yo my techniques for this:
I chop a lot of breaks and shit, and this shit sounds dirty and wooshy or somebody put some reverb on it i dont like. I dont always want dirty and nasty sounding, so in these case i will
1. either run the break/samples/slices through a noise gate to remove all those nasty tailes OR envelope the individual slices in my sampler (kontakt in my case) that need it.
2. Very rarely i compress an individual sample/slice or two that needs it (like when you remove an open hihat from a booming on 'main' beat bassdrum with a low pass filter or vice versa with a high pass, sometimes this sounds better)
3. I use multiple outputs in kontakt and shit so sometimes i eq some slices/samples or whatever (parametric) individually if i think they need it.
4. After i laid out the beats i run the whole beat through a compressor with appropraite settings, i rarely use reverb on drums myself but when i do i do it very specifically, and decide by messing around, sometimes i do it before it gets compressed, some times after, sometimes i shorten the gate in step 1 or gate the reverb itself, it all depends on my samples and shit and what sounds best
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After this, its up to you, you can run the whole beat through a more general eq (graphic or some type of mulltiband), sometimes its needed because compression may affect the eq part of a sound a little or a lot. most importantly use your ear and listen to what you are working with, there is no set golden rule or methodolgy, sounds need to be tailored, they need custom service
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PEACE
