#COMPRESSION SETTINGS FOR BASS PRO#
#COMPRESSION SETTINGS FOR BASS DOWNLOAD#

ItвЂ™s my first reaction is to find a proper level for a sound, pan the sound if it makes sense to find another place for it in the stereo field which also makes room for other elements in a similar frequency ranges, competing for the same space. If I need slight basic compression on a track, I usually reach for something simple, MCDSP Compressor Bank, R-Comp, an SSL channel strip plug (to kill a few birds with one stone) or Metric Halo channel strip. Valley People Dynamite and Eventide Omnipressor, will offer some similar settings as well to enhance transients. The UA DBX or NI DBX will do the trick fine. 'Since most are behind the computer and donвЂ™t have any access to real hardware equipment what would you recommend as your preferred digital replacement for the DBX 160 to create more attack in the drums?'

#COMPRESSION SETTINGS FOR BASS DOWNLOAD#

Tip: Download the RDS free drum sounds package to start experimenting with mixing these kits yourself. Multi-band compression / expansion are what I generally use it for often and I might use the limiter to get a little more weight out of the drum blend without chopping off peaks or shooting for any reduction but just a slight increase in output level. ItвЂ™s got a pretty intense learning curve, but once I got my head around it ItвЂ™s really nice to have all that power in one place. If I do use a drum buss for processing, I prefer to use a multi-band dynamics tool like the McDsp ML4000. And I would definitely use one for programmed drums trying to have a live feel. I might use a drum buss if I canвЂ™t get the drums to sound cohesive, like one element together by treating them all on their ownвЂ¦ kicks and snares separately etc. I try to deal with what I need to at the source, getting great drum sounds for me consists of sorting out the blend and treating the specific enhancements / corrections on a track-by-track basis. If I donвЂ™t have to, I donвЂ™t use a drum-bus.

'Do you like using a drum-bus? And what would you use it for?' This allows me to adjust the static level of the fader and have built in volume automation to the track.

#COMPRESSION SETTINGS FOR BASS PRO#

Volume trim automation is probably one of the features of pro tools I use the most. Not to be skipped over as well: Sometimes drums just need to be massaged with a little automation before IвЂ™ll reach for a compressor.

To get tone I might use a slower setting on compressors like an LA2A, LA3A, 1176 or Fairchild with a low threshold and crank the output, so the transient still peeks through, but the sustain is exaggerated.

Sometimes I can go up to 10:1 depending on how wild the source is. If I need to control the transients, I use a fast attack, fast release Waves R-Compressor with the threshold around where I want my peaks to be at like a 1.5:1 or 3:1 ratio. If I want more attack, IвЂ™ll use something like a DBX-160 compressor with a high ratio, medium threshold and crank up the output. Most of the time I can get away without compressing, if I got some great sounding drum samples from the start it makes it a lot easierвЂ¦ What IвЂ™ll do is fatten drums up with EQ, or thin them out if needed. ThereвЂ™s not enough transient in the drums, or thereвЂ™s not enough tone for my liking. The transients of the drums are out of control and need to be tamed.Дў. HmmmвЂ¦ The funny thing is, everybody wants to compress their drumsвЂ¦ I try my hardest not to!В On kicks and snares, I hardly reach for compression at all unless one of these situations occurs:ДЎ. What is your preferred way of compressing your drums?'

Compression settings for bass