How Andy Wallace Makes a Snare Explode

[@paulnagel8161]

The amount of detail that goes into these sessions is incredible. Another great idea.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thank u! Glad you liked it.

[@keithstark8520]

Funny. I came up with something like this on my own back in 96..ish. I was given a project where the drums were already recorded and the snare was really dead. Back then It was adats. I didn't have a sampler or triggers but I had sound forge and these expander gates. So I Miked up the snares on another snare and ran a 100hz tone through a bass amp next to it. In sound forge I then removed the 100hz , eqed, the made a clean loop which I would run constantly through the expander during the mix. The expander had a sidechain which the original snare was plugged in the control the level. It worked really good and didn't sound like a sample , it worked on rolls and everything, I think because it was always starting at different points it was a bit more natural. Either way it's an alternative to a white noise by isolating the rattling of the snares by themselves. You could also get another track going tuned higher..etc.

[@BobbyHuff]

That's super creative Keith! Great job!

[@bart.grantham]

That snare drum sound is incredible even before the white noise trick!

[@ReckerRocks]

Wow! This takes me way back to my college days (we won't say how long ago ;-)). My instructor at the time showed us this trick using analog gear using a white noise/tone generator triggered by a side chain off the snare (if I remember correctly). Great stuff! Really adds to the snare character.

[@BeatsAndMeats]

More Andy Wallace tricks please!!! I’d love to see you cover the SSL gate click trick thingy too! Andy is the GOAT!!!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks!! More to come!

[@markthefrontman1]

Merry Christmas Brother!! Another killer set of tips and tricks!!❤

[@nicok5630]

Merry Xmas to you Bobby, and thank you for your wisdoms through the year, much appreciated !

[@BobbyHuff]

Thank you Nico!

[@michaeltablet8577]

Awesome!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and thank you again for all your videos!

[@BobbyHuff]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well Michael!

[@bigbeatrobby]

In my memorys Wallace did not add White Noise directly but goes direct out from the analog channel into a drum computer to send the signal to the reverb engines and the drum computers in that time had the white noise !

[@davebops2478]

Thanks Bobby, and a very happy Christmas to you!

[@BobbyHuff]

Happy Holidays Dave!

[@rorywalker4770]

Used to do this on SSLs with the Pink Noise generator and a side chained gate. Also with the 50Hz sine oscillator for add oomph to a kick drum. Great tricks, personally I'd use a gate rather than edit in little samples, but creates the same effect.

[@jthunderbass1]

Very nice. Maybe I’ll be able to try it one day. When I have a band that needs a huge snare like this.

[@BobbyHuff]

It definitely makes a big difference!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

If I did this to my drummers snare he would throw a Linndrum at my head.

[@BobbyHuff]

Duck! Haha

[@johnvcougar]

😂

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Mmm I dunno. Problem is the snr sounds pretty good without all the spices. If you don't A-B, which of course no one will in the end result full mix.

[@BobbyHuff]

It definitely shines more with a dense mix with everything in!

[@JaviBello]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!! Very nice shirt!! I love it!

[@BobbyHuff]

JAAAAAAAAAAVVVV! Hahahaha!! Cool huh??

[@mikekloepfer7424]

Happy holidays, Bobby!

[@BobbyHuff]

Happy holidays!

[@TwoSouls-productions]

Merry Christmas Doctor !!!

[@BobbyHuff]

Merry Christmas to you too my friend!

[@apologiajosecarlos]

Your using CUBASE YES !!!!!

[@BobbyHuff]

ALWAYS!!!!

[@timbrown6629]

I did something similar. Except I always used pink noise because my spectrum analyzer from my pa rig has a pink noise generator built in. Then, I sent the pink noise through a distortion pedal, then gated it. I had it as a sample in my rackmount sampler.(I wasn't recording on a PC, I was using Tascam DA-88's.)

[@Owl-qh2rh]

Your awesome Doc! Love it 👍 your allowed to say it's a great technique because it is!!! I don't mind 🙏 love the pic at the end, it took me a minute.. 😂 I could hear the difference in the snare just through my ph, great technique I know will come in handy Thank you 😊 Happy Happy holidays to you and your loved ones too!!! Bless bless bless 😎🙏🕊️✨👼

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks so much Owl!

[@tonysalpinoiii5063]

Warrant's I Saw Red was on the radio the other day and I mentioned to my GF lol hear the 'splat" with the snare? That's white noise mixed in 😇 I'm certain that was a big 80's thing.

[@BobbyHuff]

Haha that’s awesome!

[@carlr2259]

Shirt’s awesome.

[@alexmuli]

It works! 😲

[@billyhughes9776]

Hmm...I thought the snare sounded pretty damn good on it's own. It's definitely a cool trick -- The WN and thwack would work well in parts with heavy guitars in a mix but just with that drum groove and the other percussion, it bit much IMO. Thanks Bobby -- Merry Christmas.

[@BobbyHuff]

It is definitely a heavier sound! Merry Christmas!

[@philiphall9609]

Amazing shirt.

[@BobbyHuff]

Hahaha! Agreed!

[@johnnyt5514]

Your Snare sounds great even with both tricks bypassed 👍. Would really love to see how you get from a raw SM57 Snare „Blongggg“ to that.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Johnny! More snare videos to come!

[@michaelanthony9068]

Thank you for the video and offering your “thwack” . I’m curious about sounds from the kitchen, like a toaster flicking up the toast at the end of its cycle. Liked and subscribed.

[@nashwpg]

i do a version of this with a duplicate of the snare or bottom snare mic. Eq, compress and distort it, gate it and blend to taste. I like using a duplicate track because it often contains more accurate velocity and feel compared to a sample.

[@skyko]

Niiiice! I've heard/learned this before, but forgot all about it. A great refresher!! Merry Christmas brother!!🎄✝ I've been doing this with kicks for a long time, but forgot that it also works well on snares. (toms?) Also with some of the latest Superior Drummer 3 libraries they have 3-5 different snares/kicks layered on top of each other at varying levels. Amazing to think that 20 years ago, I thought you had to get it right with a single drum with a single mic (or two) on it, when really sky's the limit. AND the reason the BIG sessions got like 3 different sets of stereo room mics.

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes it’s amazing what we can do now! Happy Holidays

[@ShadowMakerSdR]

Thanks for the video. I was wondering though, with all the samplers that are around, why do you cut up and copy/paste the samples in the timeline instead of using something like Kontakt or Battery so you can just use the same midi that's triggering the original snare to trigger the 'thwak' or the white noise snippet?

[@mr.k905]

If you eq white noise, is it still white noise?

[@BobbyHuff]

Hahahaha!!

[@dougleydorite]

So this is an Andy Wallace technique, but do people still do this now days vs using slate trigger? To me, this is a better (NOT faster) workflow than using slate trigger to make the one-shots happen.

[@BobbyHuff]

Any way that you prefer that is accurate is fine! The only reason I copy and pasted was because I only did a few bars for the video. My normal method is to create a midi track from the snare track which is very easy in Cubase. Thanks for watching Doug.

[@eleven1161]

🤙🏼

[@BobbyHuff]

Peace!

[@HaHaDK]

Great trick.. if only you could make that cycle loop accurate, I wouldn't be annoyed listening to your content :) Be your best self

[@leechild4655]

i just commented on a video where the drummers kit sounded bad and suggested he didnt know how to tune his set. lol

[@timshadgett]

Congratulations man!

[@BobbyHuff]

Hahahaha!

[@leechild4655]

@@BobbyHuff and the band was judus priest, or and early version maybe. lol

[@jaysgood10]

This is the dumbest shit I have ever heard. Step back and listen to your own words and let me know how it goes.