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That' useful because sometimes you don't get real benefits to sound than louder level...

I managed it: I've got 4 busses. 01_Drums (full drumkit), 02_Parallel (where I address send from shells in different values, pre fader). Both routed to 03_Drums Main, so I can automate/compress again/eq, etc. 4th one is a copy of Drums, (04_Reference) level matched with Drums Main, used only...

Limiting the sum of original and paralled compression wouldn't be that useful reference wise. The goal is to quickly listen to dry signal and dry+parallel switching between them without having level mismatch. Ex: Dry signal around -18dbFS/Dry signal + Parallel around -18dBFS. Maybe a copy of Dry...

My usual routing is: all drums in a "drums" bus, pre-fader sends of individual tracks to "parallel" bus (so I can have less or no cymbals, and little less of kick/toms compared to snare and room). "Drums" and "Parallel" goes together in a third bus "Drums Main" so I can have further...

I'm trying to get an efficient routing to level match/sound comparing between my drums bus and my drums+parallel compressed drums. The whole point is to quickly switch between the two "status" without being fooled by level increased since summing of dry/wet busses. Any idea? :)

Which are your fav tecniques to chieve a nice snare body sustain? Fast attack compression? Saturation? Dyn EQ? Clipping? Short reverb blended in? Combining all above in which way?

Yeah, I've got same approach: I go for compression for sound shaping, limiting/clipping on individual drums track, then compression AND parallel compression on drums bus, but I always feel like snare is needy about extra taming and I was wondering how much GR do u guys get through saturation...

Saturation? Clipping? Fast attack compression on drum bus?

Probably I'm such a newbie I miss something. Let's say I have my drum bus peaking at -6dBFS everytime the snare hits. Now, I add bass and guitars and stuff. To keep a sense of dynamic and punch, there's quite a difference in amplitude between those snare peaks and "meat", no less than 3-4 dB...

That's good, but I can't reach a good level (-10/-9 LUFS) without involving a huge amount of GR... So I must be wrong somewhere BEFORE reaching the master bus.

I'm aiming for -20dB RMS, around -6dBFS peaks. My drums bus peaks between -9 and -6dBF. My master chain for "home mastering" is: HP filter around 30hz, SSL-like bus comp (10-20ms att, Auto release, 4:1 ratio, 1-2dB GR), MB comp for getting lows in control, 2dB GR clipper, 3-4dB GR limiter, 1-2...

I noticed aiming for a good loudness (-9 LUFS) I'm always stuggling with drums transients. I end up with something like 5 or 6 dB of gain reduction on snare hits; lowering snare track with fader or using saturation (tape or soft clipping) "helps", but doesn't solve the problem (since everybody...

Thank you! My missing point is: why should I use a "slow" attack if my purpose is to reduce crest factor between body and transient? And... What is a "slow" attack? My snare peaks around -6 dBFS and the body is around -22dBFS. To get a "sustained" and "fat" snare I would go for taming that huge...

Hi, everybody. My apologies if it sounds dumb, but I don't get something about gain staging properly using compressors. Let's say I've a snare drum peaking around -6dBFS. According to tutorials, my goal is to keep most of the attack "smack" using a slow attack (fast release) while getting...