compressor routing - cymbals and kick

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Need more info. Is the hi hat and kik (and other drums) all on 2 tracks or
on separate tracks? Are all the drum tracks currently bussed to a stereo
pair with a stereo compressor on it. What system are you using for mix
down?

Neil R

"nospam" <ch404142@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> Someone is mixing a track for me and there's an entrance of the high hat
> cymbals before the kick enters. The volume of the cymbals seems to drop
> when
> the kick enters. Is this a perceptual thing or is the compressor taking
> it
> down with the kick? How should this be bussed?
> thanks
> ch

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nospam wrote:
> Someone is mixing a track for me and there's an entrance of the high
hat
> cymbals before the kick enters. The volume of the cymbals seems to
drop when
> the kick enters. Is this a perceptual thing or is the compressor
taking it
> down with the kick? How should this be bussed?
> thanks
> ch

It's possible that the drummer played that way, but I bet it's from the
compression. There are lots of ways to fix the problem. Don't use the
compressor, Take the track out of the subgroup (if that's how your set
up). Use less compression. Put the high pass filter in the compressor's
detector in so that it reacts less to the kick. Make the attack time
slower. Use fader automation to either lower the high hat and then
bring it to where you have it so that it appears to be the same level.
Boost the hi hat when the kick comes in. or, combine a few of these
ideas.