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[NoizeLondon]

Uploading this a little early tonight because I'm off to see Drake play at the o2 in London! Here are 4 ways to process your drum group that you may or may not be doing already so either you learn or your confirm :) There is also a little trick hidden in the first part which I know is popular - I didn't go into it in too much detail but that because I would like to do a dedicated video on it... still not sure what I'm talking about? enjoy the vid!

[BrandonHeilBHB]

"How to make your drums PHAT"
*Proceeds to only use hihat and a shaker as the sample

[patrykk.]

I appreciate creators who use stock plugins only, thank you for that 😊

[BFBeast]

I have about six months' worth of experience with Ableton and there's a much easier way to fatten drums with a stock plug-in. Drum Buss. Has a compressor, transient shaper and tone controls and it's as a whole much more beginner-friendly than fine-tuning gain stages in two locations. I'm not an engineer by the way, I'm a drummer. :)

[patrickwhite]

the red indicator on the glue compressor only indicates that the signal is going above 0dB, it won't actually affect the audio until you turn the soft clip button on. you can tell by looking at the mini meters in between the plugins; when you cranked the sound on the makeup gain it shows the signal level turning red (>0dB) while the soft clip was off and then going back to yellow (right at or just below 0dB) when turned on

[stevie]

so subtle but so professional, i love it. from 90% of the way there to 100%

[jl]

Some great tips on compression here. In your example of parallel processing with aggressive compression was terrific. I could clearly hear the difference with that.

[pedrodevoto]

I found this video very professionally produced. I like that Youtube recommended me a fairly small channel that I didn't know about, that seems to be on the rise. Subscribed! I would have liked some tips on making kick drums *fat* though.

Keep it up!

[noahnockels]

this is helpful.. The idea of doing many small things rather than one or 2 big things makes a huge difference and i love it

[SvenDatingcoach]

DRUM bus was my hero to make the difference between my past drums....thx a lot

[seankalifut]

I have been using Ableton for about a year now and still use the stock plugins. They are the best.

[skatechatham]

Why are you trying to "fatten up" a high passed loop to begin with. You'll get more results giving us an example with a kick and a snare. You should pick some completely dry 808 or 909 drums, make a full loop then show people what the effects will do.

[simononutube]

An excellent and crystal clear insight into a topic I’m trying to improve on. Another request for widening the stereo field too, especially how to apply mid/side processing

[JordyBeckers]

Thank you dude, really smooth, professional processing. More attention should be given to these stellar Ableton stock plugins, instead of buying all these crazy expensive 3rd party ones

[justinraymund]

This was cool. I followed along and definitely fattened up some drums in a much more interesting way than I usually do, and made some racks that I can come back to and use on any drums going forward! Very informative watch. Cheers.

[charliebroadhead]

Awesome tutorial this. Feels easy to follow and very polished. Feel like I finally have a grasp on the various types of compression!

[bobbydylan]

Saturator is a great plugin. I love the Color Limiter which is a Max4Live device. Sounds great on drums!

[neniquinones]

Outstanding!! I've been been looking for that drum sound for a long time ago.

[Reneromero]

* disclaimer * no drums were used in this whole video.

[TonyOldskool]

Great vid, do you always exclude your kick when compressing your drums?