I mostly produce and mix rap music (Boom Bap). I am having a hard time deciding when to add my drum brakes to my mixes. I usually layer my drum brakes. I add (layer) kicks and snares for a punchier sound. My question is: should I gain stage my drum brake to 5 dbf and 0 Vu or should I add the drum brake after I gain stage to 5 dbf an 0 Vu my layer kick and snares.

Where I can watch the replays from Fix The Mix?

We're hosting our free 3-day Fix-The-Mix Challenge starting next Tuesday, Oct 13th. Some exciting updates for this one: 1️⃣ Kevin "Black Pearl" McCloskey will be mixing again (you all love him) which means you can watch a multi-platinum engineer mix a track from start to finish, explaining every step along the way. 2️⃣ We are also adding a new SPECIAL GUEST segment on Day 2 where we will be joined by Ben Thomas, who is an incredible engineer and producer from Philadelphia. Ben is a Grammy-Nominated, Diamond-Certified, Multi-Platinum engineer who's credits include Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, Bring Me The Horizon, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber. Learn more and grab your free ticket here: https://courses.mastering.com/events/e/fix-the-mix-oct-2026?utm_source=Skool 🚨 This is our first event we will be hosting on Sessionwire instead of Zoom, which should help increase audio quality for the live event itself, and the replays. To join, you will need to use a Chromium based web browser like Chrome, Edge, Opera or Brave (no account necessary, just click "Join as Guest") or download the Sessionwire Application for best performance (free account required): https://studio.sessionwire.io/download Cheers, Rob

Anyone that can help me on a question I have of Ableton Sends and Returns?

Where I can find the replays for Fix the Mix?