Don't use as many hi hats and other high end percussion. Fewer effects, and fewer tracks in general. Also tape saturation.

Not sure I comprehend what sound that you're looking for, but I think that maybe you want some mild harmonic distortion? Have you tried a tape saturation effect?

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little to no reverb and delay. As MJB mentioned, the more raw and upfront a sound is, the more space it takes therefore less sounds. Use a cabinet sim . distortion or saturator send on elements you want to thicken. Lowering the bit and sample rate works well on drums.

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distortion

record it to tape and record it back. repeat ONE BILLION TIMES

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pitching down the sounds make them sound a bit raw, vocoder & grain effects sometimes work well too

I suggest getting into FM sounds like in FM8. The fx and fm programming can get a lot of those dense dirty, but still relatively sharp and clear sounds. It really depends how you go about it.

But FM8 is great for that. I like a lot of "raw" sounds myself. More in the way that they resonate loud at low volumes and bring essential depth to a track.

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yeah I think eq your sound then add distortion overdrive etc then eq again to take off unwanted added freqs is what I think your after. Also a cabinet sim like m4b suggested can really give you a nice crunch in your sounds

distortion works, together with gating your drumbus it works even better. RAW <> smooth (smooth is verbtails, tape saturation, tube emulation) try to stay away from these type of effects if you want a "raw" upfront sound

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Originally posted by Raphie RAW <> smooth (smooth is verbtails, tape saturation, tube emulation) try to stay away from these type of effects if you want a "raw" upfront sound

That's sorta what I was getting at in my post - I don't understand if he actually wants raw/in-your-face or "less clear in a good way", which, to me, implies smeared (e.g., ala saturation).

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hardware compression -> analog tape