BUS tracks in Drum rack

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JMFOne
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BUS tracks in Drum rack

Post by JMFOne » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:03 pm

Hi All

Can I BUS together 2 channels inside a drum rack? Ie I have a drum kit loaded into a drum rack, I want to compress/clip the kick and snare together. The only workaround I know of is pulling those tracks out of the rack but ideally I would like to keep them nested in the rack.
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Re: BUS tracks in Drum rack

Post by mothergarage » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:21 pm

Select both chains and group them with cmd+g
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Re: BUS tracks in Drum rack

Post by siliconarc » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:00 pm

You can add the Compressor to one of the Drum Rack's return chains, then route multiple pads' audio direct to it using the pads' output selectors - just choose e.g. 'a Return Chain' as the output rather than 'Rack Output'

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Re: BUS tracks in Drum rack

Post by JMFOne » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:54 am

Thanks both, never thought of that - love learning more of these finer details
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