Hey friends, quick question for ya..
I listen to a lot of modern metal where there are some pretty intense drums happening, and a few times I've tried to mix a song or two in that style. When it comes to the 'machine gun' crazy fast double kick, I hit a wall in setting up the compressor.
Before the fast parts come, I typically like the settings I get. The attack is getting the punch I want, and the release is letting go before the next hits, and it sounds full and nice. But, when it comes to the fast section, the compressor is no longer reacting quick enough to catch all the hits in the same way. It catches some, but the release is too slow.
Is it common practice to automate the compressor in this case? Or to mult the track out and use a comp on each track?
Quick side note... I've recently been mixing exclusively in Mixbus, and trying to use the built in channel processing as much as possible. However, there is no separate control for attack/release, just one knob. Left = faster of both, right = slower of both.
For the fast drumming, too slow and I get too slow of an attack and it looses punch, but I can't manipulate the attack separate from the release. Does this call for a dedicated "full control" compressor as an insert?
Whatcha think? Btw, this is just something I struggled with a couple mixes ago, and now I've just curious about how others might approach it.
I listen to a lot of modern metal where there are some pretty intense drums happening, and a few times I've tried to mix a song or two in that style. When it comes to the 'machine gun' crazy fast double kick, I hit a wall in setting up the compressor.
Before the fast parts come, I typically like the settings I get. The attack is getting the punch I want, and the release is letting go before the next hits, and it sounds full and nice. But, when it comes to the fast section, the compressor is no longer reacting quick enough to catch all the hits in the same way. It catches some, but the release is too slow.
Is it common practice to automate the compressor in this case? Or to mult the track out and use a comp on each track?
Quick side note... I've recently been mixing exclusively in Mixbus, and trying to use the built in channel processing as much as possible. However, there is no separate control for attack/release, just one knob. Left = faster of both, right = slower of both.
For the fast drumming, too slow and I get too slow of an attack and it looses punch, but I can't manipulate the attack separate from the release. Does this call for a dedicated "full control" compressor as an insert?
Whatcha think? Btw, this is just something I struggled with a couple mixes ago, and now I've just curious about how others might approach it.