Questions about snares

[jbarkerhill92]

I usually use claps in songs, but am starting to use more snares and encountering some issues.

My main drum plug-in is Drumaxx, and it’s good for most drums, but its snares are subpar, as has been previously noted in the forums.
I’m not good enough at programming Drumaxx to come up with my own snares, and tweaking the existing presets hasn’t yielded very good results.

I’m having a few issues with snares:
- the snare gets buried in the mix and doesn’t cut through, especially when competing with a phat synth like Sylenth1
- the snare sounds too flimsy and trebly. I’m looking for more of a deep and cracking snare
- when I put reverb on a snare and have to crank the snare’s volume in the mix, I’m getting this weird resonance artifact, almost a whistling or squeaking sound. Has happened in multiple songs, and idk what is causing it, but I assume has to do with reverb

Some questions:
- do people tend to double a snare and pan it L and R to get it to cut through the mix
- what plugins do people suggest for snares? I’m going to see if FPC has better snares than Drumaxx
- what sample packs do people recommend? I’ve seen reference to addictive drums, so maybe I’ll look into that. I’d rather not spend a bunch of money tho

[Giraffic]

This depends alot on the genre but here are my ...

[jbarkerhill92]

Thanks for the advice . I’ll look into those i...

[Giraffic]

jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:22 pm ...

[jbarkerhill92]

cool, thanks, I'll try some of that. I think ...

[Giraffic]

You could always just add a compressor to a mix...

[jbarkerhill92]

Hm, if you have the compressor on the mixer ins...

[Giraffic]

jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:57 am ...

[jbarkerhill92]

Cool, thanks Yeah, I know there are lots o...

[Giraffic]

Yeah, it take some time and effort to figure ou...

[q_80_]

think of the sound as: A transient portion A m...

[nucleon]

These are all good techniques but I would also ...

[jbarkerhill92]

A transient portion A mid body portion The Thu...

[Zephyrean]

The issue you describe isn't necessarily someth...

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Zephyrean wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:31 am The...

[Evanduril]

First of all, use proper sounds. You can make ...

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Evanduril wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:37 am ...I...

[Evanduril]

nAve Estudio wrote: Evanduril wrote: ↑Thu Mar 1...

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Evanduril wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:12 pm nAve...

[jbarkerhill92]

Thanks for the feedback about the importance of...

[Alphagem-O]

jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:46 pm ...

[Zephyrean]

I would highly recommend to check out the snare...

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jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:13 pm ...

[jbarkerhill92]

Thanks for the advice guys. I realized I can’t...

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jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:39 pm ...

[Perfect Human]

My recommendation (apart from using actual samp...

[jbarkerhill92]

Well, since you suggested posting some examples...

[Zephyrean]

To be honest, those snare drums sound perfectly...

[jbarkerhill92]

To be honest, those snare drums sound perfectl...

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jbarkerhill92 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:39 am ...