Hi Toontrack and SD3 users,
I know I’ve posted about this before and I’ve learned a lot about mixing drums since I bought SD3 on release day, but I would like to learn more.
I’m pretty happy with how my drum mixes are turning out, but I still struggle with the snare sometimes. I’m looking for that good, thick thud sound of the head of the snare if that makes sense. I don’t like a lot of the bottom snare sound in there and I’m wondering if any of you have some tips for me.
First off, I already know there is a separate channel for the bottom snare mic and I’ve played around with that, but I can’t seem to get that crack I’m looking for. I’ve tried multiple snares from the library and I’ve found a few that work well, but again I’d like to hear how you all go about achieving this. On a lot of the snares I try I’m just getting too much of that scratchy bright sound which I hate.
I’d love to hear some ideas from anyone on this. As long as you actually know what you’re talking about 😜
Thanks all!
Josh