Drum Samples

Using uncompressed drum samples is really the domain of those

that can spot the potential in samples. Rarely

do thin ears spot this potential, and this is the reason why over-

compressed sounds are peddled by most rap music production sites, and successfully so, I would add. Compression

is basically the process of inflating the volume of the quiet parts of a sound sample so the

space between the highpoints and lowpoints (

vis volume ) is lessened.
Compression on drum samples can come into your workflow at 2 stages.

The 1st is the drum sample selection process. This is where you

will find the examples that were appropriately

compressed by the library manufacturer, and

with a little bit of luck not very compressed.
One of some compression methods for

drum samples is the NY compression effect. In essence, it's achieved by combining an original

sample with the same sample heavily compressed. Having both allows

the volume to be maximised while the dynamics are not

totally reduced.
Thank You
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Hansson--

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