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Subject: Can't get my compressor to "pump"!
Original Message Date: 08-May-02 @ 01:39 PM - Can't get my compressor to
How I understand it is that you send the grouped drum track to the stereo compressor and compress with the desired ratio. Then I make sure I have the fastest possible attack and release settings. Then I lengthen the release time until the drums pump (suck in and out) then back it off slightly.
This is what I've been doing but can't get it to work. Any advice?
Message 11/45 08-May-02 @ 07:14 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Message 12/45 08-May-02 @ 07:24 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Does this sound like a good idea ?
Or perhaps there's a way to group stuff for dynamics within the 01v ?
Message 13/45 08-May-02 @ 07:32 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Message 14/45 08-May-02 @ 07:47 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Does that work for you??
Message 16/45 08-May-02 @ 07:53 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Message 17/45 08-May-02 @ 08:07 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
juss kidding. but yeah, it would be optimal if you could compress your individual sounds and then do the pumping thing on a subgroup/bus thingy.
OR, if its fucking up your kick sound, do it via sidechain: 1) compress the kick on its own, 2)send rest of the sounds to the compounder, 3)then send the kick to the sidechain input.
the drums will be pumping, but your kick will stay the same.
good luck pumping
Message 18/45 08-May-02 @ 08:34 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
me: "route them all to the same compressed for the pumping effect. if you take your kick in and out of the compressed drum group you should be able to hear a difference."
you: not reading.
"if you take your kick in and out of the compressed drum group you should be able to hear a difference."--it's not just a theory I have; it's a suggestion. if you try it, you will hear a difference, and this difference will lead you to the knowledge which will guide your decision as to whether or not the kick should go in the compressed drum subgroup.
I'm being obnoxious but compression is tricky and I'm no mixing guru so I'll shut up. I think k has a real good article about this here.
Message 19/45 08-May-02 @ 08:36 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
Message 20/45 08-May-02 @ 08:44 PM - RE: Can't get my compressor to
But Drop, That would sound the same as routing all your drum parts individually to seperate compressors (To add thump and volume) and then mixing them and compressing them together (To make them pump as a whole), wouldn't it?
Bah...
Pro Tools(tm) is the only answer...
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