![]() It occurs on channels that feature close-mics, such as snare, kick, toms, and hi-hat. Let’s look generically at the subject of bleed in drum recordings. But toms in particular often resonate tonally (assuming the drummer hasn’t intentionally muffled them), and that’s why you may have to consider tuning them to match the key of the song before recording. ![]() He points out that not all drum sounds have apparent tonality. The net effect is that he’s lowered the bleed sound by 2dB, but there’s still enough of it to preserve the kick drum sound he liked. ![]() He then reduces the level in the bleed sections by 6dB. That turns out to be a 4dB boost from where they were. Now that he’s chosen to keep the bleed and resonance, Jacquire unmutes those sections in the tom tracks, and then adjusts the toms’ levels to where they sound balanced with the other drums. When Jacquire removed the kick bleed, and hence some of the resonance, it made the kick sound less punchy and less like it did in the room. The reason that happened is that during the tracking session, the toms were resonating sympathetically whenever the kick drum hit, and that resonance was picked up in the tom mics. With the tom bleed muted out, the kick sounds less punchy. He listens to just the drums and the bass with the bleed from the tom tracks muted, and decides that the bleed on those tracks was actually helping the sound, particularly of the bass drum. Jacquire initially planned to reduce the bleed on the tom tracks by selecting and muting it. Jacquire explains that this is an alternative method to using a gate for reducing bleed. ![]() Because toms are hit relatively rarely in this song (and most songs), there’s plenty of room for him to select and mute the spaces. This video begins with Jacquire separating and muting the long spaces between hits on the tom tracks. In the excerpt from Start to Finish: Jacquire King - Episode 19 - Mixing Part 1, Jacquire is figuring out whether or not to mute the bleed recorded on the tom tracks of the Oak and Ash song “Keep the Light On.” Ring Around the Toms How you deal with it in the mix is more of an artistic choice than a technical one. There will inevitably be bleed (aka “leakage” or “spill”) between mics when capturing a kit. Bleeding is not always a bad thing-when it comes to drum recording, that is. ![]()
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