Brad said
I sometimes (and suspect that other drum sample developers do this by default, although I enjoy having the control afforded by SD3) stack a rim shot on the centre of the snare drum and then have it only trigger at higher velocities. Like < 120, something like that. I find picking the right rim shot paired with the right centre can really create a crack that breaks through a dense mix.
Hope you were looking for something like that.
That’s an awesome idea Brad! I’ll give it a shot for sure. I played around with this some more this weekend. One thing I tried was starting off with a snare I liked and then doing the normal EQ, compression, etc. Then I stacked a snare with the wires off and just turned down the volume down slightly on the original snare to blend them together. It’s actually turning out pretty good.
I will definitely try the rim shot stack idea though. Thanks for the help!
Josh
