little to no compression on drums [I used to use a 909 + RZ-1 but the new .xtrak material is Battery, Ultrabeat and Impulse].. but I do sometimes let it do some work.. Stereo-bus compression usually boosts the other tones of the tracks, so if you want more dynamics - better to not use such drastic compression techniques.
If you want the Switch / Trevor Loveys / Jesse Rose / etc sound then crank it up.. I am on the fence about it because there's something to be said for hearing peaks and lows vs. full-on intense drums all night long.
parametric EQ your hi-hats + claps to dull the top and brighten the mid-range
MIX using an ANALOGUE MIXING CONSOLE
put kick drums on separate channels from the remainder of the drum sounds
shuffle: I use either the 16th note swing and variations of the 16A-F combinations in Logic
or I program them via MIDI controller and then slide the notes around to make a more exaggerated swing.
People have been complaining for years about the timing in Logic but I think it's not so bad.. I am a fan of ultra-swing where it syncopates with the main synth / bass lines.. best to make them work against each other for a groove then directly on top of each other.
hope this helps.. you can do it all inside of Logic or Live but I seriously recommend hardware:
note the excessive amounts of parametric EQs on the left .. and almost zero compressors
and yes, it grew since then.
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