<p>hey what’s up everybody<br />this is Gabe Fry with Kimora Recordings uh<br />we’re gonna do a mix<br />breakdown of a track called entropy<br />that I just wrote to showcase the new Hertz Drums<br />drum sample libraries<br />uh I think they sound pretty killer<br />I’m excited to show you guys let’s check it out<br />alright y’all so<br />the best place probably<br />to start is with just listening to the full mix<br />just for a moment and then<br />we’ll check out some<br />of the individual elements of the mix<br />and go through the samples and see how they sound<br />and what not so we’ll go ahead and jump in here<br />alright cool<br />so uh let’s go ahead and start with the kick drum here<br />um I’m not doing a ton of processing across the board<br />here really on any of the instruments<br />which is a testament to you know<br />how good these drums sound already<br />um but yeah let’s go ahead and sell this kick<br />and check out how it sounds<br />yeah<br />sounds really good<br />yeah it’s um probably my favorite part of this uh<br />of this uh sampler here is the kick sounds<br />I mean they just sounds so so good<br />uh<br />one of the coolest things about this library as well is<br />is um you can change the mics<br />so there’s three different mics that uh<br />each individual a piece of the um<br />of the kit were recorded with and you can go uh<br />go through you would<br />each one sounds like here sounds cool<br />yeah a lot of different options here<br />um<br />let’s check out some of the processing that I did here<br />um so this is pretty much on everything<br />all the drums I this is doing the heavy lifting really<br />um this is the new tube culture plug in from Arteria<br />it’s um based on the culture vulture uh from thermionic<br />uh and it’s a great saturation box and uh yeah<br />this plug ins killer I think it sounds really good<br />takes a little bit of time to get used to<br />it’s definitely unique um<br />there’s different uh<br />modes here for I believe different tubes<br />they are uh you know<br />have a different interaction with the source material<br />so definitely take some time to play with it and<br />and get used to it but um<br />we’ll go ahead and play with the processing<br />on and off here<br />so definitely more attack when it’s on<br />uh it’s a little brighter<br />um but yeah not a not a whole lot going on there<br />not a lot of processing really<br />and then I’m ending pretty much every signal chain<br />with the uh<br />Matlin Pro dithering plug in<br />um I’m going into some hardware<br />so I wanna make sure I did there before I do that<br />um I’m running into a dangerous 2 bus<br />which is going into an SSL Fusion uh<br />which is then going into a better maker<br />mastering compressor into an API 50<br />500 and then back into my links Aurora in um<br />so full disclosure<br />this is all going through some hardware<br />um but yeah<br />let’s go ahead and check out the snare now here<br />that’s nice<br />it’s you know got a nice woody tone to it um<br />you know lots of punch nice transient on it um<br />let’s see what I’m doing here<br />so using the Khrushoff EQ little bump up at uh<br />4.6 hertz using the uh SSLG<br />um curves there what else we doing<br />going back to the tube culture E2<br />that’s my go to for snares uh<br />run the bias of higher<br />gives a nice low end and I’ve been loving that on<br />on my snares<br />so uh we’re using the uh Drum Forge transient tube<br />um this is adding some nice attack as well uh<br />not always necessary uh with how well the<br />um the tube culture handles transients<br />a lot of times<br />when I wanted a little bit more smack here<br />so um run it running it through the transient 2<br />and then of course ending with the Matlin Pro<br />um let’s see what else we got here<br />let’s go to some symbols now<br />they they took a little bit of a different approach<br />with the uh<br />with the symbols here<br />the crashes all um are basically spot mics<br />they’re not in in the overheads<br />um so you’ve got individual crashes here<br />and I read it<br />routed all these to just one crash channel<br />um you know<br />not a ton of resident frequencies that were causing<br />you know really any compromise when um uh<br />we’re notching out frequency so I think I just yeah<br />I just did one little notch here at uh 2.4 and uh<br />that was I was satisfied with that so um<br />definitely some solid sounding symbols uh<br />let’s go ahead and play just the uh the symbols here<br />and again<br />really all that’s going on is new culture and on the<br />on the actual crashes channel here<br />little bit of a dip at 2.4<br />ending of course with the uh Matlin prodither uh<br />let’s check out the room<br />nice sounding room<br />snare sounds super explosive in there<br />so that’s a great um you know uh uh element to have uh<br />with these uh with these samples here<br />just doing the tube culture again um<br />doing a little bit of a um<br />enciant enhancement here with a drum forge transient 2<br />again um<br />a little bit of EQ with Kershoff<br />one off some lows<br />a little bit of high end and then one off or a little<br />little dip in the high mids there at 3.2<br />yeah out of energy in there<br />um I’m gonna do uh<br />I’m gonna I didn’t uh bypass the<br />the processing on the crashes<br />so I’ll do that real quick quick as well<br />obviously a level difference there but yeah<br />just a little bit brighter<br />um Toms let’s check out the Toms here<br />find a section with Bill<br />yeah the sun killer um<br />these are all from the uh the red pack here<br />um<br />and let’s see there is blue pack kick is the blue pack<br />so reference for uh<br />for anyone looking to maybe pick these up<br />there’s there’s three packs we’ve got blue<br />red and white and they all have different<br />you know characters and sounds<br />but they all do play well together<br />which is really nice um<br />so if you pick up all three um<br />you’re truly gonna have three sets of mix and match<br />symbols um<br />shells uh and and yeah<br />it’s great it’s all in the same room and everything<br />so they all play really well together um<br />see let’s go and check out some guitars<br />but I recently fell in love with the uh STL tones uh<br />amp up here<br />this this is probably in my opinion<br />this is the best digital sounding um<br />and software out there I think this sounds the best uh<br />in terms of the mix and um<br />you know just feels really good to play<br />and it sounds like a real lamp<br />it really does I’m I’m very picky uh<br />when it comes to amp Sims<br />I haven’t used them for a long time um<br />I’ve been using um uh<br />makes a Boogie Triple Crown and um uh a victory um<br />B ONE THIRTY Super Countess and um<br />nothing’s rival that for me<br />up until this point when I came across the ampop<br />so really digging the sound uh<br />we used a uh<br />Promise Dragon here with a leave it to orange 4<br />12 might with a 57 and an angle um<br />or 12 might with a royal 1<br />22 so I got these chunks here<br />and it’s got a nice growl to it um<br />did a little bit of ecuing uh<br />cutting out some resonant frequencies here<br />nothing crazy though um yeah<br />just it sounds really good um<br />sounds great um base low end<br />I’m you know<br />one of those guys that splits the<br />the base into a low end track and a high end track<br />and uh<br />let’s see what we got here from the base low end<br />okay so we’re using a tone hub instead of the ampub uh<br />we’ll put these bass back to me<br />sounded really good of this uh uh smooth preset here<br />I don’t think<br />I don’t think I really touched anything on it um<br />doing a bunch of compression on that low into uh uh<br />even out the the peaks there uh<br />now doing that certainly made<br />you know the the the low<br />the low end um you know fairly thin<br />lost a lot of that energy and so I uh<br />I injected some low end again<br />with the unfiltered audio basement<br />which is like a subharmonic<br />um cider to the best of my knowledge but um<br />this thing’s pretty awesome<br />it can be easily too much in in many cases<br />but with how much low end I ended up um<br />killing with that compressor<br />I was able to be pretty aggressive here<br />and add in some low end and um<br />with some experimentation lately<br />I found it really complements the guitars<br />especially<br />especially on the runs like this you know<br />where it’s more melodic and you don’t um<br />you know you have<br />you have to make the choice of are you gonna make the<br />the bass follow the guitar riff<br />or just hold down the low end<br />and play something more simple<br />this allows me to not have to really compromise<br />with this base setup um<br />you know it<br />it’s got plenty of low end<br />it stays tight still and and fills out runs like this<br />um really well so<br />basically just sounds like an extension of the guitars<br />which always what I’m looking for um<br />and then we’ll check out the um<br />base distortion track here<br />which is uh 250 hertz and above basically<br />probably the thing I cut off probably about 4K<br />3.4 okay so uh what do we use here<br />uh we’ll put this base pack again the squishy preset<br />and with my base with the high end anyway<br />the high end distorted track<br />I I keep it fairly subtle um<br />my whole goal with it is just to try to keep it um<br />not poking up too much mono uh<br />I just can’t stand that when you hear majority of<br />of the base distortion track uh<br />poking through there<br />so you know adds a little bit of of um you know<br />body to the guitars again<br />trying to go for like you know<br />more of an extension of the guitars<br />and something like this<br />go and play the guitars along with it<br />awesome so yeah<br />that’s basically a a breakdown of the mix<br />really appreciate you guys checking this out<br />uh check out Hertz Instruments<br />uh if you want to learn more about these<br />awesome drum samples here<br />and if you wanna hear more from me<br />check out Kimora recordings.com<br />and yeah we’ll see you guys in another video</p>
