Set Me Free - HB Mix

[HbGuitar]

Hey Pat....thanks for your feedback

I don't know man. I don't hear much of a difference.

In a strange way I'm pleased - because there wasn't much compression going on in the first place - and what there was I dragged out to the point of there being no compression at all. I can hear the difference....but i know what i've done so its easy

It sounds like the OHs and Room are much too loud, and your compression is making them dominating everything. The splash cymbal (for example) sustains like crazy and is overbearing, the snare has the smack of an elephant. I'm sorry I'm really not a fan of that.

This is pretty much an EQ/Level thing now - except the cymbals where i do have some slow release compression for sustain - but again i think its the level you are hearing rather than the compression (or lack thereof)

I'm not a fan of the snare sound either really but i left all EQ and levels the same just to illustrate how a pure reduction in compression sounded

Everything else sounds pretty good, so it's really a shame because these drums sound really off to me.

I'll probably have one more go at it. The compression thing worried me as its such a noob mistake so i'm glad that its not compression. EQ/Level can be seen as artistic differences rather than technical failures - lol