# Shadow Hills Settings

**URL:** <https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959>\
**Category:** Jaycen Joshua - Mixing Workshop\
**Tags:** drums, compression, in-the-box\
**Created:** [December 7, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959 "2023-12-07T00:12:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pietro\_Bosco](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/pietro_bosco/32/79_2.png) [@Pietro\_Bosco](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Pietro_Bosco)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959/1 "2023-12-07T00:12:57Z")

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Hi Jay, what a pleasure being here! I’ve watched all your videos and I think I start to really learn what mixing is. I have a stupid question, about the settings on the shadow hill (specially the treshold), are they just the default one or you set them to make the kick hit at -1? And, the -1 is only for the discrete part of the compressor or also for the optical one? Thank you

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**Author:** ![A\_K](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/a_k/32/79_2.png) [@A\_K](https://community.mwtm.com/u/A_K)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959/2 "2023-12-10T12:58:58Z")

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I hope it is ok to add a question here regarding the Shadow Hills settings:

Jay, at which frequency do you set the SC Filter ?

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**Author:** ![Arshia\_Farajollahi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/arshia_farajollahi/32/79_2.png) [@Arshia\_Farajollahi](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Arshia_Farajollahi)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959/3 "2025-04-28T06:39:19Z")

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it is at 90hz default

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**Author:** ![Arshia\_Farajollahi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/arshia_farajollahi/32/79_2.png) [@Arshia\_Farajollahi](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Arshia_Farajollahi)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shadow-hills-settings/1959/4 "2025-04-28T06:42:18Z")

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Jaycen is Pretty Strict about his Gain Staging, so he doesnt modify the thresholds. he typically has 1-2dB reduction on the discrete and the same on the Opto of the Shadow Hills.

the answer is he will increase the gain of the drum bus into the Drum bus chain. if its too hot, he will dial it down.