Spaceduck, my last 2 songs were collabs with
Rick "NoHow" (Reckless Gents) and he did the drums (Jamstix built in reverb?
) ... which were one tracked and potent enough, methinks.
I'll probably submit a new cooker in a few days. The only place I
automate/
envelope a strong plate reverb (varying up to about a large hall level) is on the snare top-mic track ... and sometimes the toms. I'm scared to death to reverb the snare bottom-mic, let alone the hats and cymbals
(For CPU sanity I use the same snare reverb (via a bus-send) on the lead vox and lead guitar) but, again, automated/enveloped.
Of course I leave the room mic at default levels (or less) for soft coloration (superior drummer 2)
OTOH, methinks parallel compression might be a bit overrated, especially as equalizers, VSTs, and bus sends oft afford harmonic saturation, presence, MU gain, EQ notches, and other beafy tricks. I don't know.
I await you latest tune as well.