Sidechaining, for more clean drums.

[mthrfnk]

If you're doing that in Ableton, all you have to do is put the compressor right after the reverb instead of before in the effects chain. It makes it sound pretty cool.

It's exactly the same in FL, probably most DAWs lol...

[wub]

Am experiencing with having my sub triggered by my kick instead of ducked by it, sounding alright once I've got the settings right.

[mthrfnk]

Am experiencing with having my sub triggered by my kick instead of ducked by it, sounding alright once I've got the settings right.

Experiencing or experimenting?

Are you triggering the sub to hit with or after the kick, because if it's with don't you get some intereference?

One thing I thought of doing in a similar vein is to trigger a blast of white noise when snares or claps hit but so as not to conflict with the actually snare or clap body. That sounds weird but I can't explain it well

[Bassf4ce]

Am experiencing with having my sub triggered by my kick instead of ducked by it, sounding alright once I've got the settings right.

Would that just sound like an 808 then?

[wub]

Am experiencing with having my sub triggered by my kick instead of ducked by it, sounding alright once I've got the settings right.

Experiencing or experimenting?

Are you triggering the sub to hit with or after the kick, because if it's with don't you get some intereference?

One thing I thought of doing in a similar vein is to trigger a blast of white noise when snares or claps hit but so as not to conflict with the actually snare or clap body. That sounds weird but I can't explain it well

With - it's a kick without a lot of low end, so I'm having the sub hit at the same time as the kick, with a longer release on the trigger so that it fades away slightly longer. Mix it back in with the reverb from the kick itself, bit of EQing and it's a kick that is smacking about a bit more.

Would that just sound like an 808 then?

No - the body/higher mids of this sample are very un-808 like.

[mthrfnk]

Am experiencing with having my sub triggered by my kick instead of ducked by it, sounding alright once I've got the settings right.

Experiencing or experimenting?

Are you triggering the sub to hit with or after the kick, because if it's with don't you get some intereference?

One thing I thought of doing in a similar vein is to trigger a blast of white noise when snares or claps hit but so as not to conflict with the actually snare or clap body. That sounds weird but I can't explain it well

With - it's a kick without a lot of low end, so I'm having the sub hit at the same time as the kick, with a longer release on the trigger so that it fades away slightly longer. Mix it back in with the reverb from the kick itself, bit of EQing and it's a kick that is smacking about a bit more.

Would that just sound like an 808 then?

No - the body/higher mids of this sample are very un-808 like.

Sounds quite good, might play around with something like that

[hasezwei]

nice idea wub gonna give it a try

[Aerandir]

Guys, what about hats? Should I sidechain them as well? I have loads of hats in my drums (like here at the drop - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ip79C4glyA ) and I wonder if I should sidechain them. Would they cause clipping if they are kept at the low volume, like here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mwL6R-Z1e4 ? Should I make long release at open high hats? What frequencies should I sidechain? I haven't tried it out yet, cause i'm at holiday but this got me into thinking. How do you manage your hats? Any links please? I really need some help.

[travis_baker]

YOU CAN SIDECHAIN THINGS OTHER THAN THE COMPRESSOR AND THE EQ

So you are telling me that I can side chain with other plugins? Could you give me an example?

^ hooking ut up to the d/w of a reverb sounds very nice

why would I side chain it with reverb when I can just put reverb on the drums them self?

makes shit punchy, allows the sound to breath before it gets drowned by a sea of reverberation, i think that sidechain should only be used to tighten up a mix as a last resort. but my opinion dosnt count for much