Process for aligning a drum kit

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Hi acommunique,

Thanks for your message.

In terms of Grouping, in general, all the drum tracks should be in one group as they make up one sound (the drums) and all the mics bleed into each other.

As always, there’s room to experiment, and the A/B/C/D preset slots are your friend here.
Here’s what I’d suggest:

  1. Insert AA2 and all your tracks and Align - This will be your first initial alignment.
    If you’re capturing into the plugin, for best results, capture the whole song.

  2. Move to preset B,
    If your stereo pairs are recorded on two mono tracks, select each pair, right-click → Configurations → Stereo Link.
    Do this to all pairs and ‘Align’.

This will make Auto-Align 2 analyze each pair as a Stereo track, which can give a wider image.

  1. In preset C, you can try selecting the Room mics, right-click → New group. Hear how it sounds with the rooms in their own group.

Compare the three options and see which sounds best.

You can also audition alternate correlation points by hovering over tracks and using the +/- buttons and more.

There’s no option to align a group to another group. All the tracks within a group are aligned against each other.

The Manual can be found here and explains everything in detail:

If you have any questions, let me know.
Thanks,

Oran

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