How is Deadmau5 making the drums in this song so LOUD??

[Domokun]

well he definitely layers his four on the floor pattern with a nice sharp hat on every beat that is slightly panned to the right, this gives a nice transient to the kick. on every two, there's and a snare slightly panned to the left , this creates a nice effect with the alternating pans of the hats and snare. it also sounds like the kick has a lot of sub-frequencies in it. the kick is also likely warmed up with saturation to give a nice low thud. i am sure the bass has some heavy EQ carved out of its sub-frequencies to give space for the low subby thud in the kick. ideally this would be done with a multi band compressor so the bass doesn't lose its power too much -- see this vid for an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwCRCmWVMco. hope this helps, I'm just thinking out loud here

I've been working on trying to recreate a similar effect based off the advice you gave me and can't tell you how much I appreciate it. VERY helpful. Thank you so much!

[dewaldo]

cheers man, glad that helped

[kitekrazy]

I'm betting the engineers for the record label are doing it and using Pro Tools.

[eyeknow]

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