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beatslave
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 Posted: Fri, 06 Apr, 2007 14:26 Post subject: compression tricks for drums? |
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| Who out there can hook me up? Anyone? |
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Vero
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| Posted: Sun, 15 Apr, 2007 3:03 Post subject: |
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sometimes the compressor will click when it begins, so avoid using the click, or use the click to make another sound.Keeping the threshold/ratio towards the middle will work well for loops/breaks, whereas different settings will work with the individual sounds. I think you'll find that eq is the most important part of drum fx. Another trick is to automate the ratio, this gives extra dynamics to the part.
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Kelly
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| Posted: Mon, 30 Apr, 2007 6:46 Post subject: |
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For drums, usually an attack time someplace between 30-60ms will work. Start with a release of 120ms and move it back and forth until it sounds cool. Shorter will sound more aggressive & louder, but it will sound less hi-fi. The longer I've been mixing, the longer my releases get... I usually end up some place between 160 & 460 ms.
Generally, the lower the threshold, the lower the ratio. A safe ratio to start off is 4:1.
A common compression trick is to duplicate the drum track, compress the crap out of it, and then ride that back up under the original. Normally, compression grabs the loud stuff and then pulls it down. This method takes the low stuff and brings it up, which preserves the transients.
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