How do you use one shot snares?

[EmilDelaRosa]

Recently I've been reading a lot of articles and seeing that there's a lot of engineers who incorporate one shots with their drum sound. See I've never tried blending samples before. I either commit to the source drum sound or replace it completely with a different sample.

Here's some of my questions:
1. Do I just duplicate the track and trigger the dup with a one shot sample, and then blend to taste with levels?
2. Should I match the tuning as well?
3. How do I make sure that it doesn't fuck up my drum mix?

Please let me know if there's something else that I should be aware of. Thanks!

 

[Torniojaws]

When I do it, I usually mix by around 50/50 % with the dry and wet signals. The exact percentage depends on the two sounds, but usually around 50 %.
Nothing else (re-pitching or such).

Judging from your question #1, usually the trigger software has a blend adjustment. You don't need to duplicate tracks yourself.

 

[DeclanWhite]

Ive made a shortcut in reaper so that i 'copy' a one shot, then when i press the shortcut key it pastes the sample at the next transient on the track below the selected one. I find this a great way of making the phase very accurate. generally ill have it like 20% one shot, 80% other (multi sample/real snare) sometimes if it doesnt sound right, i have to flip the phase then it's all sweet!

 

[ArthurD]

50/50 max.
I also use just the one shot on reverbs.

 

[mva801]

I usually blend in about 30% or so for a one shot. Depends on each project really. Been using Massey DRT or Trigger. Trigger has a tuning function if you need to adjust it, but I feel like most people just choose one that works with the overall sound, as opposed to freaking out trying to tune it all together. It can be a great idea to get the reverb from just the one shot, as it will be very consistent and not contain any bleed.

 

[botus99]

1. Do I just duplicate the track and trigger the dup with a one shot sample, and then blend to taste with levels?

That's how I do it. Not sure why, but I just don't trust the blend knob in regards to phase coherence. Most times I print the sample track and make sure that each snare hit is phase accurate.

2. Should I match the tuning as well?

Not necessarily, but I usually do one of 2 things. Sometimes I match the tuning, sometimes I match the tuning but 1 octave higher/lower to emphasize crack/snap/weight/depth/etc. It really doesn't matter, as long as it sounds good

3. How do I make sure that it doesn't fuck up my drum mix?

Ummmm listen? There's several problems that can arise from sample augmentation/replacement, just make sure you're triggering the notes you want and aren't triggering the ones you don't. After that, check your phase. After that... you should be fine

 

[bryan_kilco]

Any benefits to actually duplicating a track to trigger off of compared to just sending your track to a bus where it gets triggered?

I just send snare top to a blank track that has Trigger or whatever on it. I can't see the snare hits on that track unless I print, but it seems to work fine.

 

[mva801]

No difference really. I usually just copy it so that I can edit the original track if needed to alter the triggering behavior. Actually what I usually do is make a tick track from Massey DRT and trigger from that, but any of those methods work