Best compressor for percussions

[kooshan]

Anyone suggest a compressor for percussions ? To make it sound tight .

[normen]

"Tight" would be a timing thing no? That should be done by the drummer Otherwise 42

[Loque]

Try FET.

[Djstarski]

The new RE 160 from Synapse is great for tightening up drums , snares , kicks , wooden blocks etc . Not forgetting the SSL channel compressor . If thats the tightness your talking about ?

[TritoneAddiction]

Not really sure what "tight" means here. Seems like everyone has a different view of what any of those sort of words mean: warm, punchy, crispy, tight, color.

I like to use FRG-4RE for tighter drums, especially on kicks and snares. But that's by my definition of tight.
You can push it pretty hard yet it still tends to sound quite natural.

[selig]

The SSL channel is my go-to compressor for any percussive sound (including non-percussion instruments). Start with the defaults, ratio all the way up, release all the way down, threshold to give 1-2 LEDs (3-6 dB) gain reduction. Yes, I’m totally serious!


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[FLVZ]

The SSL channel is my go-to compressor for any percussive sound (including non-percussion instruments). Start with the defaults, ratio all the way up, release all the way down, threshold to give 1-2 LEDs (3-6 dB) gain reduction. Yes, I’m totally serious!


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I fancy trying this because I'm guilty of under utilising the channel comp due to never getting results which satisfy me. When you say all the way down or all the way up, is that the number/knob position or the rate/speed ?

[selig]

The SSL channel is my go-to compressor for any percussive sound (including non-percussion instruments). Start with the defaults, ratio all the way up, release all the way down, threshold to give 1-2 LEDs (3-6 dB) gain reduction. Yes, I’m totally serious!


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I fancy trying this because I'm guilty of under utilising the channel comp due to never getting results which satisfy me. When you say all the way down or all the way up, is that the number/knob position or the rate/speed ?

Sorry, wasn’t 100% clear - I was speaking about the knob position rather than the parameter value.
To clarify: Ratio to max/right (inf:1), Release to min/left (fastest), all other parameters left at defaults.
This is about the only way I’ve used the channel comp over the years.


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[sdst]

Anyone suggest a compressor for percussions ? To make it sound tight .

What you need is an Transient Shaper

https://shop.propellerheads.se/rack-ext ... envshaper/

[Loque]

Anyone suggest a compressor for percussions ? To make it sound tight .

What you need is an Transient Shaper

https://shop.propellerheads.se/rack-ext ... envshaper/

Or a gater, if the transients are already leveled.

[Marco Raaphorst]

Anyone suggest a compressor for percussions ? To make it sound tight .

What you need is an Transient Shaper

https://shop.propellerheads.se/rack-ext ... envshaper/

And Kong has a Transient Shaper module which is super useful as well.

[BRIGGS]

I like FF Saturn for that. With all those bands you can make a very unique sound.