# Drums audio routing **URL:** \ **Category:** Mixing\ **Tags:** drums\ **Created:** [November 7, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/drums-audio-routing/873 "2023-11-07T01:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eduarda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/eduarda/32/79_2.png) [@Eduarda](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Eduarda)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/drums-audio-routing/873/1 "2023-11-07T01:18:53Z")
Hey, Tony, first of all, congratulations on your amazing work. I have a question about the signal routing you do with “drum aux” and “drum bldn”.Is drum aux a group and drum bldn an auxiliary track of that group? Sorry for the question, but it was something I didn’t understand in the midnight city mix Thank you ☺ ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Hoffer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/tony_hoffer/32/146_2.png) [@Tony\_Hoffer](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Tony_Hoffer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/drums-audio-routing/873/2 "2023-11-08T22:08:09Z")
Hi Eduarda, Yes, the ‘Drum Aux’ is all of my drums grouping to this aux. The ‘Drum Blend’ aux is a duplicate of the Drum Aux (same inputs as Drum Aux) and I’ll insert a compressor on the blend. That’s essentially what I did on the console when I originally mixed ‘Midnight City’. When I’m in the box I may have 4 (!!!) separate blends set up this same way. Typically 2 different types of compressors and 2 different types of distortion. Then I blend all 5 tracks together to get the sound I want (clean + 4 blends). ---
**Author:** ![Eduarda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/eduarda/32/79_2.png) [@Eduarda](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Eduarda)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/drums-audio-routing/873/3 "2023-11-09T10:44:27Z")
Thank u for the answer ❤❤