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Originally Posted by MushroomKingdom  This is what Andy Wallace does . He rides each cymbal hit . Check it out in this interview . I do this too , ride everything , it gives the song this driving alive feeling but takes forever!!! Tech Tips from America’s Hottest mixer-Andy Wallace
Well, first of all, I ride them a lot of times because sometimes a cymbal won't be as loud as another cymbal or something. So there's that. But also, in a greater sense — and I think that this is what you're referring to — every cymbal crash will be ridden up maybe 5 or more dB.
Sometimes I will feel that I'm hearing more ambient stuff in the overheads than I want to hear in the mix. So when I get that loud section rocking the way I want, I'll end up with the overheads balanced where I want to hear the ambience and sometimes the cymbals simply won't be loud enough to have the impact that I want. | GREAT read!!
anytime i've seen CLA stuff it's like "yeah, i set levels and choose my settings depending on the song"
Andy really seems to show off some of his technique.
picked up a lot of things from that article to keep in mind 
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"can we make the guitar louder,..and the snare, and kick,..and maybe the bass to, oh and the vocals, and maybe bring up the cymbals a little bit"
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