Ableton Forum

Hello there.
This is my first post on the forum and I'm glad to see alot of useful things here which I've used.
Basically at the moment I'm ignorant towards drum processing and really need to learn a few things about Eqing and compressing, so if anyone has some knowledge to share or even links to some tutorials I'd be very greatful.
Thanks in advance

don't use them if you don't need them. start with good sounding drums.

straight compression sucks, please don't do that either. compression is killing music.

for drums there's a great 'trick' called 'parallel compression' aka 'the new york drum trick.'

http://www.podcomplex.com/blog/parallel ... eton-live/



never apply effects because you can, apply effects because they're needed. always trust your ears and invest in good monitors.

I have gotten the consensus around audio user forums that if you don't have good speakers that go down low to like 50hz you can over compensate the bass. This was the reason I got big Event PS8 speakers a while ago. They are big and loud, but they go down to like 50 or 60 hz. My point is if you don't have good speakers that go down to the low hz, when you do some eq, you could over compensate and the mix may sound extra bassy in another setting.

thanks a lot Tone Deft