Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack Presets: Heavy Drums

This preset pack includes 11 channel strip presets crafted for heavy drums mixing and processing. It features presets for both individual drum tracks and group channels/busses, making it ideal for songwriters, producers, and mixing engineers looking to save time. Beginners will find these presets useful for learning drum mixing techniques and improving their skills.

Each preset is equipped with gate, saturation, transient shaper, EQ, and compression tailored for individual drum tracks and groups/busses. The EQs provide a solid starting point with essential frequency adjustments and Q values, allowing for quick and effective processing. Compressors are selected to complement the drum tracks, with settings optimized for best results. Presets also include channel preamp saturation, with some featuring additional parallel saturation and compression for enhanced depth.

The preset pack includes .ebf preset file and installation instructions.

Elevate your drum mixes with precision and efficiency.

The presets include:

– Snare (top and bottom snare tracks routed into one group/bus)

– Kick

– Rack Tom

– Floor Tom

– Hi-hat

– Ride

– Overheads (all cymbals routed into one group/bus)

– Room

– Drum Reverb (for additional drum reverb FX for snare & toms)

– Shells Group (snare, kick and toms routed into one group/bus)

– Drums Group (all drum tracks routed into one group/bus)

* To use the preset pack you have to own Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack with All Access Pass or the following products: GATE: DRUMS, TRANSIENT SHAPER, FG-STRESS, FG-116, FG-116 VINTAGE, FG-116 BLUE SERIES MODERN, FG 401 VCA COMPRESSOR, FG-BOMBER, FG-A, FG-S BRIT 4K EQ, FG-N BRIT N EQ, VIRTUAL CHANNEL, VIRTUAL MIXBUSS, VTC NEW YORK, MONSTER DYNAMIC PROCESSOR, CUSTOM SERIES EQ, REVIVAL.

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