Mixing GGD P5 Drum Library and Periphery 5 Album Mix

Introduction

• Mixing GGD P5 Matt Halpern Signature Drum Library
• Session based on the song "Wildfire" from Periphery 5 album
• Provides stems and MIDI for mixing along
• Usage of the second preset in the GGD P5 Library

Setting Up Drum Library

• Using the Turbo Off preset
• Default mixer settings (faders at Unity)
• Specific adjustments for kick, snare, and room mics
• Routing Outputs in Logic for separate channels

Master and Instrumental Bus Processing

• Master Bus: FabFilter Pro L2 (9 dB boost, -10 LUFS), Slate Virtual Tape Machines, GOLFOS (Dynamic EQ for balance)
• Instrumental Bus: Slate VBC FG Grey (compression for snare headroom, side-chain HPF at 60Hz), FG Red (pumpy/distortion compression)

Drum Bus Processing

• Drum Bus Compressor: Slate Distressor (20:1 ratio, 8 attack, 2.5 release, mix at 32)
• Drum EQ: Slate Neve EQ (high shelf at 12K, mid boost at 5.5K, fixed frequencies for drums)

Individual Drum Processing

Kick Drum

• EQ: Cut at 100-200Hz, boost at 3K for meatier attack, suppress harsh frequencies
• Saturation: Revival (Shimmer), Slate Saturation for kick
• Compression: Slate Custom Opto (focus on attack)

Snare Drum

• Snare Top: Neve preamp saturation, EQ cut at 550Hz, mix control settings
• Snare Bottom: Boost at 5-6K for brightness boost
• Bus Processing: Gate settings, overall EQ
• Reverb: Chromaverb 80s Drum for additional space

Toms

• Rack Tom: EQ cuts at 1K and upper mids for clarity
• Floor Tom 1 & 2: EQ cuts above fundamentals, dynamic EQ to manage overtones
• Limiting: Waves L1 to manage peaks

Cymbals & Room Mics

• EQ: High-pass, cut around 6K for smoothness
• Compression: FabFilter Pro-C2 (heavy compression, blended)
• Soothe: Dynamic suppression of harsh overtones
• Room Mics: Transient designer for sustain, additional reverb for space

Other Elements

Bass

• DI Processing: Neural DSP Parallax plugin, EQ for clank (900Hz, 1-1.5K), moderate compression
• Track Spacer: Manage low-end with sidechain from kick

Rhythm Guitars

• Combination of Invective reamp and Omega plugins, focus on maintaining Misha’s tone
• EQ and Multi-band Compression: Focus on clarity and low-end control
• Stereo widening, EQ shaping with Pro-Q3

Vocals

• Provided heavily processed tracks from Spencer
• Further EQ & Compression: Dynamic EQ for clarity, Purple Audio MC77 and Soothe for suppression of harshness, Revival for additional air
• Bus Compression: Ensure balance among vocal layers
• Reverbs & Delays: Separate buses for main and backing vocals

Synths and Effects

• Impact Samples: Slight EQ adjustments, preserving original sound
• Reverb on Sax: Spiff for transient shaping, adding additional reverb for fullness

Conclusion

• Light processing, relies on built-in tones and user adjustments
• Encouragement to explore and apply similar methods
• Example tracks and stems available for personal mixing experiments