andrushkiwt said
I write hard rock songs, and I have to say I'm disappointed with the new kits, particularly the snares. To make it simple, it seems that the drummer did not hit the pieces nearly as hard as they did on, say, The Rock Warehouse expansion. I can't convincingly place a new snare into a song of mine, and it's for reasons other than that particular snare not being a right fit - it's purely because the maxed hits are very tame. Therefore, I'll have to stick to the Rock Warehouse expansion for snares and hats. The new snares have a great tone, but they were not hit with hard rock tunes in mind, apparently. There's no hard crack/whip at even the maxed out velocities.
I'm pretty picky about snares myself. One thing I've been experimenting with is starting with a snare with the wires off and then stacking other snares with the wires on under it at lower volumes until I get the sound I want. Then I add EQ, compression, etc. afterwards. I've been getting some interesting results doing this. It seems to give the snare a little more "umph" to it if that makes sense. Or more balls😉 Nothing drives me more crazy than a snare that sounds too bright where the sound of the snare wires stand out more than the hit of the head. I know you can adjust the volume of the snare bottom too, but I'm getting better results doing it this way. Just an idea to try out. Hope this helps.