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  • čas přidán 28. 05. 2018
  • Watch how Grammy-winning mixer Dave Darlington (Avicii, Sting) beefs up his drum mixes by fine-tuning drum pitch using the Torque plugin and shaping transients with precision using Smack Attack. Learn more: Smack Attack waves.com/smac..., Torque waves.com/torque
    Music: “Latin Waves” by Alberto Barrero
    From the album Dibujos En El Camino
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Komentáře • 94

  • @kayokk-
    @kayokk- Před 6 lety +21

    Dave Darlington speaks to the point and is the best at instructionals. Well-done Dave!

  • @Juliano_DJOL
    @Juliano_DJOL Před 4 lety +9

    I LOVE TORQUE! If nothing else it makes me confident my tracks/drums are in the best tune possible! It's that key piece to getting a GREAT sounding mix!

  • @kxngbishop
    @kxngbishop Před 6 lety +50

    smack attack is actually frighteningly useful for trap music. i literally pull the sustain down to -100 and it makes hi hats sound super tight and something like a 8th-16th note roll sounds beautiful at 80bpm.

  • @ProdByTimDuncan
    @ProdByTimDuncan Před 6 lety +4

    Can't go wrong with Dave Darlington! I see a new Video with Dave Darlington, i click like. It's that simple.

  • @Mutt83GC
    @Mutt83GC Před 2 lety +3

    Thank You for showing me how to really utilize this plug-in that has been basically dorment for about a year and a half. I souldnt figure how to get it quite figured out, Mixing down old songs and the whole "It's just DISTORTION" thought hut to see it being used and the actual impact is a great thing I invested into it when I did. Great tutorial by the way and great job Waves!

  • @wafflestoast5228
    @wafflestoast5228 Před 6 lety +11

    Good ol waves. They may not make the "bestest most analog" sounding plugs, but they make out of the ordinary tools that let you mangle things like the pitch of the sub OF the kick. This is cool man.
    Pair these specialty waves tools with slate digital for "analogness"/great color & you're set for life.

    • @Glow0110
      @Glow0110 Před 4 lety

      what do you like form Slate Digital? I'm not that familiar with their plugins. Cheers

    • @IamProfessorO
      @IamProfessorO Před 2 lety

      @@Glow0110 I have the same question

    • @TheSideProject
      @TheSideProject Před 2 lety

      @@IamProfessorO Slate digital gives like a more analog sound but still artificial... However i agree, they make really good plugins

    • @IamProfessorO
      @IamProfessorO Před 2 lety

      @@TheSideProject appreciate the insight! However I meant like specifically what plug-ins do people use that are known to work well from Slate?

    • @TheSideProject
      @TheSideProject Před 2 lety

      FG- S, FG-N, Revival, Brainworx, A.O.M invisible limiter, etc

  • @kaveiros75
    @kaveiros75 Před 6 lety +7

    Nice video to show off these 2 products, but it is impressive: a) how well EQ-ed the drums are, right out off the box and b) how clean and without any leakage the kick, toms and even hihat "recordings" are!
    Smells like EZDrummer or Addictive Drums here....

    • @tc5315
      @tc5315 Před 6 lety +1

      Ksus Susk junkie xl Best!

    • @tc5315
      @tc5315 Před 6 lety

      kaveiros75 it's samples.

  • @christiannilsen2835
    @christiannilsen2835 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the congas! It is used way to seldom! Yay! Good plugins , reminds me of a more advanced Transient Designer.

  • @Yo-Bruh
    @Yo-Bruh Před 6 lety +2

    It's been a minute Dave Darlington.. Great seeing you again

  • @AveMcree
    @AveMcree Před 6 lety +11

    I'm glad I got these. Great video btw

  • @drummerjeroensimons
    @drummerjeroensimons Před 6 lety +3

    Thanks Waves and Dave!!!!

  • @Novalight
    @Novalight Před 6 lety +55

    you can't compare dry and wet kick signal, when your wet signal is 4db louder (4:31 and 4:48)

    • @SigTekka
      @SigTekka Před 4 lety +1

      i dont get the whole idea of this... i only take kick what is already in key/tune and got some bass (in FL there is a plugin (newtone) where you can check the root note of basically everything) and i guess in every daw your drum synth/sampler got some ADSR ... whats the matter of this whole video?

    • @pogchamp7983
      @pogchamp7983 Před 3 lety +13

      @@SigTekka This might come as a shock to you, but some people actually record live drums.

  • @richardrackley2430
    @richardrackley2430 Před 5 lety +2

    Lol key to great sounding anything is good micing skills and dialing everything in upon pressing the record button. The raw recording sounds fantastic already. Add in some good mixing techniques like he did here and it's just icing on the cake

  • @dannyharvey8470
    @dannyharvey8470 Před 3 lety +3

    works well on isolated/triggered drums - didn't work too well on my snare with all the high hat bleed and bass drum bleed! but a good video all the same

  • @ronlaury6388
    @ronlaury6388 Před 6 lety

    Thank You Dave Darlington!

  • @Newjudahgospel
    @Newjudahgospel Před 6 lety +1

    Really enjoyed this

  • @A_Class216
    @A_Class216 Před 6 lety +1

    Time to start using these.

  • @Akreem
    @Akreem Před 6 lety +2

    I use Smack Attack for Trap Beats ,amazing plugin from waves

  • @Cliffybyro81
    @Cliffybyro81 Před 6 lety +46

    "A pretty good drum recording"...LOL. It is an AWESOME drum recording.

    • @tonschalestudio5791
      @tonschalestudio5791 Před 6 lety +5

      its a programmed and fired out by a toontrack sampler (ez or superior drummer)

    • @ederolima
      @ederolima Před 6 lety +2

      It's the avatar kit from superior

    • @SaniTait
      @SaniTait Před 6 lety +2

      Cliffybeardo right lol drums are incredible before he even touched them lol 😂

    • @DubsMood
      @DubsMood Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah, 3/4 of those sounds were trigger sounds....

    • @scotchfillet
      @scotchfillet Před 3 lety

      Yes plus 5db always sounds better. Faders are good at that.

  • @wasabib3269
    @wasabib3269 Před rokem

    Informative and to the point! thank you

  • @JhonnyPets
    @JhonnyPets Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome 👍👍

  • @DonaldWaughmusic
    @DonaldWaughmusic Před 5 lety

    Thanks very much. I am going to try this right now on a snare. Yay!

  • @TerenceKearns
    @TerenceKearns Před 3 lety +1

    Could tune each instrument in the drum kit to fall on the notes in the key of the song. Just an idea - might somehow just sound more satisfying. EDM producers are always tuning the kicks to be in key. Could apply the same to rock and pop or whatever.

  • @ProduNETAudio
    @ProduNETAudio Před 6 lety +1

    Great job!!

  • @rockboy360
    @rockboy360 Před rokem

    I haven't found a single tutorial that teaches me HOW to actually use Torque, how to find the fundamental and how to change it and how to know when it's finally in the right spot, all of these dudes just do it like "yeath, the tuning was not right so we used torque and tuned it right and now sounds great"

  • @Ianlive9
    @Ianlive9 Před 5 lety

    Parameters only for serve Emotion and sensations very nice!

  • @fdschuler7863
    @fdschuler7863 Před 6 lety +16

    Drums sound programmed with Superior Drummer or something similar. Kick it too isolated, so are other drums. And why is every track in stereo?

    • @tonschalestudio5791
      @tonschalestudio5791 Před 6 lety +2

      Absolutely. Hope I'm not the only one who is questioning this guys competency and expertise due to the fact, that he did not realize this?

    • @monkeyrobotsinc.9875
      @monkeyrobotsinc.9875 Před 5 lety +1

      lmao yup. its Toontrack

    • @matthewclaiborne229
      @matthewclaiborne229 Před 5 lety +1

      Tonschale Studio this guy is one of the greatest engineers out there. I used to work in his studio (not for him) and people would give up a kidney to to work with him

    • @EpicMrEric
      @EpicMrEric Před 5 lety +6

      Recording engineers and mixing engineers can often be different people. He may just be handed some stems to mix and as such he wouldn't know where the drums come from.
      Nonetheless it's still correct to treat and talk about the drums like they're live recorded because even with Superior Drummer it's still just a set of samples recorded with a mic.

    • @InfamousAWJ
      @InfamousAWJ Před 3 lety +1

      Matthew Claiborne This is my friends father and he’s legendary idk why people are questioning him. He’s one of the greatest ever! Working with and wrote for one of the greatest musicians the world has ever seen. MJ, Sting, Whitney Houston and more. They don’t understand why he does things and they question his talent? Gtfo

  • @fonzflex5608
    @fonzflex5608 Před 3 lety

    Dave Darlington #1

  • @dawnpoint
    @dawnpoint Před 4 lety +1

    What if I want to lower the pitch of the attacks, either with or without changing the pitch of the drum?

  • @Amenhotep974
    @Amenhotep974 Před rokem

    ça swiing !

  • @anitaabbi4984
    @anitaabbi4984 Před 4 lety +1

    Holly Smokes 🔥🔥😍

  • @da-el8547
    @da-el8547 Před 2 lety

    Great video. I see that you have panned all drum kits L+R wide. don't they take eah other's space in the stereo spectrum ?

  • @selCIKO84
    @selCIKO84 Před 4 lety +2

    what if the kick hits around 70hz??

    • @rockboy360
      @rockboy360 Před 3 lety +1

      It is always better to make the kick go with the key of the song, whatever it is

  • @gerarddaurella9471
    @gerarddaurella9471 Před 4 lety

    Super!

  • @eddielottomr.killswitch9248

    Nice video I got em as well. Thinking bout going with aud plugins!!!!! What youll think waves or aud!!!

    • @eduardojvivas
      @eduardojvivas Před 6 lety

      What ever tools make it easy for you to paint your sonic picture blindfolded.

  • @lukessoundhouse9903
    @lukessoundhouse9903 Před 4 lety +2

    holy shit
    that's a lot of plugins to use on a 2gb ram pc

  • @leandrosinich2214
    @leandrosinich2214 Před 6 lety

    how that tweaks on individual tracks affects phase correlation with the oh?

  • @bradw2k
    @bradw2k Před 5 lety +1

    Honest question: can't you do much of the same thing with compression that smackattack is doing?

    • @watergraffiti
      @watergraffiti Před 5 lety +1

      See, thats what i reckon too... these enhancers are just presets of eq and compression. But i suppose they are instant and effortless and well adjusted. if you wanted a certain sound for a certain source to fix or compliment, you may have to pull out your own comp and eq. which is what most pros do.

    • @EpicMrEric
      @EpicMrEric Před 5 lety

      Correct. Transient editors are faster and easy than normal compressors though - and that's where their value comes from.

    • @Juliano_DJOL
      @Juliano_DJOL Před 4 lety

      I would say more like the ADSR settings on a drum machine or I guess if they were live recorded drums then yeah like a eq and comp.

    • @danmillward7358
      @danmillward7358 Před rokem

      You can bring out the transients with a compressor by letting the transient through using a slower attack time and longer release time and you can bring out the sustain of a sound by kind of doing the opposite....what if you want to bring out the sustain and the transient...can you do that with one compressor? Nah....so what are you going to do? copying the signal have one compressor doing one thing the other compressor doing the other....now you have to watch out for phase between the two signals etc....just use a transient designer lol

  • @saschakuhn2660
    @saschakuhn2660 Před 6 lety +2

    "nice and isolated" :-)

  • @xyz-yq1ix
    @xyz-yq1ix Před 2 lety

    did i use smack attack on buss of drum

  • @nusense808
    @nusense808 Před 5 lety

    nice plug but how do you use this to tune your drums to the key of you track? or are you just tuning the note within the band that you isolate?

    • @EpicMrEric
      @EpicMrEric Před 5 lety +1

      It does pitch just that single band, but if you just find the fundamental frequency of the kick and then figure out how many cents it needs to go up or down to be in tune, you can use it to match your tracks key. The overtones do not need to be changed to sound in key, only the fundamental.

  • @electricroom3000
    @electricroom3000 Před 6 lety

    My path in mixing ... I started to realise these things after getting high. I'm not a bad composer ... but I couldn't understand why my music couldn't have this power here. Don't get me wrong I know what mixing is ... but there was something missing still. I realised what it was but couldn't describe it. It's here. The answer is here.
    I would load eq's and compressors and automate them! To get the same results. But that's a lot of work with that tiny pen ...

  • @megap2m
    @megap2m Před 5 lety +2

    Tom's . They are from addetive drums I now it.

  • @selCIKO84
    @selCIKO84 Před 5 lety

    If my kick hits at 90 hz??

  • @KennyLauderdale
    @KennyLauderdale Před 3 lety

    I came for parallel compression... I'll stick around. Maybe I'll learn something.

  • @ZummoSausages
    @ZummoSausages Před 3 lety +1

    Waves is good but the updates are so wrong

  • @alexxschiller7115
    @alexxschiller7115 Před 6 lety +3

    Your voice sounds little more louder,than music. Could you reduce volume in the future?

    • @TroutmanRoger
      @TroutmanRoger Před 6 lety +1

      You should show him how to do vocal equalization hahaha

    • @TXLzetage
      @TXLzetage Před 6 lety +2

      I mean, this video is for explanation and a demostration on how to use the plugin, is very important what he says, not really the music. But you can hear it too, is nice like that.

  • @mikewallace1270
    @mikewallace1270 Před 4 lety +1

    If you are an ableton user, the ableton transient designer is probably better than smack attack.

  • @glhfsport4682
    @glhfsport4682 Před 3 lety

    what daw is this

  • @iOWNyouFOOLaskYOmama
    @iOWNyouFOOLaskYOmama Před 5 lety

    Why would someone dislike this vid?

  • @monkeyrobotsinc.9875
    @monkeyrobotsinc.9875 Před 5 lety +2

    that kick is identical to Toontrack's Basic kick drum "sounds like a good recording and play through" lol really

  • @Enice43
    @Enice43 Před 6 lety

    thats a great tool....but you can do the same with a good E.Q

  • @johnboybliss680
    @johnboybliss680 Před 6 lety +2

    hehehe plus 6 db of level

  • @geroiavin8199
    @geroiavin8199 Před 5 lety +2

    Programmed drums Dave cmon..

  • @Jadion
    @Jadion Před 6 lety +2

    WTF is a TRANGENT? It is transient.

  • @joeambly6807
    @joeambly6807 Před 6 lety

    Pitch shifted kick sounds worse. Just add some damn eq!

  • @celiahogan4178
    @celiahogan4178 Před 5 lety

    Hello darling

  • @petarmujovic1396
    @petarmujovic1396 Před 4 lety

    before 00:32
    after 8:34

  • @claytonlevibrown
    @claytonlevibrown Před 6 lety

    it amazes me you can't get your drums loud enough; when I record my drumset it's plenty loud so loud I can never turn the levels all the way up on the mixer b/c it needs a buffer zone. oh you mean drum machines well that's crazy too what are you guys deaf you turned your drum machine all the way up and it's still not too loud maybe try turning up your monitors then.

    • @andrewrosene7732
      @andrewrosene7732 Před 5 lety

      Clayton Brown Have you ever heard of gain staging dumb ass... You set all of your faders to unity, metering to pre-fader, and use clip gain to set the individual tracks to anywhere between -18dBs and -3dBs.