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In most modern contexts, the drums are left to sound fairly open, so gates probably aren't something that you'd want to record with. I'd say a couple of simple compressors are all that's needed. As mentioned earlier, a few dbx160x's are great to just lop the top of the peaks. If you're looking for true effects, then the sky's the limit as you can really go nuts with your room mics by squashing them through a cool comp like the 1176 or distressor.
Having a pile of compressors is really nice, but a lot can be done with a pair of 160's and a pair of distressors.
later,
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