How to Hear Compression on Kick Drum 

This is the explanation I’ve always wanted on how compression works on on drums. Thank you!

For the longest time I kept wondering why all my kicks after I mixed the songs would be very snappy but not really beefy because I use an LA2A vst on my kick bus but this has actually answered my question. Thanks Joe

...omg you are the best audio production teacher in the world....respect!! we love you!!

First English teacher who explain so nice and easy , everyone can easily understand .

Best video on drum compression! So helpful….thanks!

Feels good that I understand this and got it down! I'm just a hobby musician, but I AM a musician, that also mixes his own stuff, so it's good to know that I know some techniques.

One of the best videos on kick compression. Thank you.

Just found your channel and it is pure gold! Thank you so much, Joe :)!

I LOVE YOU JOE! we both use the same DAW and you cut to the chase! clicked off an hour long video of someone explaining the same thing. you earned a subscriber!

Dude you're awesome. Thank you so much for your explanations. Love your humility. God bless you brother.

This is really good. A great explanation.

Top Draw . excellent explanation .

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Great video Joe, as always!

that was aw-some as always JOEEEEEYYYYY, YOU ARE THA MAN BRO. thanks agin.. hope your having a marvelous year in my WARREN HUART VOICE :)

you're a great teacher! thank you somuch for this! following for a while now and ongoing! cheers from Portugal

Great tutorial and great vids in general! Congratulations and thank you!

Very enlightening and easy to understand wonderful video Brother keep bringing the “noise” 🤘🏼😝🤘🏼

Very cool!

Yes, I was hoping you would follow up the snare compression video with a kick video using a similar technique . Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Absolutely fantastic explanation and tutorial, thanks so much sharing this with me :)

like bro literally best vid straight to the point thank u so much

Good stuff Joe, thanks!

Nailed it, Joe... Thanks for this

Looking forward to trying these tips on cajon! Thanks, Joe!

It did help. Thanks!

Wow , Thanks man !

How you demonstrated this was easier for me to understand. Thank you!

Perfect thanks 🙏

So helpful - cheers man 🙏🏻🤟

So interesting seeing other peoples work. One session I worked on in a studio in Nashville, the producer taped a credit card to the head where the beater hit. He then split the kick into 3 channels and eq'd and compressed the high, mid and low separately. I've never used eq on drums at all. I guess I'll be trying this.

Supper dope!!!!!

Awesome video. A visual of the transient would be super helpful too - to show what the head and tail of the waveform look like when changing the attack and release. Cheers and keep it up!

Great video 👍🤘🏻

My phone speakers totally failed me on this video. Thank you to my studio headphones for clearing this up.

Crystal clear

Great simple explanation, Joe! Our buddy, Dave Filson, couldn't have done it better :D

that was really helpful, thank you

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Hey brother, I believe that you mixed up your fast/slow explanation on the "release" of the "BOOM". Great content as always.

Hi Joe, can you explain the ratio? Why 4:1 on some things, 2:1 on others?

Hi Joe, I've been struggling to find a way to mix vocal and acoustic guitar that recorded on one mic. Would mean the world for me if you decide to do a video on this 🙏🏼 P.S. I use my zoom h6 to record it

I recently watched a tutorial that recommended a fast attack at around 5 m s . This sounds like bad advice me because it will clamp down on the clicky transient surely,,,,,,what do you say ?

How do you capture studio one and its audio?

Great video ! Thanks Joe! oom is the sound a dyslexic cow makes.

Joe, how would this approach differ or be similar if working with a Superior Drummer 3 track? Remember, many of us homebodies don't have access to talented drummers to record! Thanks.

I was just hearing Adel's latest No.1 hit and I noticed it was a 4 track song, with each track being rather raw and not perfectly recorded. Sometimes I think too much, is too much.

If the release time is too long, can it start to impact the next transient? Like the compressor won't release before the next transient gets there? I'm wondering how a compression vs transient designer episode would go. 🤔

Great video! Go Brandon!

I wonder if this why my kicks don't have that "roundness" to them.. I have never bothered compressing them 🤔

You mentioned a gate. So.....when does one opt for a gate instead of a compressor??

But how to compress kick without losing it roundiness

OOM is for "Out of mana". Everyone knows this ;)

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