{"id":11890,"date":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=11890"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"sub-mix-drums-through-external-compressor","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/sub-mix-drums-through-external-compressor\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I Sub-mix Drums through an External Compressor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Necessary Equipment:<br \/>1 DB25 to 8 x _&#8221; breakout cable<br \/>2 _&#8221; TRS to TRS cables<br \/>1 Stereo Compressor (duh)<\/p>\n<p>Review: D8B Manual (v3) Pages 23, 29, 36, 48-50, 56, 61-63, 104, Appendix F &#038; your Compressor Owner&#8217;s Manual<\/p>\n<p>1. Setup your Drum Levels and Panning.<br \/>2. Turn L\/R Assign Off for all Drum Channels.<br \/>3. Turn Buss 1 &#038; 2 On for all Drum Channels.<br \/>4. Switch to Masters Fader Bank.<br \/>5. Make sure that Buss 1 &#038; 2 Faders are set to -U- (Channel Strips 17\/18)<br \/>6. Switch to Mic \/Line Fader Bank (1-24)<br \/>7. From the Buss Out \/ Surround Out D-Sub cable, take 1 &#038; 2 and connect to the Inputs of the Compressor.<br \/>8. Take the Outputs of the Compressor and plug them into Line Ins (23)\/(24).<br \/>9. Set Faders (23)\/(24) to -U-.<br \/>10. Pan Ch. (23) Left, Pan Ch. (24) Right.<br \/>11. Turn L\/R Assign On for Ch&#8217;s (23)\/(24) <br \/>12. Shift Select All Drum Channels and Ch&#8217;s (23) and (24)<br \/>13. From Computer Screen. Select: Channel Menu| Adjust Channel Delay&#8230;<br \/>14. Set Channel Delay for all Non-Selected Channels: 110 samples. (Use 110 for the initial setting. 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