Comments on: Parallel compression for fatter drum tones http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/ Home recording and project studio blog Fri, 16 May 2008 20:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Third Take » Sonar Busing Praxis http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-12463 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:28:41 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-12463 [...] Parallel Compression is a technique that is used to get a “fatter” drum sound, while preserving the natural attack of the drums. You do this by mixing the raw kick and snare tracks with heavily compressed copies of those tracks. (See this article at Hometracked). While you could simply clone the tracks and insert compressors on the copies, there is a much more elegant solution using busses. [...] […] Parallel Compression is a technique that is used to get a “fatter” drum sound, while preserving the natural attack of the drums. You do this by mixing the raw kick and snare tracks with heavily compressed copies of those tracks. (See this article at Hometracked). While you could simply clone the tracks and insert compressors on the copies, there is a much more elegant solution using busses. […]

]]> by: des http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-2302 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:55:18 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-2302 Hey Andy, thanks, and sorry I missed your comment before. I added a note to the article because your point is an important one! Cheers. Hey Andy, thanks, and sorry I missed your comment before. I added a note to the article because your point is an important one!

Cheers.

]]> by: Andy http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-2103 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:09:39 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-2103 Great technique. I use it all the time, but be careful; the compressor plug-in can induce latency, which can shift the phase of the overall drum sound. If your DAW has plug-in delay compensation, then you needn't worry, but if it doesn't (like in Pro-Tools M-Powered/LE *grumblegrumblegrumble*), you have to compensate either by using the time-adjuster plug in on the uncompressed drum bus, or by bouncing the uncompressed drum bus to an audio track, and shifting it backwards a couple of samples after the fact. Great technique. I use it all the time, but be careful; the compressor plug-in can induce latency, which can shift the phase of the overall drum sound.

If your DAW has plug-in delay compensation, then you needn't worry, but if it doesn't (like in Pro-Tools M-Powered/LE *grumblegrumblegrumble*), you have to compensate either by using the time-adjuster plug in on the uncompressed drum bus, or by bouncing the uncompressed drum bus to an audio track, and shifting it backwards a couple of samples after the fact.

]]> by: Third Take » Parallel Compression http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-389 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:42:26 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-389 [...] I found a great article on parallel compression at a blog called Hometracked. It looks like a great blog and I plan on keeping up with it. [...] […] I found a great article on parallel compression at a blog called Hometracked. It looks like a great blog and I plan on keeping up with it. […]

]]> by: des http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-388 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:35:16 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-388 Thanks Dave. <em>> I was wondering why you sent the tracks to the CompII bus post-fader. </em> Heh, carelessness :) I usually set it up the way you described, for the reasons you listed. I just rushed things putting this example together, and overlooked the routing. Thanks Dave.

> I was wondering why you sent the tracks to the CompII bus post-fader.
Heh, carelessness :)

I usually set it up the way you described, for the reasons you listed. I just rushed things putting this example together, and overlooked the routing.

]]> by: Dave http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-382 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:29:36 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/#comment-382 Great article. I was wondering why you sent the tracks to the CompII bus post-fader. With that setup, any changes to the track fader affect the amount of compression the track gets in the CompII bus. If you send them pre-fader, you can use the track fader to mix the drums in the drum bus without affecting the amount of compression on the kick/snare. Great article. I was wondering why you sent the tracks to the CompII bus post-fader. With that setup, any changes to the track fader affect the amount of compression the track gets in the CompII bus. If you send them pre-fader, you can use the track fader to mix the drums in the drum bus without affecting the amount of compression on the kick/snare.

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