Elektron Musical Instruments

> Where I use compression the most in on a drum buss. Normally, my Joe
Meek
> SC2.2 if the drums are not super bass heavy. Or if they are really
bassy,
> then I will buss the entire drum mix through Vintage Warmer in Protools.
> Usually, after bussing through the compression, I have to relevel
the whole
> drum mix as it will pull or push the hats and or percussion, but it
really
> give a good seperation from the rest of the mix and polishes up the drum
> mix. As an effect - Vintage Warmer can really make a drum track
rough and
> gritty and less "straight out of a drum machine" if you hit it hard
and play
> with the drive and high and low frequency settings.

So you are kind of compressing and making rebalance through a
compressor. This sounds like a new approach to me, since all I've
tried is to compress individual tracks and that hasn't done much for
me. You are also making it more 'alive' with compressor because of
this 'breathing' and pumping. I guess I could try this kind of approach. 

I find it pretty hard to adjust myself to different kind of balance or
sound (with compressors or reverbs) after I've tweaked my MD to sound
right. I'm kind of protecting the Md sound and I guess this goes same
for anyone who has tweaked the sounds for days to get them right.

I like the way this conversation has brought up different angles in
production and surely been for everyones pleasure.

Toni.