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Parallel compression eq'ing (post or pre) ?ll
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| varun |
Hi All,
just a quick question.
By rule of thumb, should you first equalize the dry kickdrum signal before compressing it with a copy of itself, or do you apply eq to the mixed drum tracks?
Thanks. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by varun
Hi All,
just a quick question.
By rule of thumb, should you first equalize the dry kickdrum signal before compressing it with a copy of itself, or do you apply eq to the mixed drum tracks?
Thanks. |
What are talking about when you say compress it with a copy of itself?
please explain. |
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| Prototrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
What are talking about when you say compress it with a copy of itself?
please explain. |
+1. Do you mean using the kick drum as a sidechain trigger? |
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| dannib |
| I think he means parallel compression. Duplicate a sound, compress it, and mix "to taste" with the uncompressed sound. |
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| JustinMead |
| quote: | Originally posted by dannib
I think he means parallel compression. Duplicate a sound, compress it, and mix "to taste" with the uncompressed sound. |
Wouldn't that destroy your head room? |
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| cristianokeller |
mixed
but, I'm not using parallel in my low parts nomore, because I feel that it destroys the low dynamics.. I'm using only in other drum sounds (hats, crashes, claps, snares)
I use Vengeance kickdrums and they sounds just pretty good in it dynamics outofthebox...
maybe I'm wrong... |
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| dannib |
| Why would it destroy the headroom? Its just the same as using a compressor with a "wet/dry" knob but with way more control. I work in a commercial studio and parallel or "new york" compression is used literally all the time. Even sometimes on the mixbuss! |
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| Prototrance |
Interesting. I dont usually compress my kicks as I compressed them when I made them. But I do mix to them. Set the kick to about -6 and build the track around that. Compression etc handled during mastering by my mate, as its the devils work..........
I cant say I've used parallel compression but in the past, before I made my own kicks, I've tried compressed vs 'raw' kick, and the compressed always won.
Ultimately, its all in the mixing and eq's |
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