How To Compress Drums with Ableton Glue Compressor (The 'Magic' Setting)

[@cameronspears3032]

One tiny thing for anyone a little unsure about where to set threshold. In the video, he makes a small correction to make sure the compressor isn't doing "too" much. My tip: do what sounds good to you. If you feel high compression sounds nice, do that. It's your sound.

[@JonJon-bx1ww]

This guy needs to do more tutorials. The beatbox at the end was good, too.

[@joshua7734]

In 10 years of learning production, that is the best explanation of a compressor that I have ever seen or heard.

[@marcelwave]

Thanks for this clear intro to the Glue Compressor, it's cleared up some questions I had about it.

[@joechapman8208]

Threshold is not "how far to turn it down". Threshold sets the trigger for the compressor, i.e. "when the signal exceeds this dB level, begin reduction according the Ratio and the Attack". The ratio tells the compressor how far to turn it down (for every [x]dB that breaches the threshold, only 1dB will get through).

[@DeezjaVu]

^^ This. 100% this. I pretty much stopped watching after that.

[@dragonflythemusician]

I know but, he went kinda like "threshold for dummies" considering the ratio not being there(or constant) in that part didn't he?

[@arjanpetersen]

He knows that as well... stop being smart ass

[@blacklux6774]

THANKS

[@markymark1644]

Fr thanks

[@gu-ru4038]

Brilliantly explained - great video. Thankyou!

[@bernhagen93]

the clap sounds super nice

[@MrDannNamesake]

I have bought a lot of PML templates, courses and follow you guys at Instagram. Thanks for all the content, everyday I learn something new. Keep up the good work!

[@noiryon9814]

"need more bass faciness" :p dude you are the man :)!

[@michaellarsen180]

If you like the compression but it takes away to much low end, a small boost with for instance a pulltech eq át 30 or 60 hz helps a lot for me, instead of the wet/dry :) Doesnt need to be more than 2-3 dbs of gain.

[@dr0psy]

thanks man.. was trying to get a regular compressor to work on my drums and it just wasn't right. glue compressor is the ticket. crazy how much better it sounds in/out of the mix

[@marvin469]

I definitely hear the difference in my music , great video

[@worldview3182]

At 4 minutes in I finally understand compression lol . Thank you For breaking down so simply

[@mv75]

Thanks for the support and videos.

[@bl4ckm4sk666]

Best tutorial for compression 😍

[@kn00tcn]

what, how... the best tutorial covers all knobs, use cases, downward, upward, etc, this was only a demonstration of SSL bus on drums

[@rico1979]

Great video. Well explained and easy to understand

[@gitongamukira3749]

PML has the best tutorials, I wish they would consider my application for scholarship

[@jamesgourley2239]

Excellent tutorial, looking forward to more of these!!

[@spaceheads9356]

Very playful way of teaching, liked it, thank you !

[@TJ-hs1qm]

a compressor is basically guy or girl or any other gender seconds later the volume person... hahaha man you made my day :D

[@MeyTanie]

mine to haha. so cute for including everyone in the spectrum without discrimination

[@leejohnson197733]

Woke bullshit

[@xiro4395]

@@leejohnson197733 i dont care what you could possibly say about this comment, theres no valid reason for you to be this angry

[@leejohnson197733]

@@xiro4395 hahaha angry, good lord, just pointing out the virtue signalling nonsense. How do you see that as angry,was it a micro aggression lol

[@xiro4395]

@@leejohnson197733 aggression still comes from anger but okay

[@EimaiEmpusa69]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial.. would this also be applicable to say like a layered arp trance lead or other elements on a group channel of layered sound of a track as well that you would like to tone down / glue together a bit via compression yet still have dynamic range?

[@victorarrudadj]

Amazing content!

[@alimantado373]

Newbie Thankyou! BlessUp!

[@Cylume.]

5:07 I'm feeling a little Carl Sagan from this guy. I like it!

[@elonmush4793]

video starts here: 1:22

[@OfficialAnarchyz]

Thank you. My God, these long ass videos. Playing on 1.5x speed

[@OfficialAnarchyz]

EDIT: the guy is much more pleasant than other "tutors" and doesn't waste time.

[@cmwilliams357]

Hello sir, I really enjoyed this video. I wanted to ask you how did you get your grid in ableton to show those dark lines.

[@KingValas]

Normally I use Channel EQ after the glue compressor to boost the sound, is there any difference between that and mark up on the glue compressor?

[@osundi3947]

your tutorial was excellent! Thank you!

[@Fergusf1983]

HEY GUIDO long time no see. Great job

[@bircheyboymagic]

Fantastic tutorial ! Thank you sir x

[@DJLouda]

when you get to the verse drum bus, how does that work? theres nothing on the channel, no drums or notes i mean

[@ProductionMusicLive]

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[@babyfeavel71]

That's a great explanation of compression, is there any third party sidechain VSTs suggesting???

[@kaiyuan670]

Cool tutorial ! You're the best, bald Mark Ruffalo

[@MusicMakerDays]

Thanks, man, useful:)

[@44Beatzz]

i like this guy

[@lundsweden]

My method is to turn the knobs until my drum sounds are SLAMM'IN!

[@WiesoNurMistnamen]

Great Format, keep it up!

[@Koolbite]

i'm new to producing and the difference is kind of subtile to me. Don't forget to play with and without back to back at the end !

[@jacobschmitty6760]

Thank you dude!

[@skeennah1927]

wow that beat, fire!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@baro9901]

it´s allways a plesure to watch your tutorials (Y)

[@Symbiose_]

Great vid, clear explanations

[@TAYAMusic-vo6td]

This dude is onto it! Thanks for the great video, where can we find more from him?

[@miss.antidote]

check catandbeats channel

[@succanproduce]

You makin those good videos, nah mean?

[@qwertandrew8720]

Hello, do you glue compress the kick & bass or drums & bass or all together ?? Thanks

[@KazualJackson]

Would you group your 808 as well? Great tutorial btw

[@Rainer01]

cool vid bro

[@theinfideluk]

Great vid mate, looking forward to more

[@Catandbeats]

me too haha

[@vvvictoriav5958]

great video, but how come you didn't play it at the end with the Glue on the master? Would have liked to hear the difference. overall though, more of you please

[@Catandbeats]

Dually noted. I will showcase it as an extra on a future video.

[@danielpeev3150]

Great tutorial about Compression, i enjoyed it! Do you have any recommendations for a good soundinterface? I have Scarlet 2in1 and want something better sounding. Thx!

[@Catandbeats]

For a better playback I would first suggest investing time in acoustic treatment (check John Brandt) or a good set of headphones like the HD 650's with Sonarworks. If you are looking for mic pre's I suggest moving your mic closer to the instrument you are trying to record or buying an appropriate mic. All in all, the scarlet is really not a bad interface and you have a few amount of factors to address before you get a new interface :).

[@adithyasatheesh127]

That track had a Disclosure Vibe. Probably something to do with the bass ?

[@bsykesbeats]

great tutorial...Do u (or anybody else) have ever notice the glue compressor's ratio knob working the opposite of how it should? Like a 2:1 ratio having MORE gain reduction than a 10:1 ratio? Whenever I have the glue compressor's threshold set to a setting where the gain reduction is less than 5db roughly, the ratio knobs seems to be wired in reverse. Its only when I squash the signal that the ratio knob seems to be working correctly, and all of a sudden a 2:1 ratio will give me less GR than a 10:1 ratio. I can't for the life of me understand why when I"m getting 5db or less of GR (which of course is what I'm usually gonna want) the ratio knob gives me LESS GR when I set it to 10:1....I'm soo confused, I feel like I'm in the twilight zone..heres a screen capture of it doing this: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZzrZQRZGyu8zGdC0ToUr8HcA7kqnNxH7/view?usp=sharing

[@keithmiller597]

I know I'm late but basically since the glue compressor was based on some analog compressor from back in the day, they duplicated the feature of old analog compressors which was that lowering the ratio actually lowers the starting point of the threshold. TBH I really wish they hadn't done that.

[@birdrustler]

@@keithmiller597 It's crazy that I have to find out a critical detail like that from KZbin comments. Didn't learn much from the video tbh, but this realization is blowing my mind. So changing the ratio also lowers the threshold on the glue compressor... They should have made that more obvious, wtf.

[@Richard_P_James]

Great video.

[@tazz58penticalzone43]

Made sense to me good video.

[@dj-7154]

Do you always sertyour Release time fast to the 0 mark every time you compress your drum group? Also would you recommend Ratio = 2 always and not 4 for glueing the drums ? Is ration = 2 your preference? thanks

[@sh-kw2ox]

Best for drum buss is either 3:1 or 4:1 with slow attack to let the kick transient through and quick release . Set your threshold so you get 2-3 dB of compression tops then match the input volume with the make up volume. Search hanns beiger drums, top German engineer shows you the best way. Alternatively to this you can use a high ratio so its basically limiting with a very low threshold, smash the drums and blend it In parallel with a dry drum signal

[@andymiamiofficial]

that guy is funny haha and a great teacher, cool Tutorial!

[@Renaxelo]

drums are only KICKS / ALL components ?? such as snare, hat.

[@axelireland6584]

Great video as always, thank you ! Can you tell me how you get the audio from your Mac in Obs please ? I can't find this option, I only have my Scarlett inputs... Thx

[@Acrimonious_Nin]

14:04 WHY is the beat boxing better than the overall song ?!?!? should have used that as a track instead !!! "Don't look at the numbers..FEEL it....but if you have to know the magic number is 5" LMFAO XD this tutorial was amazing

[@Cedrou21]

why to me during the on and off part i thought it sounded better without the compressor.

[@Richard_P_James]

HD650 headphones - recommended?

[@matejmoravec]

thanks

[@ceciliafbrown373]

Thanks G!

[@Catandbeats]

you are always welcome ;)

[@glick278]

HareKrishna&GodBless❤️🙏

[@IonBeamXXIV]

Dude maybe I just don't have the mixing/listening skill yet but jesus christ I could literally hear no difference between the compressor being on versus off

[@jordanatkinson564]

Yeah same :/. Virtually nothing

[@dreamyrhodes]

I hear absolutely no difference also not on the whole track example. I still don't understand what it does. It pushes volume down, ok but how does pushing volume down "glue" a track together?

[@MitchLucker28]

As far as I know the Glue compressor adds some sort of saturation which gets applied to the whole bus

[@dreamyrhodes]

@@MitchLucker28 So why not use a saturator?

[@MitchLucker28]

@@dreamyrhodes don't ask me ask an audio engineer lol

[@averain6488]

what a font!

[@UserName________]

Starts @3:50

[@ingemann_]

Still the man!

[@diethylamid]

sex reassignment planned?

[@ingemann_]

Not yet.

[@coolbrockman4938]

tutorial starts at 03:50 :)

[@davidpicarazzi]

How come we put the attack all the way up and the release all the way down?

[@davidpicarazzi]

Also is it okay to use parallel compression with this method too

[@Catandbeats]

Attack up release down to get the first transient of the drum hits to come through. For parallel compression try fast attack (all the way left and fast release).. Slam it and use the dry wet knob till you feel it sits nice.

[@Catandbeats]

Try both and see what works best for you. Make sure to also check the internal sidechain function so that the you keep the low end in your drumbus.

[@amarujd]

One of the best compression tutorials I've come across! Would have been good to know what db level your drums should be at for this to work best, Haha, Still a great tutorial!

[@dragonflythemusician]

That was nice, and don't think you're not funny because you definitely are ;}

[@taikubruno9033]

Bro you just added a limiter on the master

[@Psiger]

I noticed that the utility in the effect chain of the drum bus is in the beginning and boosting the volume. As far as I can see on the audio meters on the chain that there is clipping. I would put the gain to the end of the chain. Also, the threshold on a compressor is the threshold where the compression gets activated. Otherwise, thanks for the great tutorial. I do some micro-production tips on my Instagram: instagram.com/psiger_records/ hope to see some of you guys there! Cheers 🤗

[@shimodatetsutarou2377]

Literally Great Tutorial.

[@SeemsLikeSomething]

shimoda tetsutarou I’m curious what a figuratively great tutorial would be....?

[@ThePanagiotis70]

I just want to say a big Danke well

[@Catandbeats]

Alsjeblieft

[@Pl4sm0]

Compress kick together with rhythms/percussions. ? sound so wrong to me.The kick should have is own compression !!!

[@nathanarsenault3207]

When you're mixing busses and masters - less is more. You shouldn't be slapping 70/80 wetness. Only use enough to make it sound uniform and pop. Unless you're trying to warp that shit. Then go crazy.

[@jsadecki1]

Great tut but i think the big song sounded better before lol

[@sofabiru6852]

🥁😅 the drum begin to peak.... 🔴

[@scottgrittner2753]

I'm so happy i just use hardware drums... This shit looks complicated...

[@jeremyrodriguez9828]

What skin is that?

[@ProductionMusicLive]

I think it's the Ableton Live 10 (beta) Standard Skin.

[@amptechno9079]

This guy is funny lol

[@paulyb966]

It's called gain reduction. Great tutorial tho.

[@warrenc1829]

Good tutorial. Totally unnecessary to give the compressor a gender, though...it's a machine.

[@runichristiansen1591]

A compressor is a guy.. or a girl.. or any gender... LOL!!! Thanx, great video!

[@jeremyrobinson7745]

cant believe he said that with a straight face

[@mikesmith8293]

damn dude ur funny as f

[@samgoldsberry3029]

Clarifying gender and pronouns while demonstrating a music compressor is RIDICULOUS!!!!!

[@Byronic19134]

Thers only 2 genders. Sex is different from gender but id argue theres only 2 sexes as well. ME with another person or me with myself. Thats 2.

[@drumken]

these are not drums, these are some electronic drum beats.

[@mtndotshdws]

aka drums