Periphery - "Light" Drums

[oroinvictus]

whats with the ring hate in this thread?

I like some ring on some kinds of snares, personally, but I just think periphery's SD2 drums sound turrible.

 

[Charlez]

Not Bulb, but a better preset. Provided by Nolly at Sevenstring.org screenshots and all

Another S2.0 preset for you guys - Metal Foundry this time!

 

[DeclanWhite]

the ring isnt even bad in 'light'

 

[amarshism]

Yeh I don't get it. Is everyone on the album version? I personally like the note of a snare drum, binds it to the kit as a whole.

 

[icos]

On a slightly more constructive note, what I think the key to the sound that Periphery (and Animals as Leaders, Bulb etc) use is "wood".

Frequency sweep the snare until you find that woody sound. I usually find in somewhere in the 250 to 500 hertz range, but every sample is different. Then boost that freq with a wide-ish frequency range about 3-5 dB and compress the crap out of it.

Sometimes you need to cut a hole in the guitars at around the "wood" frequency to get it to cut through.

I have been going insane with getting a good "ring" on my snare samples, hence my earlier trolling...

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I'm telling you, if you own superior try my settings for the snare.

 

[outbreak525]

Thank you for all the suggestions boys!
Here's what I was able to conjure up
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13291790/Drumszes mst.wav

 

[DeclanWhite]

now THAT is too much ring, also overcompressed in my opinion

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Periphery Light.mp3

 

[outbreak525]

now THAT is too much ring, also overcompressed in my opinion

I cranked the snare since, well, that's what this whole discussion was about.
However, you did help me realize it is overcompressed and I agree with you. I'll definitely fix.

This board is very helpful, thanks a lot folks.

 

[darthjujuu]

guize... i'm 89% certain that metal foundry, pearl free floating maple snare, is the periphery snare. bus it out to some analog emulating compression in parallel, notch out SOME of the ring (not ALL of it...squashing the snare with compression will bring out too much ringing to an unbearable extent) and fiddle with THE ENVELOPE release for the snare in superior...this is how you control the "tail" of the snare, allowing for it to be crushed harder without too much "ringing".

 

[Charlez]

If you want your drums to sound like Periphery, get PSP Mixpressor 2 and smash them.