Quote Originally Posted by Ritzi Lee
Thanks Dan.

But what do you think about adding some compression to the kick and hats?
Do you think it needs compression?
Or is it fine like this?

I think after mastering this you will hear the sweatness of the kick / hats through the whole track.
yeah, that's a good point. people do often overcompress. but if i were you, i'd just play around with it. you're right that you definately should not throw a whole bunch of effects at it, but detroit and chicago tracks rely on the power of the drum sound itself, which means you either have to have a real 909 or make it up with signal processing.