Sharing what my chain looks like (yes, I love harmonics) based on it @Riddim Machine. I've been experimenting with this technique ever since I clarified the processing chain in my thread. I used a similar idea but with the Need Preamps instead (shuffling between 73/81/84 till it sounded good to me). I don't find this technique snake oil at all, it doesn't work all the time with all 8 on and if you're not careful you can cause more problems with your drums rather than making them sound good. The main thing I have to worry about is the transients, so I have a transient shaper and sends to add them back if needed. I think it doesn't hurt to share what works for you and if Jaycen liked what it did for him, he's just practicing what he preaches I guess. As for me, it works dialed in just right but I wouldn't recommend doing it all the time. It definitely has its own flavor.

 

Not applicable to all drums. Too much sub energy is lost and The high peaks at 60hz are harsh on my mastering chain so I don't need them. I do a similar thing with a simple eq trick. a better result

 

yeah steven I agree about the "new overall sound"

I have then decided to use your technique on all drums (snares, claps, HH, upper percussions so on so forth) EXCEPT kicks and 808s, which I put in a dedicated combiner bus

SOMETIMES I try to send a bit of the combined kick/808 to the bus with the NLSs and see what happens, but lately it's very rare

anyhow, in this format, I still use your trick pretty often

wondering to know what you or whoever is used to this technique thinks about my actual solution

thanks for posting

 

Hi Steve, welcome, bro!
Thanks for the explanation (and the limiter tip!). Nothing better than the creator words to make things more clear. With the experience i had with this trick and your explanation it makes more sense in the way the sound is delivered out of the speakers and when it can be useful, especially related to translation on different playback systems

 

Incredible to see you here, thank you for your insights

 

yea I would say that is a pretty good way to adapt to the new sound. This might sound crazy but I have actually been using sonalksis stereo tools on 808s. I set it to mono below like 80hz for example so the low frequencies go to the middle and any distortion from the midrange in the 808s can still sound wide. I might try it in combo with the NLS now actually

 

Fasho! I honestly can’t believe that people did the digging to give me proper credit on this so I appreciate y’all! Shoutout to riddim for doin his homework!

 

I like that Sonalksis stereo tool plugin too, and I'd mono everything under about 100 with it. The Mac version is kind of buggy though on my system, so I have been trying other mono-maker plugins in place of Sonalksis. Have you given the new-ish Brainworx/PA bx_enhancer a try yet? You might like it in that spot. https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_enhancer.html.