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If you're using the samples to supplement the existing kit, then I would think you wouldn't want it to be the same sound. Otherwise what's the point? So I do this when I need something the snare isn't giving me, mostly on other peoples tracks I am mixing, like a rehearsal room demo. So if it's a th...

I always mic the bottom. If I get tracks from somebody with no mic on the bottom I re-amp the snare track with a snare drum sitting on top of a Fender Pro Jr and mic the snares there. I almost always have an 1176 plug on the bottom snare fast attack/slowest release. BTW, tried this today on a mix t...

I have several and switch between them on a song by song basis. Supraphonic and COB Slingerland get a lot of love.. and a slingerland wood snare... sometimes a ludwig pioneer wood snare and also a super deep olympic wood snare. Carter McCLean did a video with his old Ludwig Pioneer and it sounded a...

I only have one snare, which I bought for my wife back when she wanted to play drums. I take it to tracking sessions with me just in case. 14" brass Yamaha. IMG_0175.JPG I had a Yamaha kit with those turning lugs back in the day. Man, those drums sounded great but I HATED changing heads on them. Th...

Also, super pricey but that A&F brass snare sounds amazing in every vid I’ve seen. I was talking to a drummer who I sold my old monitors to and he has one. I’ve not heard it in person but he claims it’s that good.

The Mapex stuff should not be slept on, it's affordable and really well made. The owner of the company seems to be a true drum geek. One of the videos where they compare a bunch of snares had the hammered 14x6.5 brass Mapex and it sounded phenomenal. I went back several times to that vid and others...

I have the Evans G1 now but I’m gonna switch it to an ambassador and see if it makes any difference. They are basically the same but I think that I have used ambassadors for so long on the snare that the Evans may just not sound ‘right’ to me. Good call on the snares, I’ve only used the ones that ca...

So my short PT journey has been really enlightening. I built a nice tracking / mix template and some custom key shortcuts that mirror my longtime Cubase / Logic ones. Came across some real head scratchers that seemed so simple in any other DAW but found a way around them and working through this stu...

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Tue May 14, 2024 8:59 am

Here's the JB thing: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cy_0OMHVl ... BiNWFlZA==

That sounds awesome, I love James Brown and of course the drums sound great.

I have a Ludwig Supraphonic LM400 (the 5x14) that has S-hoops on top and bottom (because I rescued this snare from years of abuse) and Puresound snare wires. a hammered bronze 6.5x14 Ludwig (also S-Hoops because the originals were rusty when I got it - I think this started my love affair with S-Hoo...

They're all under the bed in the guest bedroom. I actually played the drums for the first time in 5 years this past weekend, got together with some old friends for a jam. I remembered what to do! So that was nice. My favorite is a 5x14 Grover, just sounds nice all around. There's also an acrolite, ...

I just finished helping a friend of mine set up his project studio. He's full on mid life crisis and has bought a ton of cheap and cool keyboards that he always wanted when he was younger. He's been in set up mode for like two years and when we got everything tested I MADE him play something on the ...

That’s hilarious, my other two snares are a black galaxy acrolite and a gretsch 14x8. The grestch I use the exact same way as you although im really not a fan of the fatback snare sound. I like a good crack but yes for a wood snare sound - that’s it for sure. The acrolite is my most recent acquisiti...

After years of buying and selling I am down to two go to snares and two extras. Dunnett 14x6.5 Canary Wood Snare - this is my desert island snare. It sounds like, what in my head is, the perfect snare; articulate, sensitive, but with some body and a killer rim shot. It records a bit thinner than it ...

from the first snare hit you knew immediately if he recorded it. I posted this on the Electrical board earlier: Many years ago, my girlfriend picks me up in her car. She's listening to The Wedding Present. I've never heard them. 20 seconds in I say "damn, this sounds really good!" 10 seconds after ...