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Old 29th February 2008   #18
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already compressed

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Originally Posted by syra View Post
Hey guys...when you mix hip-hop stuff what do you find yourselves doing often with the drums? For example 90% of the times when I mix rock there will be a parallel comp (...C2) running underneath the main drum buss...

I've noticed that this technique doesn't work as good with electronic beats. How do you go about compressing that s**t then?...

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The individual drum samples are usually compressed already. More compression becomes overkill.
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