Imagine having an entire rack full of compressors at the click of a mouse
DF-Comp models the best attributes from some highly sought after compressors now
with their new intelligent workflow this will help you get some better sounding
mixes even more efficiently. Gain access to an expansive arsenal of compression
weapons without breaking the bank, hiring a tech, or paying those brutal
hydro bills. DF-Comp delivers versatility that your drum mix is demand at a price
you can afford. With the DF-Comp there's three easy ways to get the sound you
need. First you pick the mode, second you feel the vibe, and then third you dial it
in for the sound that you're going for on your drum mixes. Here hop, over to the
computer with me and I'll show you how it works. Alright so the first step the
mode here is in a drop-down menu you have the option to pick from kick snare
toms overheads rooms and bus. In this instance it's on my snare channel so
we'll pick snare and then we'll solo the track. Let's hear it without and then
I'll add it in and we can hear it with it.
Alright let's go. With the DF-Comp on it's going to add a little more body and low end. Pretty
cool right? You can monitor the gain reduction that it's actually doing here
with the gr button pressed in. You can also monitor the signal going in and the
signal going out which you have full control of with the in and out knobs up
here. Now, once you pick it from the drop down menu you can choose how much
compression you want on the track with this compression dial, and you can pick
whether or not you want a dry or a full wet mix. Now that third option the vibe
is down here under this tube-like looking thing, and you can choose the
intensity by clicking the button. So, first we have soft, and then we can
choose medium, and hard. Let's hear the difference between the three on this
track.
Okay, now that's pretty cool and it's very efficient. So let's go to a kick
drum and then move over to the Tom's, the overheads, and then do the process
all over again. I'll show you how simple this is. Moving forward let's go to the
kick drum. We'll close this, take this off that, and then we'll solo the kick
track. Then come down here to DF-Comp again just like we did with the snare.
Drop down menu . Click on the kick, and then let's hear that without. I've
already got a pretty punchy sounding kick drum, but not quite as present in
the mix that I want. Let's go back and then play it again with it on. Pretty
cool right? So like before, you choose how much you want of compression the wet and
dry mix, and the vibe. So that's the intensity. Pretty cool! Moving forward
here with the room mic. I am going to solo that track and turn off the reverb so
that you can hear the actual track as I turn it up, and open up DF-Comp. Then
like before on the kick and snare you go to the main mode menu here, and then
click on room if you have a room mic and then that will give you a different
setting it's already all pre-programmed there's there's just dialing in the
sound that you want so let's hear it. This is without.
Let's try that again with it on.
Now that's pretty cool. It adds quite a bit of compression, and it it really it
really thickens up the sound of that room mic. Now obviously that's not the
final level I'm going to have inside my drum track in its entirety, but that
track was just brought up in volume so that you guys can hear the difference.
Moving forward, we'll go check out the Tom's. So I'll solo the Tom's and
then I'll bring up the comp here and then same as before, simple. So I use it
on a lot of stuff it's it's really good and I'm not just saying that but it's
really good really good so you go and you pick it from the mode here down in
the Tom's and then set your compression and then how much you want the mix and
then set the vibe it's it's that simple. Like, there's not much to it it's really
cool it's really efficient, it's really helped me with my mixes and dialling in
that sound that I need. So, let's hear the drums all together
if you guys are interested in DF-Comp I'll put the link to it down in the
description below under this video and you guys can check it out for yourself
The DF-Comp takes all the guesswork out of your compression, your settings, the
algorithm all that mumbo-jumbo stuff you don't need to worry about so you can
focus on your playing which is really cool and a lot of people get caught up
and forget that.