THE BEST COMPRESSORS FOR MIXING METAL

[@strandseite7405]

Duuude! I'm not even to the actual breakdown of the compressors and I already love the song and your mixing and mastering!

[@Xenochristt]

Recently discovered your channel and it's like you're reading my mind with what I feel like I need in my production right now. Awesome content!

[@Mendelian]

Thanks! And Xenochrist; is that a reference to a The Faceless song?

[@Xenochristt]

@@Mendelian For sure, although I had to add an extra t because someone beat me to it haha. Planetary Duality is still a top 10 album though

[@blackcroworchestra8824]

What a great Sound of the drums

[@denisherry]

The Cytomic feel in a solid and powerfull way for me. Gonna try it for sure, thanks a loooooot for sharing with us Mendel!

[@DarkBlackReaper]

Always enjoy your videos Mendel, do this for other types of plugins other than compressors.

[@J.Mortis]

As far as fav Compressors: I like the Focusrite Red suite, JST Joel Wanasek Bus Glues, and Empirical Labs Arouser, and the stock Comps in Ableton lol...most fav VST??? Toss up between Overloud THU and Kazrog's Thermonik amps...pro tip: anyone looking to get a great IR curve of a poweramp ONLY should at the now discontinued Thermonik...great vid as always Mendel! \m/

[@emimele]

sick riffs, Mendel!

[@RudalPL]

Hi Mendel. I'm only one minute into the video and I already can answer your question. My favourite compressor is the Vintage Compressor from Cubase. It's a stock plug in but I just love it. Use it on almost everything. I have a whole bunch of compressors that came in with various software and hardware bundles but I always seem to gravitate towards the Vintage Compressor.

[@Mendelian]

I totally forgot about that compressor making this video, that one is awesome.

[@martinmorales3195]

Thank you! Now I know that the bx townhouse has a SC filter. I'm buying that one whenever it goes on sale again.

[@kerninger]

I like the townhouse compressor. My current favorite mixing Plugin is Waves RVox.

[@Mendelian]

It’s been a long time i’ve used the Rvox, will dig into it again!

[@kerninger]

Of course Rvox is really old school but I use it on every vocal track at the end of the chain. I can‘t get the right vocal sound without it ☺️

[@kerninger]

Interesting comparison! Thank you.

[@HaydenMcCarry]

Love your stuff mate!

[@BrimstoneButcher]

Thank you for this video. I've been using Fabfilter C2 for a little while now, but I definitely wanna check out other compressors also. Probably gonna try out The Glue. Sounded amazing. The upcoming album sounds like it is shaping up nice man. Keep up the great work.

[@Mendelian]

Thanks! C2 is a workhorse, has a lot more features than i actually use. The Glue is awesome.

[@vondano]

did you try VSC-2? I reallllly like it! it as a nice clean punch. for drum bus or master bus.

[@tgstk2]

Awesome!! never thought about the shell / cymbals bus channel! .. it would be nice to see a Mendel Template video, on your busses/routings etc.

[@Mendelian]

Check out the KZbin channel from Cubase, i made a video about.

[@pablocafe00]

thanks for the tips, always great content! Awesome song too, did I get some nero forte vibes there or am I crazy?

[@alexshel8578]

helpful video) which one drum vst ?

[@gabriel_guitar]

The API 2500 sounds incredible, might have to check that one out. For drums I tend to use the GGD Smash and Grab as it's so easy to dial, master bus wise, I'm loving the SSL Native Bus compressor. What are you using bass and drums wise? Sounds amazing.

[@Mendelian]

Drums is Death & Darkness SDX, bass is check my bio for all the bass plugins i use.

[@NecropsY1]

I like the T Racks Classic Opto compressor on the master buss - its the one compressor i found that does upward compression and push into the red on a mix and sounds great - does anyone know a compressor like that

[@Riffa22]

I still experiment alot with compressors on drums... But, H-comp is pretty sick, especially for its Punch knob. My go to masterbus comp is the bx townhouse, it just sounds so nice.

[@Mendelian]

Bx Townhouse is so sick!

[@polviggen]

I really like the drumsound. Are those slate drums ?

[@EdwinvanKoppen]

Really like stuff from Kush, also great video's they have!

[@Mendelian]

Any recommendations from Kush? I love the Hammer EQ, use it often.

[@thefuse03101]

What snare is this?? Sounds awesome

[@Mendelian]

Secret recipe :)

[@ManuSDP]

Have you tried the Klanghelm stuff? To me they sound really really good, pretty different!

[@Mendelian]

What do you recommend of them?

[@ManuSDP]

@@Mendelian the MJUC is the more “colored” compressor, and the DC8C is their advanced comp with every feature imaginable. Both are great for different reasons and both are around 25€

[@seenbelow]

Check out the compressors in Sand and Pink suites from Acustica.

[@Mendelian]

Thanks! I will

[@grandgoku9958]

Great

[@RudalPL]

Hey. A bit off topic. Any chance you could do a video (tutorial maybe? :D ) about Logical Editor in Cubase? I'm trying to work it out and use in my drums editing but it breaks my head a bit. :D

[@Mendelian]

Check out the latest video i did for cubase regarding metal drums, there’s a full section dedicated to the logical editor.

[@RudalPL]

@@Mendelian I did. Just after I posted the above comment. But the Logical Editor still confuses me a bit. :D

[@BinExis]

I had one problems with the Glue in two different projects - everything that went through it were rendered in only left channel, right just silent.

[@Mendelian]

That’s odd! Sounds like a mono plugin on a stereo channel issue, but The Glue adjusts automatically.

[@BinExis]

@@Mendelian I believe that happened on drum group track (Cubase 8) after I changed oversampling from default settings.

[@Kalsten]

Have you check Smash& Grab by Getgooddrums? It's my get go for my drums. Also, check the compressors of Korneff Audio. Very interesting stuff :) Love your videos as always :)

[@Mendelian]

I haven’t! Will look into it. I did try Talkback Limiter from Korneff but didn’t like it.

[@Kalsten]

@@Mendelian You should give a try to Korneff's Pawn Shop Compressor and Amplified Instrument Processor (this last one is everything you may need to do to any guitar track ever). I'd love to see your opinion on those :)

[@Mendelian]

I’ll dig into em, thanks!

[@louderthangod]

Is there such a thing as too much compression? I’d argue it’s harder to have too little compression. I think most recordings aren’t well served by the amounts of compression commonly used but in this day of sample/replace every drum and set it for 127 does compression even matter. There’s nothing heavy about everything at the same volume.

[@Mendelian]

I know what you mean, but you do need to hear everything clearly and poke trough the mix right?

[@SamBassal]

I just wanna know what that kick & snare combo is tbh 🤭

[@philippgrunert8776]

Unbelievable, I just realized that I was undercompressing all the time. Will go more intense on the drum bus next time

[@Phiapet]

These are not the best compressors, but YOUR favourite compressors. The title is a clickbait. Dislike/unsub/fla... Just kidding, awesome video as always, Mendel).

[@Mendelian]

Hahaha, you almost got me!

[@matthuang4632]

please do compressors for punchy rhythm guitars

[@Mendelian]

There’s no compressor for punch guitars, it’s in the hands and the rest of the tone chain :)! I only do a tad of multiband compression on the low mids (look where your palm mute peaks).

[@blackcroworchestra8824]

The cytomic Sound more Natural

[@neuralfraud]

Drums do not sound like that. WTF is going on here? 1) Grid-arranged midi triggerd drums 2) each sample has been meticulously crafted and normalized so everything is exactly the same 3) the combination of each is then "compressed" - which what, you're really bringing up the noise floor and ambient sound to reduce the dynamic range so the ambience is more audible against the guitars, etc - thus the bigger sound. I mean you have 30ms attack! Metal is attitude and this is just meticulous perfection.

[@Mendelian]

Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️🙏🏾!