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  • I have no idea what you know and don’t know about mixing and I haven’t heard any of your drum recordings so I’m assuming you’re a beginner

    I don’t want to sound rude but I’ll be pointing you to YouTube first. There are lots of videos there explaining the basics of audio processing.

    I suggest you start with the basics because if you really want to be serious about mixing your drums, a good foundation will take you a long way.

    In drums, EQ, Compression, and Phase are what you need to understand the most. So look these up on YouTube

    Produce like a Pro, Hardcore Music Studio, and Attaway Audio are some of my recommended channels

    I suggest checking Attaway Audio first because the content is very friendly to newbies. Even though the focus there is live sound, the concepts apply to studio recordings all the same

    Now if you’re not a beginner and you have specific questions about issues you find in your recordings, go ahead and ask away. I’ll answer the best I can if I know what to do.







  • I’m a sound engineer and I use different DAWs for different purposes. There’s just no one DAW that does all, so this is a compromise I’m happy to go with.

    When I do podcast editing, I use Audacity to split multi-track WAV files and for truncating silence. It’s just waaaay easier to do this there than on Reaper. Plus it has a loopback recording feature built-in which I use for Zoom meeting recordings etc.

    I use Pro Tools for audio post, but for most of what I do I’m a Reaper guy. It’s very powerful as you said and it just works.

    I know it can be a hassle switching DAWs (muscle memory on shortcuts can get weird), but for me, I like making the most of the strengths of a tool rather than forcing something to do everything.