What is actually on Simon and Terry's channels when they mix a drum kit and bass? This one is the guided tour.

In Episode 15 of KNOBS, Simon Moro and Terry Hart go through the mixer left to right, channel by channel, and talk through exactly how they treat the rhythm section: the kick, the snare, the toms, hi-hats, overheads, rooms, percussion and bass.

They start with the idea that holds it all together, the mix template: a rig of dormant, deactivated plugins that sit ready to click on the moment a sound needs them, so the boring decisions are already made and the time goes into the music. From there it is trick after trick. Samples blended under real drums for consistency, the Pultec-into-a-160 move for tight low end, ducking the bass with the kick, using transient decay to make a chorus feel faster, treating the snare ...