
The definitive guide to drum bus compression
Drum bus compression can save or ruin your mix. Here is a technical, repeatable method.
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Stop fighting your mix and start creating with confidence. Discover the technical strategies top engineers use to achieve clarity, power, and emotion in every track.

Drum bus compression can save or ruin your mix. Here is a technical, repeatable method.

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