KVR Audio

Andy Gone · Post by **Andy Gone** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:54 pm

Caine123 wrote:a compressor is the only thing which is normall on a drumbus isnt it?

No. I use EQ from time to time, usually passive like Waves PS56 or sometimes PuigTech.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:59 pm

Yes If the mix is fairly busy with lots of little details, I do like using some compression on it to help "glue" things together better.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:05 pm

thanks a lot mates! so not only kicks, snares, claps, but also hihats get into the drumbus?

highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:30 pm

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:59 pm

for me; if I'm using one drum instrument and perhaps a sample kick = no drum bus - I'll send everything over the kick to a verb send

if I'm using more than one instrument and/or multiple percussive samples = drum bus with compression and verb(again, high-passed over the kick)

peace

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:00 pm

awesome i used a drum bus in the last few projects, it gives the percussions some more oomph, i like that!

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:29 am

As I do dance music, yes, but not always with something on it, and I never route the kick to it anymore. I do like to drive all the drum percussion into a firm setting on Pro-L and dig into it a bit, to reduce the transients by a a dB or so. Sometimes If I want more compression in time with the kick I'll side-chain the kick to that "drum buss" but the kick itself is always clean to the master out.

bongo_x · Post by **bongo_x** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:20 am

Often a couple of them. Usually one is processed a lot and lower in level, one is cleaner. Parallel compression is your friend.

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:17 pm

I use a bus for the kick just for mixdown / mute actions.

However, I use separate buses for percussion and claps. In fact the other percussion is sidechained under clap for greater impact. Then it's fed into common percussion bus with all the reverb, transient shapers and other neat things.
Also, it's always handy to solo or mute percussion or other buses.

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:24 pm

DJ Warmonger wrote:I use a bus for the kick just for mixdown / mute actions.

Why do you send one single track to a bus for mixdown and mute actions? Can't you do that with the track itself?

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:29 pm

3 layers for the kick i'd say,so just bus'em

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:37 pm

deft_bonz wrote:
DJ Warmonger wrote:I use a bus for the kick just for mixdown / mute actions.
Why do you send one single track to a bus for mixdown and mute actions? Can't you do that with the track itself?

Return tracks in Ableton have separate tab so they all show together and close to each other. I think it's handy.

do you always use a DRUMBUS?