Why Do Dr Dre's Drums Sound Louder Than Everything Else

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I agree with deranged. I'd go as far as saying outside of live instruments and vocals compression isn't really needed at all
 
Jersey8five6 said:
would u mind explaining why paralell compression isn't necessary in the digital age?
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I'll make sure to clarify. In the digital age, there's filters, and other plug ins available that do the equivalent of paralell compression. With a digital signal, I don't have to load it in seperate tracks, ect. I can just use aux outputs with heavy compression and adjust the "dry/wet"(aux level) signal.

It's ultimately the equivalent of "Parallel compression", but IMO(as well as many others)way simpler.
 
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use live drums + filters
listen to my sound sample:

what i used:

live "rock" drums but filtered them -----> + heavy compression + crunch distortion
 
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i always use sampled drums sometimes i add an acoustic drum to it but it always depends on the sound im looking for then I filter them layer them route them in a mono bd group and apply eq to cut and boost certain frequencies and then comes the multiband compression or singleband compression and a limiter thats just what works for me and dont forget to tune your drums correctly ... just my thoughts

oh and i know its not reall yon topic but i thought id share my technique of creating fat or punchy bassdrums because i think my drums do bang really well if anybody wants a sound example just tell me and i will upload a loop asap

click link to get sound example
h t t p://ul.to/dmt7nq

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Like me. He cuts the low end so it can be louder without lows distorting.
 
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the best advice would be dont overdo it, eq is the best option but dont overdo it neither , and train your ear to hear how this whole mix supposed to sound, if u got dre's ears i guarantee you can replicate his sound on any board, since u aint got his ears you can practice n train your ear so u can get that mix poppin' end of.
 
T Prod. said:
min. 40 Hz, but your ears and monitoring system should be your leader.
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Then I always think somethings missing, I dont know if I actually hear it or if it's just my mind playing tricks.

Maybe I don't have the right accurate filter plugin, which one do you use?
 
BJv said:
Then I always think somethings missing, I dont know if I actually hear it or if it's just my mind playing tricks.

Maybe I don't have the right accurate filter plugin, which one do you use?
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doesn't matter what you use. a simple EQ or filter will do it. most of the time I use Waves REQ, but really doesn't matter.
 
T Prod. said:
doesn't matter what you use. a simple EQ or filter will do it. most of the time I use Waves REQ, but really doesn't matter.
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yea like i said b4 its all about the ears n training them, years of listening do that, i mean my producer friend awhile ago i was at his crib, his mix was so good on fruityloops n i was like how u get fruity to sound so good, he showed me what he done n i was like is that it? lol i mean seriously dude had the same setup as me but he used it in a way i couldnt use it thats all cause he always listening to tracks n focussing on the mixing so naturally dude became better at mixing than me plus he been into it longer than me so naturally his ear will pick up things i wont.
Lets face it, alot of people got protools, ssl's blah blahs u name it but not many can come up with dre's sound though, thats why im saying you can have the same setup as dre and even kno what he does but you cant get that sound poppin' the same way if you aint got the ears to mix it.
 
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Not arguing, just giving my 2 cents. Being that alot of subs go well below 40hz and even speakers that don't properly display the freq can still fire the "feeling" off of it, 40hz is kind of a high cut.

If you are cutting, I think 25-32hz is a good range. I think shelving around 64hz and boosting a few db on the overall song cleans out alot of mid and high range by forcing you to turn down kicks from being wayyy too bassy.

That leaves "thump, and high end "presence(the "pap sound") around while eliminating the stuff that consumes your mixes space.

Don't go by the beats on my soundclick, I do that to finished songs, I can do it to a beat real quick to post so you guys get the idea.

Edit: 2 new tracks on my soundclick had the EQ done to them. Comapre them to anything else on my page and you'll notice the low end hits harder while the songs highs and mids have more room for clarity.

Warning, if you have baby speakers that don't have a range below 64hz, you may not hear much bass. in that case, compare to a Lil Jon record you remember knocking in a club. You won't hear much 'knock from Lil Jon thru your speakers either.
 
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