Add PUNCH to a snare drum?

[JeffEstrada]

Hey guys,

How do you go about adding that HIT, PUNCH sound to a snare drum?

 

[P-E]

22 to 30ms attack, ratio and threshold to taste, whatever release sounds good.
Then a bit of SPL transient designer to boost attack and sustain just a bit works out great for me.

 

[Melodeath]

SSL-type compression does great. The SSL Dynamics and EQ Channel Strip plug-in gave me incredible punch on the snare and kick. If I wasn't using that I'd use a compressor with about 20ms attack, and probably 6dB reduction or so

 

[nch3966]

i noticed if you take the thresh way down while setting the ratio you notice more about the "punch"

 

[Morgan C]

SPL Attacker is a godsend. A compressor will muffle the attack somewhat, whereas SPL Attacker (or the full version) makes the attack brighter too, which means that when it comes to mastering it still sticks out.

 

[xTomx]

The body of the snare drum is usually around 130-250Hz, boost there and cut on other instruments, providing the snare is properly tuned, otherwise you'll just boost the overtones

 

[RandomOne]

blend it with a sample......

 

[006]

One trick I have used before is blend a snare with a nice body/punch in, but lowpass it at like 250 so it's just that - body and punch. Works nice with the natural snare providing the mids and everything.

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

You dudes that use transient designers - do you insert that before or after the compressor? Or, do you insert the TD on the snare track, and then buss your compression?

 

[El_Gato]

New drummer



joking but obviously true.

(If someone says blend it with Slate, I'll go there and burn your place down)

 

[RandomOne]

(If someone says blend it with Slate, I'll go there and burn your place down)

why?

 

[Jaymz]

A good blend of samples laced with a good compressor

 

[DeclanWhite]

blend it with Slate

 

[DeclanWhite]

everything i do has been said already.

-blend with sample/s
-boost/cut frequencies
-compression
-transient designer
-better drum/head/tuning/player

try all that, see what works.

 

[-Noodles-]

everything i do has been said already.

+1.

 

[El_Gato]

blend it with Slate

Nice, I always wanted to visit Oz and burn something lol

 

[RandomOne]

Nice, I always wanted to visit Oz and burn something lol

Why not to blend it with ssd?

 

[punkorama]

SSL comp/EQ(250 hertz area is KEY for punch, and add some around 10k for the high end crack/PSP vintage warmer to make the snare come alive. i blend 3 other samples over the original snare usually. You can use the same processing tips for samples too. Good Luck!
Mike

 

[Toxic_Lord]

If you want an 80`s stile punchy snare, mix the normal sound of the snare whit pink noise or white noise by sidechain!!!!!

Fuck yeah! :Smokedev:

If want better results, send the mixed snare sound to a Large reverb whit a short decay ( search for Gated Reverb)

 

[JeffEstrada]

Thank's everyone for all your post's, It really helped out.