Tom Casey How to Compress Drums The Basics TUTORiAL-FANTASTiC

FANTASTiC | 03 June 2025 | 85 MB
Compression can control the dynamic range of a sound

For a drum kit, this oftentimes brings out the detail, including the decay of a snare drum, the sound of the room the drums are in, and other details to the sound

This tutorial uses Pro-C2 for its visual component, but you can follow along with almost any compressor plugin

The only things I am adjusting are the attack and ratio - this tells the compressor when to act on the sound and by how much compression should be applied

The end of the video I also cover headroom - something you need to be aware of if you are using sample packs in your music

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