what do you guys put on your drum bus/fx channel?

[ForefrontStudio]

I normally throw a TC Electronic verb on the fx, and sometimes I'll GClip the bus. if I really need to squash them, I'll thow an L2 on the bus. I was just curious what you guys do though since I have no clue what I'm doing. haha. do any of you guys eq the bus to make room for other instruments, or do you do that to each channel? (obviously you would eq each channel in addition to the bus...) what about an exciter, or tube compressor sim?

 

[narcossintese]

I always put saturation on the drums bus with NastyVCS http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/nastyvcs-released-today/
Usually +4dB, it tames the peaks and add a warmth that I can´t get with compression or limiting.

 

[-Loco-]

I use reverb and parallel comping. I find that if i even activate g clip on my snare bus it just makes it sound like shit.

 

[Morgan C]

Lately, PSPMixPressor, 30ms attack, fast release, turn it up still it starts pumping really nicely, then put the mix% at like 20%.

 

[Ermz]

In the past, nothing. More recently a bit of squeeze from the elysia mPressor plug-in and maybe a light bit of saturation from Decapitator or URS Saturation.

But what I will be doing in the near future is using the Overstayer Stereo Comp in parallel.

 

[dale_a_smith]

Camel Crusher in parallel. its default setting is Annihilate, which does the job nicely. Just bus snare / toms ( maybe a little kick ) to it.

 

[HandsOfDespair]

Lately, PSPMixPressor, 30ms attack, fast release, turn it up still it starts pumping really nicely, then put the mix% at like 20%.

Same thing, but with Cytomic The Glue

 

[rfahey86]

Usually parallel compress. Use an exciter on anything that sounds too dark. Then throw compress with Sonalksis SV-315 to get it breathing.

 

[monolithsound]

URS 1980 Comp/Limiter or Softube CL1B in Parallel, URS Saturation or Soundtoys Decapitator and Breverb or Space Designer.

 

[crillemannen]

Parallel Compression. And a waves SSL Comp. a couple of -db of GR.

 

[SkybluestudiosBEN]

Parallel Compression. And a waves SSL Comp. a couple of -db of GR.

+1

 

[pattonfreak1]

Density MKII

 

[MetalSound]

Parallel Compression. And a waves SSL Comp. a couple of -db of GR.

me too except that waves is uad buss compressor.

 

[Let it burn...]

Waves SSL comp. Airwindows IronOxide and Decapitator

 

[pipaguapique]

C4 that's it.

I have decapitator but i've never used it. What aré some of the settings you recomend?

 

[Dollarosa]

softube trident, wave arts saturation

 

[laszlozsolt82]

waves api 2500, PSP Vintage warmer

 

[acappa]

I usually put a UAD Pultec EQ, NXtasy saturation and liquid mix bus comp (a primitive, or SSL GBus comp...) with slow attack, mid release and like 2db GR.
That´s all. I never gclip because it just sound like shit to me...

 

[P-E]

To OP and poster before me...
Why the hell would someone GClip a drum bus?

Why the fucking hell?

You clip a snare, not the whole damn bus? Or you'll get shit distorting everywhere!

AND MASSIVE +1 TO NASTYVCS + a bit of parallel compression <33333

 

[mstone564]

To OP and poster before me...
Why the hell would someone GClip a drum bus?

Why the fucking hell?

You clip a snare, not the whole damn bus? Or you'll get shit distorting everywhere!

AND MASSIVE +1 TO NASTYVCS + a bit of parallel compression <33333

...To cut any peaks and bring up the rest of the drum kit?