Some more violent ideas:llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 8:50 pm Got way too much ride in a stereo track.
Ideas? It doesn't sound bad in isolation but with everything else in the mix it’s like holy shit.
It’s only for certain sections so I am even thinking of a gross ass notch + percussion overdub
1. create a duplicate overhead track that only comes in on the ride sections with more intense eq cuts to reduce your problem and/or lower volume than the other sections.
2. Fully mute the ride side overhead (or mono OH if that's all you did) on those sections but work up a mix for those spots that's totally satisfying without that overhead. Can the bleed cover it? Automate the floor tom volume so that side is turned down quite a bit when there's no tom hits. Then work out the transition between sections so it feels like an exciting production shift, not a band-aid.
Word of caution:
Don't lose sight of the big picture. I've gone to weird lengths with a bashy hi-hat where it was like I wanted to erase just the hi hat. All the de-essers and compression tricks couldn't do that of course but once my brain laser focused on that sound it wouldn't let go. I remember later on listening to some cool record in the car and thinking, "Oh yeah.... you're allowed to hear open hi hat in a loud song. It can sound cool. That's why drummers do it." I should have just tempered it slightly but I wasted hours trying to kill it.
