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(13-01-2019, 04:07 PM)Mixinthecloud Wrote: After listening to almost every submission for this song I have a question I would like to ask of the submitters.
Did you use compression on your drum buss for this song, Yes or No?
Personally, I did not, which is uncommon in my general workflow.
Thanks.
For this song I just rather use a buss compressor with long attack, low ratio and low threshold instead of compress every single track of the drum set, expect for the room track which I compress a lot to bring in front as much ambient as I can
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i did and i almost always do.
i set up the compressor so that i'm happy with the sound and then meticulously adjust make-up gain so that levels are identical. I'll then toggle on and off in the mix to see which one is better. i only go for 1-2 dB, with slow attack, and will often set a high pass filter around 60hz to let most of the kick through. Not looking to change the sound per se but improving audibility without level increase
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14-01-2019, 11:53 AM
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I didn't use any compression on the drum bus ,But did use the Andrew Sheppes method and use parallel compression sending the drum bus to a separate track and compressing with a medium attack and fast release 3-4db and blending in to keep the dynamics and add some subtle glue !
so I guess the answer is yes .
Great idea to share thoughts by the way !
Cheers
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Quote:For this song I just rather use a buss compressor with long attack, low ratio and low threshold instead of compress every single track of the drum set, expect for the room track which I compress a lot to bring in front as much ambient as I can
Interesting. Thanks for your reply.
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(14-01-2019, 11:53 AM)thedon Wrote: I didn't use any compression on the drum bus ,But did use the Andrew Sheppes method and use parallel compression sending the drum bus to a separate track and compressing with a medium attack and fast release 3-4db and blending in to keep the dynamics and add some subtle glue !
so I guess the answer is yes .
Great idea to share thoughts by the way !
Cheers
Thanks for your reply and insight into your approach.
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(14-01-2019, 05:16 AM)HbGuitar Wrote: i did and i almost always do.
i set up the compressor so that i'm happy with the sound and then meticulously adjust make-up gain so that levels are identical. I'll then toggle on and off in the mix to see which one is better. i only go for 1-2 dB, with slow attack, and will often set a high pass filter around 60hz to let most of the kick through. Not looking to change the sound per se but improving audibility without level increase
Thanks for sharing this insight to your approach.
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Quote:For this song I just rather use a buss compressor with long attack, low ratio and low threshold instead of compress every single track of the drum set, expect for the room track which I compress a lot to bring in front as much ambient as I can
Thanks for your reply. Interesting approach to the room. It was the only ambiance I used on the drums for this song, but without compression.
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I used compression and clipper, but only with kick to move it a bit backwards.
Now that I checked, I seem to use also parallel compression with snare and kick.
With drum buss i have a limiter to catch some peaks, but not to change the sound.
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14-01-2019, 05:29 PM
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(14-01-2019, 05:12 PM)Olli H Wrote: I used compression and clipper, but only with kick to move it a bit backwards.
Now that I checked, I seem to use also parallel compression with snare and kick.
With drum buss i have a limiter to catch some peaks, but not to change the sound.
OK. Thanks for your input. The poll is revealing, I think. Did you participate?
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(14-01-2019, 05:29 PM)Mixinthecloud Wrote: OK. Thanks for your input. The poll is revealing, I think. Did you participate?
I didn't notice it, but now that you mentioned it, I voted.