Postprocessing for Drum Samples

[lucaskills]

Hey folks,

i had the chance to record an awesome piccolo metal Ludwig Snare and had the drummer play it for me to sample it after i did the recording.

My question is, what processing do you guys do when sampling drums? Leave it as clean as possible and just do proper cuts and fades? Or should i put some eq's and comps on it already?

 

[departed]

if you've multi-micced the snare check its in phase before exporting. like you said, make sure all your edits are precise (dont leave a gap between the begining of the sample and when the snare is hit or you'll have phase/flamming issues triggering).

i would usually keep it as clean as possible, allows much more manipulation during individual projects that i might want to use the sample in afterwards

 

[storming heaven]

What kinda processing does snare need? I know it's the same question that you've asked, but you need to designate the goals to achieve the sound you want. We can tell you 'use this comp settings' or ' this eq works wonders for snare' but it all depends on the sound you want for the final product.

 

[lucaskills]

Thank you for your input.

What i mean is setting Lo Cuts, try to reduce / eliminate resonances that are annoying (to me). Just the Basic things. Rest happens in the mix of course.

 

[Trevoire520]

What I've found myself doing is eq'ing and processing the natural snare to get it working in the mix, then I export samples with the same processing on it so I have a sample that should be pretty much mix ready.