a reve

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4Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com1. IntroductionThis guide is oriented around FXpansion’s BFD acoustic drum software, although much of it is very usef

5Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com1:2. Originality and creativityIt’s important to realise that drum production is something of a ‘dark art’, and peopl

6Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com2. Programming TechniquesBefore getting onto the subject of mixing drums, it’s good to ensure you have a reasonably d

7Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comYou can adjust ambience levels for each Kit-piece, using the Kit-piece Trim controls (as opposed to the Direct Trim).

8Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.comThe Master Dynamics control is particularly useful, especially if you assign a MIDI controller to it for realtime aut

9Mixing with BFDwww.fxpansion.com• HihatsThese have the most possible articulations of any Kit-Piece type. BFD contains closed and 1/2-open tip and sh