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Post by Ward on Nov 11, 2022 15:08:43 GMT -6
What are your favorites for snare processing when mixing?
What made your ears pop? What made the snare pop out of the track like when you first tracked it? And thus restored your faith in your abilities?
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Post by bossanova on Nov 11, 2022 15:12:47 GMT -6
Don't hate...CLA Drums š
There are times when it's completely wrong, but, there are also lots of times when it just works, especially paired with CLA Epic and the extra control you get over the reverb in that one.
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Post by svart on Nov 11, 2022 15:21:04 GMT -6
Good old SSL channel, Arouser, and sometimes an 1176.
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Post by Ward on Nov 11, 2022 15:43:54 GMT -6
There are no wrong answers! Lately, I've dispensed with the API2500 and switched over to (don't laugh at this either) Waves' H comp. It seems to preserve the snare sound and yet controls dynamics.
I'll probably hate it later.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 11, 2022 16:13:20 GMT -6
The voice of experience,āIāll probably hate it later !ā
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Post by tkaitkai on Nov 11, 2022 16:22:00 GMT -6
Native Instruments Transient Master, Venn Audio FreeClip, Little Radiator. EQ is almost always just Pro-Q or Tonelux Tilt. Generally being quite gentle with all of these.
I find it's really easy to mess up the snare, so I try to get most of my sound from sample blending and keep the processing pretty tame. I will, however, spend a lot of time adjusting the envelope on each sample. That alone usually gets me 90% of the way there.
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Post by RealNoob on Nov 11, 2022 17:07:03 GMT -6
EL Arousor
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Post by Ward on Nov 11, 2022 17:58:56 GMT -6
Āæsolo en espaƱol o tambien disponible en ingles? |
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Post by phdamage on Nov 11, 2022 20:32:27 GMT -6
problem solvers:
Waves Aphex Aural Exciter if it needs a bit more up top - much as i want to say Dopamine does it better, it just doesn't for me. the Waves is just grittier
Soundtoys Radiator if it's just too boring sounding
Eventide 910 if it needs some thickening and just cuz most of the time.
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Post by subspace on Nov 11, 2022 22:09:06 GMT -6
Why is everybody being so cagey? The answer is PSP 2445 right? Right?
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Post by paulcheeba on Nov 11, 2022 22:14:46 GMT -6
Fab filter Saturn, Nvelope, New Fangled Audio, Sonnox Envolution, Boz Transgressor and ye olde faithful SPL.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2022 22:28:33 GMT -6
Why is everybody being so cagey? The answer is PSP 2445 right? Right? Yes! Along with the Eventide SP2016 and the Omnipressor and Molot GE |
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Post by drumsound on Nov 12, 2022 0:21:22 GMT -6
I almost always track with a compressor no one seems to know, yet I never see 'em for sale either...
In mixing there's always a drum parallel with either the Waves API 2500 or (more recently) the UAD Chandler Zener.
If I need some juice UAD API vision or SSL channel. Sometimes just an API EQ. Sometimes a McDSP 6030 with one of the models, most often the FRG or 1176. 160VU or 2254 sometimes.
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Post by ragan on Nov 12, 2022 0:22:11 GMT -6
Iāve kinda grown tired of plug-ins that are trying to sound harmonic/saturated/analog-y. If I want to shape the snare (or whatever) sonics and punch, I usually reach for utilitarian stuff these days, like Pro-C2. Heavy lifting of tone shaping happens in the analog domain, then fine tuning with clean stuff ITB. Obviously totally subjective.
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Post by jampa on Nov 12, 2022 1:41:58 GMT -6
Auto-align from Sound Radix
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Post by theshea on Nov 12, 2022 7:03:43 GMT -6
ssl e channelstrip (massaging tone and 3-6db GR)
waves kramer pie (gives a nice smack)
tonebooster reelbus (tames transients)
75% thats my snare insert chain
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Post by notneeson on Nov 12, 2022 16:31:47 GMT -6
Mostly just EQ these days. Once in a blue moon transient designer gets added.
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Post by the other mark williams on Nov 12, 2022 20:33:02 GMT -6
I don't use it all the time, but the Eventide SplitEQ can be really nice - you can find the "crack" in the snare and accentuate it (or push it back, if that's more your thing), and still accentuate the body of the snare, all in the same plug. It's cool.
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Post by RealNoob on Nov 12, 2022 20:39:27 GMT -6
Āæsolo en espaƱol o tambien disponible en ingles? Empirical Labs Arousor, not el Arouser |
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Post by ab101 on Nov 12, 2022 22:22:13 GMT -6
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Post by javamad on Nov 13, 2022 2:50:34 GMT -6
UA API Vision Strip as a starter
FF Q3 to notch out boxiness
UA Sonnox Envolution to add snap sometimes
Split EQ as mentioned above to add body around the fundemental
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Post by Ward on Nov 13, 2022 10:50:57 GMT -6
Āæsolo en espaƱol o tambien disponible en ingles? Empirical Labs Arousor, not el Arouser I know, I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. LOL (I'll go stand in the corner and pelt fecal matter at myself now.) |
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Post by jaba on Nov 13, 2022 12:06:39 GMT -6
I find it depends a lot of factors - how was it recorded, am I leaning on the close mic or more on the OHs, style of music, etc.
It often gets some parallel compression along with the kick, more often than not.
Sometimes an opto comp if there's a lot of ghost notes or they're using brushes.
I recently picked up the Fuse VQP bundle and already feel it's going to spend a lot of time on snare.
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Post by RealNoob on Nov 13, 2022 12:46:11 GMT -6
Oops, should have said Trigger 2 to some degree practically always.
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Post by mcirish on Nov 14, 2022 14:46:42 GMT -6
For snare, I'm usually recording 3 mics and blending them. I always time align the mics for phase. Then:
1) PA- SSL 9000J (I like it the best of the SSL channels)
2) Softube Saturate (helps bring it forward a bit
3) Standard Clip (catch the random peaks, nothing too heavy but it tames transients)
4) Sometimes a limiter on the snare buss
5) Various parallel processes of compression
6) A couple different reverb sends
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