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Drum Tracks And Processing: Part 3, Parallel Compression By Thai Long Ly
This is the third installment in my series of articles on processing of drum tracks. We focus here on parallel compression.
So… your guitarist has decided that he’d like to triple track all nineteen of his brilliant ideas using his Mind Bleeder distortion pedal and your keyboardist wants to layer every cool Moog and Nord patch he’s ever programmed since the 80’s. Your bassist insists on playing nothing but chords he learned in Bass Frenzy magazine on his Booty Humper Low F# seven string. So how should you deal with trying to get your drum tracks to punch through this sonic wall?
You may want to experiment with parallel compression of your drum tracks. You are basically getting more "oomph" by blending a compressed drum track with an unprocessed track. I don’t generally care for this technique on anything Jazz related but if you’re dealing with a wall of mud and you can’t carve out the proper space any other way (or don’t have the time), this technique is worth exploring. So here’s how to go about it.First, get your drum tracks sounding amazing utilizing the techniques I just described. All done, right? Call your girl and tell her you’re coming home early 'cause you’re feeling frisky!
Kidding. Seriously… once you’ve gotten your drums in a good place, take a few elements of the drum tracks… say your kick, snare, and toms and bus them to the input of a compressor in wait via an aux send. Remember your drums are still being bussed to the master out in addition to the aux send you’ve just created. Now smash the snot out of the compressor however you deem fit and gently blend the output of this mangled signal with your original drum tracks until you start to feel the drums gaining weight. You may find that you won’t need much… just a “touch" is all it might take to cut through that wall of sound. You're essentially increasing the perceived loudness of the drum track without resorting to radical EQ or unjustified levels of gain. Some mixers have mastered this subtle art and have produced amazing drum sounds that we hear every day on the radio. Play around with it as it may work for you. Heck, if you’re really feeling frisky (audio – wise) mess around with some slight distortion on the snare and kick drum tracks.
Have fun experimenting with parallel compression on your drum tracks, and be sure to read part four of this series in which I will discuss ambiance.
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