Week 27 - Drum Augmentation, Track Freeze Details

Question 1

What 2 main categories of issues does drum sample augmentation seek to fix?

Answer 1

Recording Issues:
Poor mic placement + choice
Poor drum choice
Recording errors

Playing Issues:
Playing too soft
Playing too inconsistently
Playing too many takes and the drums change tuning

Question 2

What are triggers?

Answer 2

Triggers are a very specific and short audio event that is extracted from the original audio

Question 3

What are trigger’s audio used for?

Answer 3

Accurately placing MIDI notes and drum samples
Accurately opening gates
Adding additional sound to your drums when mixing

Question 4

What happens when we freeze tracks, and what are some exceptions to the “freeze”?

Answer 4

Source material on the track is replaced with audio that has been processed by all of the plug-ins on the track (what you hear is what you’ll get)

Muted clips are not rendered

Cannot edit audio clips when frozen

When frozen, all plugins are made inactive, depending on the insert point

The frozen audio will include any automation except volume

Sends, pan, mute and volume can still be changed

Question 5

What are some benefits to track freezing?

Answer 5

Frees up DSP or CPU usage

Great for freezing aux tracks to keep your track count down when recording

Great for exchanging sessions with system that doesn’t have the same plugs