Drum Samples

Using uncompressed drum samples is really the domain of those

people who 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 websites, and successfully so, I would add. Compression

is largely the method of increasing the volume of the quiet parts of a sound sample so the

gap between the highs and lows (

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

The first is the drum sample selection process. This is where you'll find the samples that were suitably

compressed by the library manufacturer, and hopefully not overly compressed.
One of a few compression methods for

drum samples is the NY compression effect. Essentially, it's achieved by mixing an original

sample with the same sample heavily compressed. Having both allows

the volume to be maximised while the dynamics aren't

totally diminished.
Thank You
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Hansson--

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