Hi,
I usually assign all the drum elements to a “DRUMS” group. The Mighty Compressor acts on the group, and it’s magical.
Would there be any point in not sending the kick to this group to keep it independent?
There’s no general yes or no answer to this, as it depends on many also individual factors.
I’d lean toward yes, but if you say, now it’s already magical …
You can only try it out and let the musicians and your ears vote.
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There are no easy right or wrong answers here. This is the “trial and error” portion of live sound that tends to move engineers from being “good” to “really good.” The really good engineers are the ones that want to take the time to experiment with everything to learn and improve. You need to experiment with both ideas and find out which one you like better.
That being said, this isn’t a “one and done” experiment either. You’ll find out what you like better for this drum set and drummer, but change either one of those and the results might change too.