ML-2A Drum Pack

Slate Digital's Virtual Microphone System now has 9 new mic models for drums. Chad (our VP of Products) walks through the ML-2A Drum Pack V2 — recorded at the same Radio France sessions as the originals — and mics up a full kit using only virtual mics: kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, overheads, room. No actual mic locker involved. A few things you'll pick up along the way: - Which virtual mic to grab for which part of the kit (and which to skip) - The RF-B52 on kick, RF-21B Modern on snare, RF-441 on overheads - What proximity, intensity, and the width knob really do - Why the gate goes BEFORE the mic model plug-in, not after. This one trips people up. - Raw kit vs. virtual mic'd kit, A/B'd in the timeline - Sweetening with SSL channel strips, bus compressor, Bus Clipper If you've already got an ML-2A, just open Complete Access Hub, update the Virtual Microphone System plug-in, and the new drum mics show up in your model list. If you don't, buying an ML-2A gets you 36 mic models (Radio France Instruments, Classic Instruments, and the new Drum Pack V2), every future model we release, and 3 months of Complete Access — that's 150+ plugins, the Academy, the Virtual Assisted Mastering System, and Slate Sounds. The ML-1A is at 38 models with the same setup. ▸ ML-2A: https://slatedigital.com/ml-2a-modeling-microphone/ ▸ ML-1A: https://slatedigital.com/ml-1a-modeling-microphone/ ▸ Complete Access free trial: https://slatedigital.com/complete-access/ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:19 Walking through the plug-in 2:35 Overhead mics: comparing 4 virtual options 5:01 Rumble filter, proximity, and the FG-73 preamp 6:27 Kick drum mic: modern vs. retro 8:59 Snare drum: using a field mic for body and punch 10:39 Hi-hat and toms: breaking the rules 12:14 Room mic with the ML-1A 12:55 Raw kit vs. virtual mic'd kit 13:33 Sweetening with SSL channel strips, reverb, and Bus Clipper 15:50 How to get the new drum mics More plug-in walkthroughs and mixing sessions on the channel — subscribe if that's your thing. #SlateDigital #DrumRecording #VirtualMicrophoneSystem #ML2A #MixingDrums #HomeStudio