JohnnyRecs
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I am wondering specifically about release times for drum bus compression. In what instances is a fast release time preferred, vs. a slow release time, when using a drum bus compressor to glue the elements together, and get things pumping together tight?
I've been leaving my kick out of my drum bus since compressing it usually kills a lot of low end. So I send the kick straight to the master. I got this idea from Steve Duda in his reddit AMA. So drum bus is snare, hats, percussion, etc.
I am thinking that I'd like 2 compressors on the drum bus. One responding to the program material (snare, hats, percussion), to glue it together and keep things tightly grooving (around 3db of GR); and a second one that's side chained to the kick to get the entire "kit" pumping/making room for the kick (also around 3db of GR). Thoughts on this approach?
I watched an Instagram video of Deadmau5 using an API 2500 on his drum bus and it looks as if the release time is set to 500ms (3db of GR), and it's pumping with the kick, which makes me think the compression is triggered by kick from a side chain (assuming his kick is not also being sent to the drum bus, like Steve Duda recommended)? Any thoughts on his use of compression here? Instagram
Thanks, and very interested in the approach others take to drum bus compression, specifically in terms of release times, pumping, side chaining, etc.
I've been leaving my kick out of my drum bus since compressing it usually kills a lot of low end. So I send the kick straight to the master. I got this idea from Steve Duda in his reddit AMA. So drum bus is snare, hats, percussion, etc.
I am thinking that I'd like 2 compressors on the drum bus. One responding to the program material (snare, hats, percussion), to glue it together and keep things tightly grooving (around 3db of GR); and a second one that's side chained to the kick to get the entire "kit" pumping/making room for the kick (also around 3db of GR). Thoughts on this approach?
I watched an Instagram video of Deadmau5 using an API 2500 on his drum bus and it looks as if the release time is set to 500ms (3db of GR), and it's pumping with the kick, which makes me think the compression is triggered by kick from a side chain (assuming his kick is not also being sent to the drum bus, like Steve Duda recommended)? Any thoughts on his use of compression here? Instagram
Thanks, and very interested in the approach others take to drum bus compression, specifically in terms of release times, pumping, side chaining, etc.