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I didnt read the posts cause im on my mobile in bed, but i can suggest just using your ears, comparing the reletive volume of one of your fav tracks drums to your own, but making sure that the track you use is turned down to the same percieved overall volume.

Also on that note, dont refrence drum hit loudness on the db scale, because percieved volume is always going to be diferent to its actual db amount. Just an idea to think about

I cannot stress enough to people that there are NO rules! There are mere guidelines to working that can be beneficial, but if you rigidly stick to them then, in my opinion, it'll sound wank.

I'm a real skeptic about this. I think there's only so much teaching you can do - it's not like a musical instrument. You just work and work and fiddle and play until you have your own production STYLE. Sure it's a good 'rule of thumb' to have the drums at **db. But, it's all relative to the rest of your track. Just play with them until it sounds right, that's the vaguest - yet best - piece of advice I can give you.

Debaser1 wrote:I cannot stress enough to people that there are NO rules! There are mere guidelines to working that can be beneficial, but if you rigidly stick to them then, in my opinion, it'll sound wank.

I'm a real skeptic about this. I think there's only so much teaching you can do - it's not like a musical instrument. You just work and work and fiddle and play until you have your own production STYLE. Sure it's a good 'rule of thumb' to have the drums at **db. But, it's all relative to the rest of your track. Just play with them until it sounds right, that's the vaguest - yet best - piece of advice I can give you.