Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Glad to hear it. Make sure you run it with the auto-gain off! That thing was fucking with my head, ducking my track, until I realized what was going on.
A punchy snare that DOESN'T get murdered in mastering?
- Thread starter Morgan C
- Start date
Glad to hear it. Make sure you run it with the auto-gain off! That thing was fucking with my head, ducking my track, until I realized what was going on.
Melodeath
Moonbow
Will try some of these during mastering, but my question was really about mixing.
I see some albums that have the snare peaks around the same level as the guitar, and cut through really well, but don't seem to be radically clipped or limited like mine. What do you do during MIXING to sorta, lower the transients a bit? Or am I dreaming?
I see some albums that have the snare peaks around the same level as the guitar, and cut through really well, but don't seem to be radically clipped or limited like mine. What do you do during MIXING to sorta, lower the transients a bit? Or am I dreaming?
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
It's about the snare's tonality and the frequencies carved away in the mix to let it cut through. I find that the bass can mask the snare's 'ooomph' in the 200Hz region, if it's too strong there, and the guitars can mask the entire midrange. The way to get past that is to add a ton of high-mid to the snare, which will emphasize the 'crack', and hopefully retain that clarity even after the transients have been chopped with limiting or clipping.
But a good way to chop those transients in the mix and still retain the punch is to clip the snare on its own track... after I started doing that, I had no issues getting it loud enough.
Once again, clips would help.
But a good way to chop those transients in the mix and still retain the punch is to clip the snare on its own track... after I started doing that, I had no issues getting it loud enough.
Once again, clips would help.
