Battle of the beatmakers
4 Drum machine processing tips
So you’ve built a great hardware drum groove, but what’s next? Help your rhythm patterns nestle neatly into your next track with these processing tips...
Parallel distortion
1Overdrive effects work great with hardware drum machines. Subtle saturation or drive across drum sounds can be a good replacement for standard compression. When using more extreme distortion effects, however, you can risk losing punchy transients. The fix? Mix distortion in parallel, either as a send effect or by using a plugin equipped with a dry/ wet control. Extreme distortion mixed in at low levels can help fill out the frequency spectrum.