Compress drums and bass together

Compressing drums and bass on a bus with Tube compression like a Fairchild can make the rhythm section gel better.1

Doing so particularly on kick and bass can help.2

  1. My Top 10 Recording Books and 1 Killer Trick from Each ↩

  2. The Philosophy of Bass - YouTube ↩

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