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DCrown · Post by **DCrown** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:25 am

What plugins do you prefer for smashing drums for instance on parallel drum bus? Please don't say a reverb haha

I think following compressors are popular
Api, distressor, 1176

My fav is Omnipressor, it smashes drums in a crazy way and makes drums sound very lively and exciting

I have just bought Audiority (Boss) Metal zone and like it on kick drums, also on guitar

Sometimes an amp-like effect from Soundtoys effect rack (Radiator or devil loc)

What else? Amp sims, saturators, clipper, valve/tube/transformer fx, distortion fx or...?

DCrown · Post by **DCrown** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:30 am

A nice demo of omnipressor on drums that inspired me to buy it

MattLeschuck · Post by **MattLeschuck** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:38 am

For comp:

PA Purple MC77
Arturia Comp FET 76 or UAD LN Rev E
Soundtoys Devil Loc Deluxe

For saturation:

Audiority Pyros
Arturia Dist Coldfire
Shaperbox 3 Drive

Havok · Post by **Havok** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:13 am

For really smashing drums:

Korneff Talkback Limiter
Argent Compressor

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:52 am

Eventide Omnipressor
SSL LMC+

Frankie.T · Post by **Frankie.T** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:55 am

I created my own distressor-like compressor with MTurboComp

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:24 am

MJUC mode II (176-like)

Tasty fast vari-mu smash with some ratio amd "density" options to play with

fcamp · Post by **fcamp** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:35 am

Softube Dynamite
Soundtoys Devil-Loc

dionenoid · Post by **dionenoid** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:00 pm

HOTF · Post by **HOTF** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:32 pm

I have tried many things, but my go to is still Live's native Drum bus device. Arturia has this Bus Force plugin that looks interesting.

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:27 pm

KLanghelm DC8C , expert mode
OPeration:smash or limit
Drive input stage , enable sat etc..

kraster · Post by **kraster** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:13 pm

Trackcomp 2 Zener Limiter mode.

Tone Projects Kelvin.

Korneff Pawn Shop Comp.

gunark · Post by **gunark** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:36 pm

Was A/Bing a few with a 909 pattern last night and really liked the Softube Opto, smashed and 75% wet.

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:47 pm

Some advice: Make sure your drums are nice and punchy to begin with, and not weak, sick and bedridden, only to be cured by a big fat compressor. Also, reverb.

Meester Smeeeth · Post by **Meester Smeeeth** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:57 pm

I used to think I needed Drum Smashing.

But smashing my drums only ever made them sound worse in the mix. At least to my ears. So now my favourite way to smash drums is not to. YMMV.

However if I’m going for a less subtle than normal parallel compression style on the drums I quite like using Lindel 80 channel strip with the NUKE setting and a bit of saturation from the ‘preamp’ stage and cutting a good chunk of low mids (300-400 hz usually) with the eq.

Smashing drums plugins