https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/#comment-6592 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:45:03 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=1873#comment-6592 […] more around 3.5kHz can help, but also be aware of the attack time and other settings of your kick’s compressor. If the attack is set too fast/short/quick, the compression could be swallowing up or otherwise […]

]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/#comment-1595 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:24:26 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=1873#comment-1595 […] nice thing about kick compression as well as the snare is that the level of these elements is very predictable when it comes to their […]

]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/#comment-839 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:17:24 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=1873#comment-839 […] Kick compression is generally about maintaining the transients (see what are transients) of the click of beater on the drum on the front end and adding thickness in the middle and sustain on the back end: […]

]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/#comment-818 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:15:41 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=1873#comment-818 […] generally don’t need compression as often as the kick or snare (incidentally check out my kick compression and snare compression tutorials). That said some hi-hat compression can add a little thickness or […]

]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/kick-compression/#comment-738 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:16:55 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=1873#comment-738 […] to kick compression, the peaks on a tom are relatively consistent, depending on the […]

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