So, processed drums have to start from raw drums.
Last night I was messing with compressing and EQ'ing raw samples I took of our drummers kit. Like 2 instances of EQ with pretty extreme cuts and boosts and 2 compressors with extreme ratio, GR, etc. Just to see how I could shape these sounds.
I get a cool "CRACK" and less ring on the snare with comp settings of like attack: 15ms, release 280 ms, ratio of 8:0 and GR under -6dB. Then another comp with attack and release higher, smaller ratio, and about the same GR.
And EQ-wise, there are some HUGE boosts in the kicks high end to get some click. I'm talking one EQ with 9db boost and another with 12. But chain is EQ - comp - EQ comp so I'm trying to tame the madness in between.
Should I even be considering taking this approach to make the raw tracks sound better? Or am I only going to do harm?
Last night I was messing with compressing and EQ'ing raw samples I took of our drummers kit. Like 2 instances of EQ with pretty extreme cuts and boosts and 2 compressors with extreme ratio, GR, etc. Just to see how I could shape these sounds.
I get a cool "CRACK" and less ring on the snare with comp settings of like attack: 15ms, release 280 ms, ratio of 8:0 and GR under -6dB. Then another comp with attack and release higher, smaller ratio, and about the same GR.
And EQ-wise, there are some HUGE boosts in the kicks high end to get some click. I'm talking one EQ with 9db boost and another with 12. But chain is EQ - comp - EQ comp so I'm trying to tame the madness in between.
Should I even be considering taking this approach to make the raw tracks sound better? Or am I only going to do harm?