Well here we go… Get the best kit you can afford (I’m a huge Sonor fan), best cymbals you can afford (I am a huge Paiste fan and my main kit has the 2002 - that’s what Bonham used)
Some people use samples some don’t and some use a combination. Then there is many different ways to mic a kit and the mic themselves can take things in a different direction. some people use overheads as most of their sound, some people just use it for cymbals, some people don’t use any close mics, there are so many choices.
Compression settings really depend on the player, the tracking, etc. you have no way to have a real preset for this, there are certain things you can do for what you want to accomplish but each one will be different. I would say a lot of people use parallel compression in different places on drums. then there are transient designers which I really like for drums. you have to decide after you hear a drum what you want to do with it.
I don’t use reverb on my drums, I use the drum room mics and compression. I will occasionally use reverb on a snare but not very often.
Eq settings are going to be different for every drummer/set/size/head type/mic placement but generally cut weird mid (350-400) frequencies out of kick and toms and boost where you want. Snare is also its own thing. some people like the ping, I hate the ping.
Do you want a modern drum sound or keep it 70’s/80’s? do you want to keep up with todays loudness? there will be limiting and less dynamics.
I’m still not sure exactly what you are looking for, there is not some kind of magical preset.
first off…we are talking EZ Drummer2. My neighbors already have to put up with Gregorian chant at 2am…they aint gonna go for hih hats on top of that lol
easy
only halfway joking too. Love that warm fuzzy room feel. Yes I know, everything else has to adapt to that large of a drum sound
Start with the room mics and overheads and bring everything else in until its no longer warm and fuzzy and then stop. unfortunately programming drums to have this kind of groove is not easy. I don’t know what ezdrummer 2 has to offer I have superior drummer. I’m not saying you cant get that sound, but I find it way harder using programmed drums. I would start with that exact beat, throw that in as a reference track just keep playing the bars over and over until you get as close as you can. I am personally am not a fan of that drum sound, and wont work for 99% of anything I work on.
I always use a reference track…not a particular one but I would use one that is in the same style of music and one I like the sound as @ColdRoomStudio explained.
I don’t try to match anything but the overall feel. I will never be able to get the same sound, instruments and global…it’s more or less like trying to make a strat sound like a lespaul by changing the strings…
But it helps a lot to keep being focus on what’s important in the mix.
One other important benefit of reference track, it resets your brain and ears.
By the way, I always start a mix by getting the best drums sound I can. Once I’m happy I go for the bass. So I definitly can understand wanting to know if drums are correctly mixed. Keeping in mind, that it doesn’t mean the mix will sound good at the end.