Get five mixing engineers in a room and they will probably give
you five different tips on mixing your drums. Some want it au natural,
making it breathe and sound live. Others want it pumped in your
face with crushed compression kicking you to the ground. And many
like the happy middle, applying compression when needed but still
retaining the natural feel of the drum kit. No matter what your
preference is, there are certain guidelines that are good to follow
when starting to mix your drums.

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In the last installment of Effective Drum Mixing we went through the rough levels of each instrument, checking the phase of the snare and general panning. Therefore, the faders are mostly where we want them, the snare is punching through without phase problems and every drum is panned in the stereo field.

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