5 Ways Our Drum Production Suite Is Transforming Pro Mixes
Drum production has always been one of the trickiest parts of making a record. Live kits bring energy but also bleed and imbalance. Loops can inspire, but isolating the sounds you want is often messy and time-consuming.
That’s why countless top engineers and producers—from Coldplay’s Rik Simpson to BTS mixer James F. Reynolds—are reaching for our Drum Production Suite, featuring our Remix:Drums and DeBleed:Drums plugins.
Here's five reasons why…
1. Eliminate Bleed Without Losing Character
Traditional fixes like gating, EQ, and sidechaining can reduce bleed—but usually at the expense of tone. Transients lose their punch, toms get choked, and snares lose their body. DeBleed:Drums uses advanced separation technology to target only the bleed while preserving the original hit.
 | Engineer Carlos Mas (Stormzy, Mötley Crüe) explains: “With DeBleed:Drums, I can rebalance overheads or clean up rooms in seconds. Before, it meant gates, sidechains, and duplicating tracks. This does it cleanly and keeps the drums sounding real.” |
2. Rebalance Overheads and Room Mics Instantly
Overheads and room mics give drums space and realism, but they often pick up too much of the wrong element—like hi-hats slicing through the mix or a kick that overwhelms the ambience. With Remix:Drums and DeBleed:Drums, you can fine-tune the balance of each element without affecting the rest of the kit.
Coldplay Producer Rik Simpson says: “You can bring the hi-hat down in the overheads, then clean up the hi-hat mic and blend it back. That was always impossible before. Now it’s easy.” |  |
Instead of spending hours on corrective EQ moves, you simply rebalance the recording.
3. Isolate Elements Inside Loops
Loops are the foundation of many productions, but most contain sounds you don’t want—or don’t have enough of. Previously, producers had to live with those limitations or rebuild from scratch. Remix:Drums lets you isolate kick, snare, hi-hat, or cymbals directly from the loop, opening up endless possibilities.
 | Dance mixer James F. Reynolds (BTS, Calvin Harris, Paloma Faith) explains: “Remix:Drums is an incredibly useful tool for anyone resampling and reworking loops. It will save countless hours building the perfect drum pattern.” |
Need the kick from one loop and the hats from another? Done. Want to strip everything but the snare and replace it with your own groove? Easy.
4. Keep the Energy of the Performance
Other approaches to drum clean-up—like heavy gating or sample replacement—can make a kit sound lifeless. The Drum Production Suite is different. It has audio processing to preserve the feel of the original performance, keeping the tone, sustain, and transient impact intact.
Rik Simpson was impressed by the natural sound: “The transients stay intact, the tails are clean, and the sustain on toms is round and natural. It really does open up a whole new realm of possibilities.” | |
Instead of fighting against your recordings, you get to work with them—shaping them into something better while still sounding authentic.
5. Save Time and Stay Creative
Fixing drum bleed is notoriously tedious: endless EQ sweeps, sample triggers, and phase checks. The Drum Production Suite drastically cuts down this “repair time,” freeing you to focus on creative decisions.
 | Engineer Cameron Craig (Adele, Pulp, UNKLE) puts it simply: “It’s not just about saving time—it removes the boring, frustrating part of mixing so you can get back to being creative.” |
Whether you’re polishing a live kit or rebuilding a loop for a dance track, these plugins let you achieve results in minutes that used to take hours. That means more energy spent on music, not maintenance.
The New Standard in Drum Production
With Remix:Drums and DeBleed:Drums, Acon Digital has given producers and mixers a new level of control—without compromise. The result? Cleaner mixes, faster workflows, and more space for creativity.
While you can buy Remix:Drums and DeBleed:Drums together in our Drum Production Suite, If you’re the kind of producer who loves reshaping loops, rebuilding beats, or pulling creative new ideas out of existing tracks, our Remix Bundle is for you. It combines Remix:Drums—for precise control over individual drum elements—with our powerful Remix Stem Separation Plugin, which lets you split full mixes into vocals, drums, bass, and more.
That’s why pros across genres are making the switch, why not grab a free demo version today and try it for yourself!