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Mixing Worship Drums Part 2 - COMPRESSION

Nov 12, 2024

Let's talk drum compression. 

1.Bus Compression. You can hit your drum bus HARD for worship drums. This will glue them all together and add THAT worship drum sound to your mix.-5to -10db of gain reduction on your big snare and kick hits. I love the API-2500 and SSL Bus Compressor for this.

2. Parallel Compression Part 1. On the first parallel channel you’ll want to slam it getting at least -10dbs of gain reduction and having a fast attack and fast release. API-2500 is king for this.

3. Parallel compression Part 2. Again shooting for-10db or more of gain reduction BUT using a slowattack and a fast release to add sustain to each drum. I love using the Kiive XStressor.

 

Check out the video here>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLB-VYw8IQ

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