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5. Reverb Tailoring: Short, gated reverb can add depth without muddying the mix. Use sparingly to enhance punch.

4. Clipper on the Drum Bus: After compression, use a clipper to tame peaks without losing punch. It can give your drums a modern, tight sound.

3. EQ Carving: Use EQ to carve out space for each drum element. Remove muddiness by cutting low-mid frequencies, especially on kicks and snares.

2. Parallel Compression: Layer a compressed signal under the original to add body without killing dynamics. This is a secret weapon for a fuller drum sound.

1. Slow Attack Compression: Let those transients hit hard by using a slow attack on your compressor. It allows your drums to cut through while still keeping the mix controlled.

1. Distortion: Soundtoys Decapitator 2. Dynamics: Sonnox Oxford Dynamics 3. EQ: Fabfilter Pro Q-3 4. Delay: Soundtoys Echoboy 5. Phaser: Dusty Devices Phaser-DDL 6. Chorus: Relab Sonsig ACE 7. Reverb: Relab Sonsig Rev-A 8. Tape & Tube: Goodhertz Tupe 9. Multi-FX: Cableguys Shaperbox 3 10. OTT ;)

Make the compressor parallel, and you're golden.