What frequencies (hi and low) should be rolled-off to clean up drum loops?

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    What frequencies (hi and low) should be rolled-off to clean up drum loops?

    I'm trying to cut back on harshness, mud, and artifacts for over a thousand drum loops. Any suggestions for hi and lo pass parameters that I can globally use with some confidence during batch processing? Thank you.
     
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    Since you aren't making dance/bass music, you can probably come up even higher; but highpass at 30hz; and lowpass at 18khz. Those are being on the "safe side", and I usually have my DAW channel EQ default to that setting to load that way automatically. Batch Processing is a little different, because you cannot really put back the information you cut. I much prefer the default DAW channel EQ approach, because it is not applicable only to your 1000 drum loops. It's every channel you load that eq on, with room to adjust. Same time saver, but non-destructive.
     
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