Compression

[soulscientific]

Producers out there, what are some of the compressions settings you guys/girls like for the drums. What Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, do you use?

 

[erkl]

it all depends on what you are compressing..
there is no special setting/formula, you want it to make the sample stand out, but not overcompress

whatever sounds right!

 

[def1nition]

Drums don't always need to be compressed I only compress when I'm looking for a certain sound a lot of times eq will work, but compression is kinda confusing to me too I have a lot to learn about compression.