Kick Drum Compressor Settings

Kick Drum Compressor Settings FAQ

How to compress kick drums to sound better?

Send all your drums audio tracks to the same auxiliary channel via a bus and then apply some overall light compression to everything. With each drum/channel having different types of compression and settings, this can really help glue them back together and sound as one. I hope you have enjoyed this article on kick drum compression!

What are the kick drum eq settings and compression settings?

As a start, the kick drum EQ settings and compression depends on the song genre. For example, your kick drum sounds different in rock versus jazz or country music. It is because of the way it has been approached in the audio mixing process. This short guide put more emphasis on mixing of kick drums with respect to the following genres: a.)

How do i use cubases kick drum compressor?

It's primarily designed to work on drums but the same principles will apply to any percussive sound. In this first example I will use the standard compressor that comes with Cubase to compress a kick drum. Drop a compressor into your kick drum channel, or group if you are using more than one kick sample to make your drum.

How to shape the sound of a kick drum in production?

The shorter the attack time, the faster are more harshly the compressor will kick in. A longer attack time will bring in the compressor more gradually for a smoother, dampened sound. This is where you can start to really shape the sound of the kick drum in a production. Have you heard of the term ‘punch’ when it comes to describing drums in a mix?