The Effect of Tempo on the Drum Bus

"I use the simple like warm tape option. I drive it up just a little bit," he says. "Then there's a compressor. It's a little knob and I just turn it until it sounds good." The tempo of a song will dictate the direction you might go in a mix, so low end can't be used too much on metal records because it'll get in the way cause it'll get away. No hi-hat pedal for drummers; they have to play regular old four piece.

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