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Mix DRUMS

Arturia

Where to get itAvailable from Arturiaarturia.com

Mix DRUMS is a drum processing plugin that eschews traditional compression in favor of a sophisticated parallel signal chain combining clipping, saturation, distortion, transient shaping, and EQ to add punch, weight, and character to drums while preserving peak levels and mix placement. Created by Arturia with input from award-winning engineer Emre Ramazanoglu, it splits audio into LOW and MID/HIGH frequency ranges for independent processing, maintains phase coherence throughout, and offers creative spatial effects and noise processing—all designed to enable both subtle tweaks and radical sonic transformations on individual drum tracks and drum buses.

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Key Features

01Phase-coherent parallel LOW and MID/HIGH signal paths with separate saturation and distortion
0216 distortion models (Analog, Digital, and Waveshaper types)
03OP AMP 21 saturation for lows, Tape saturation for mids/highs
04Transient shapers in LOW and MID/HIGH sections for attack and body control
054 SPACE processors: Algorithmic Reverb, Convolution Reverb (25 impulse responses), Delay, and Tape Delay
063-band fully parametric EQ with optional shelving filters
07Ceilings input control and level locking to preserve peak levels across preset changes

Things to Try

  • 01Set the Ceilings slider so peaks are within the green bar range, then enable Level Lock to preserve the input level across preset changes
  • 02Try Tremolo with the Pump waveform on a long-decay Reverb or Convolution Reverb for a gentle sidechain reverb effect
  • 03Create a classic gated snare sound by setting a large Reverb or Convolution Reverb with Gate Range at –100 dB, Threshold just under 0 dB, and Release Time between 400–500 ms for Peter Gabriel-style results
  • 04Apply a Tremolo with Saw waveform at a 1/16 beat division on echoes or reverb tails for a trancegate effect
Formats
VSTVST3AUAAX
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