Elektron Musical Instruments

there are definately two schools of compression, the first is the kind you
do not notice, the second is the slamming, pumping effect compression. at
the end of the day - depending on the context of your tracks, you may be
able to totally get away with little to no compression and keep your MD
tracks as clean as possible. if your ears are telling you it sounds right -
it is right.

these tricks are just things I picked up working with various producers over
the years, and trying to learn how these guys got the big drum sounds.

as for the comment about mastering and multiband compression or limiting - i
agree. dont even bother, IMHO it is better to have someone with fresh ears,
and an objective impression finish off your track. since they are not really
artistically bound to the track, they will do things you might not have
since you have an idea of how it should sound built up. mastering is usually
not THAT expensive, and IMHO worth every red cent.

/m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tahvenaine2002" <toni.ahvenainen@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [elektron] Processing tips for MD beats


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