I am co-producing an EP for this band. We just did the drum/bass/guitar tracks this week. This is the first project that I decided NO MORE compressing drums. I did end up knocking back the kick 1db and the snare 1/2 db and the OH's 1db.

I did a submix that knocked the drum/bass back about 1/2 db.

Next time, even less. I want to push my limits.

I think I am going to do this on everything.

I am trying to get the sample up, But when I burn the disc as an MP3, the laptop sees is as a CDA file(?!).

I never compress the close mics or the overheads. Room mics are a different story.

I only compress Bass, Snare and toms.

I only compress....well, everything!!!!!!!heh
LOL

Geez......

sounds like a guy who has quit smoking- except for the cigarette after dinner and and the one at the gig. Oh, and of course the one after sex....

Whenever I notice 84k's avatar out fo the corner of my eye while reading his post it looks like Felix the cat.
Is it just me?

looks like a hippo with a santa hat to me...

hahahaha... funny. Actually, that would be Bond, James Bond.

In the digital realm, you won't have much luck without serious peak limiting (on everything, always).

Maybe you also quit partying with alcohol as well then?


[Mixing without compression is like partying without alcohol.Revolution 06'/djui5]







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I thought...Sonic the Hedgehog! heh

Shoot the hoops! Went there and back boy did it stink!

The last two sessions I had I went to tape (sacralige!) with a finger of compression on the snare and kick and toms and it sounded soooo good (and different than if I had compressed after the fact) that need no compression on any drums during mix down. Word.

I see...you just use EQ to control dynamics ?

Your funeral punk.









































KIDDING!!!!!



KIDDING!!!!

Best regards,

SM.

Just compressing Room mic's here.. rock n roll on PT

But then I monitor my PT session while tracking WITH drum aux bus compression, (and a bit of HF & Sub eq lift ) so like some people MIX into compression - I am TRACKING into compression - but this compression & EQ is 'monitor only' .... so I (or a 3rd party mixer) can always fall back to - uncompressed signal...

On rare occaisions kick & snare might get some dbx 160vu hardware lovin with a tad of compression....

Back in my analog tape days.. I would compress room and sometimes snare a little so that rolls were tamed a little...

If I am overdubbing drums to a whole track (say whole track done in the artists appartment and drums being the last 'icing on the cake' to be added..) Then sometimes a lot of dynamic control comes into play as I have, with the whole track in front of me, a good idea of the dynamic range... I can then 'crush' the drums to fit into this range.. Also these clients, working at home, often dont have the wide range of hardware compression advantage that I do

2 x ch Dbx 160 vu compressors
1 x ch UA 1176 limiter
1 x ch ADR vocal Stresser
Stereo SSL compressor
2 x ch Distressor compressor
4 x ch SPL Transient Designer compressor
2 x ch Cranesong STC8 compressor

I'm curious. If you don't compress drums.. Is it because your drummers are so consistent as to not need leveling? (The ones I record are not.
What about the peak Vs average levels for the final mixes? Isn't some limiting desirable at some point in the process?
I find there is generally a certain amount I can chop off the top w/o taking a sonic hit, and that there are plenty of times where the tune simply calls for a little 'forwardness to the kit, thus some compression there also.

Wayne

Kinda like saying I am gonna build this house without a hammer.......

Why would you eliminate a tool from your tool box?

With analog, just on the rooms, but digital? ..you're a slave to limiters for life! HEE!

whoa your right...it totally looks like felix the cat with a santa hat.


I"M TRIPPING OUT MAAAAAN !!!!

Not compressing when recording digitally doesn't make a lot of sense to me. When recording to analog tape, even if you're not using hardware compressors, the tape is still compressing for you. With digital, I track with compression not to squash, but to round out things in a similar approximation of what tape can and does do to the transients.

But in the end, as they say, if it sounds good, it is good.

Why?

Wow. I can't see the Felix the Cat ref, or the Hippo. Or the Santa Hat. I guess I need new drugs ;-) Better call Q ...

Dude.

Take some Niacin and breathe really slowly.

Oh, and . . .

I'm not so sure about the hippo, but James Bond is in Felix's right eye, and the rifling at the bottom of the white area is his mouth.

Yep, definitely Felix w/Santa hat ..if it was supposed to be Bond, it backfired.

LOL. I donno. Still can't see it. Anyone?

"84 K the cat, the wonderful wonderful cat, whenever he gets in a mix he'll reach for his magic bag of tricks..."

I don't have a lot on today.....

LOL. Wow, I see it. Its a stretch, but I think I finally see the Felix The Claus reference. I think Sonic the Hedgehog was closer.

Oh, and P.S.

Don't Compress The Close Mics On Drums When Tracking.... unless you have an atomic squeezebox that is stike I love that effin thang