Increase sustain of overheads with compression

Use a compressor with a low ratio, faster release, and a low threshold to bring out the sustain of the cymbals in an overheads track.1 This can also be useful for drum shells, if you need to bring in more body.2

  1. Chapter 9: Compressing For A Reason ↩

  2. How Attack & Release Works in a Compressor - YouTube ↩

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Mixing overheads
Mixing overheads [[Drum overheads EQ guide]] [[Increase sustain of overheads with compression]] [[Try bypassing cymbals from the drum bus]]