"Glue compression" settings for drum bus

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The_G
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18 Mar 2016

Do you guys ever add compression to a drum bus in order to add "glue?" If so, what settings do you use?
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18 Mar 2016

I think you're referring to Bus Compression, similar to the master bus compressor we have in Reason. Essentially you want a low ratio (2:1) with a slow attack and fast release. The aim is to only have about 1dB of gain reduction so adjust your threshold accordingly. You can of course tweak this to taste to fit how you want it to sound

Personally I mainly only do this on the master bus but the concept is the same

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19 Mar 2016

This is why I want the master compressor as a rack device, because it sounds so damn good on a drum bus - based on using hardware SSL bus compressors (SSL and Alan Smart) on drums. :)
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19 Mar 2016

selig wrote:This is why I want the master compressor as a rack device, because it sounds so damn good on a drum bus - based on using hardware SSL bus compressors (SSL and Alan Smart) on drums. :)
I would like this as well. I don't understand why Propellerhead don't release it as RE

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19 Mar 2016

This is why I want the master compressor as a rack device, because it sounds so damn good on a drum bus - based on using hardware SSL bus compressors (SSL and Alan Smart) on drums.
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19 Mar 2016

It would be great to have whole detachable-as-RE Reason channel strip as re. Something like IK Multimedia:
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19 Mar 2016

selig wrote:This is why I want the master compressor as a rack device, because it sounds so damn good on a drum bus - based on using hardware SSL bus compressors (SSL and Alan Smart) on drums. :)
is it not the same as in the mixer channels? obviously it has slightly different parameters but they sound very similar to me.

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19 Mar 2016

selig wrote:This is why I want the master compressor as a rack device, because it sounds so damn good on a drum bus - based on using hardware SSL bus compressors (SSL and Alan Smart) on drums. :)
One your best suggestions here
. I wish to see this feat. on R8.4 at least!!!

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19 Mar 2016

Glue of Ableton. Props could make the SSL Buss Comp available as RE.

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