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Parallel compression on the kick and snare

Parallel compression on the kick and snare

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Parallel compression on the kick and snare

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- The place I usually start with a parallel compressor on a kick drum is to add another balanced sound. Get some good attack, some good sustain, it's gonna be inherently different from those dry tracks. And then, I add it in and I see what is sounds like. (drumming) So, what I start off with on the distressor is a slow attack and a medium release to allow the transient to go through the compressor and for the release to sort of manipulate how fast the compressor releases giving it a different sustain envelope. Now, we could also do the opposite, which is to have a fast attach that grabs that transient and then a fast release that let's that sustain come up. So, we're gonna again change the envelope of the sustain of that drum and make the drum sound a lot longer. Sometimes we need to do that to make the final kick drum sound work with the track. (drumming) So, with a fast attack and a fast release it brings more tone to the drum, but that's not something we need on this track. If…

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