The SECRET formula for Mixing Snares

[@motofreak525]

Great video dude, capturing it correctly in the first place is such an important part of the process that is lost on a lot of people. When you have a great performance captured correctly it enables your mixing and or mastering engineers to make the performance really shine and not just be doing damage control.

[@balazs.mihaly]

Your videos are awesome, dude!

[@Izzyrealmusic]

Hey thanks!!

[@samuelpodgorny]

Love this video, but another huge tip I found was by Chris Greenly from Bethel, MIC IN LINE WITH THE SNARE WIRES!!! (Top and bottom)

[@ValentinMacagno]

Sounding good dude! Love the detailed explanation

[@HR2635]

just right snare wires.. well. Yes.. but that point has many details: most snares will sound better ( this is subjective) with a little tighter than what you used here, and also listen to the low end.. when the wires are just right you will get a POP in the low end that gives you a fuller beefier sound.. try it folks. Well.. this is of course just my perception .

[@janthonydrivenpatien]

The acoustic sound and a great snare is all u need...then just mic up with a 57 on top, whatever on the chain, buss the chain mic with verb and it's done. Bam! Sikk

[@jc_drumming_2331]

Good stuff bro! Super helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@Izzyrealmusic]

Hey thank you!!

[@karlahallgarcia4812]

Great info!!!💯

[@Intrinsic.Recording]

Yeah, also sometimes, two "fingers" is too close. Too zoomed in on the head. The further you get back, within reason, captures a wider picture of the drum, without as much proximity effect. You don't need to cut out so much "woofiness" later with with plugins. Cool video though. thanks! The tuning part was right on!

[@why67152]

63 here! A ton of studio recordings... The tuning part is OK, but I would drop the under mic on your snare... Too much overtone and proximity to your kick... Standard is one snare mic on top catching it and your high hat...

[@kevinyounkins214]

Cut Footloose!

[@raytar84]

Mic placement... and nothing about the phase shift? :/

[@dobbeloseven2921]

Realy sounds great, but i`m a drummer, no sound engineer. How can i get this sound in a live situation. Don`t get it.

[@nicefish10]

In a live sound situation mic only the snare and nothing else and this might work …. But then only your snare will be in the PA. Pointless.

[@BukanIbuMu]

Show this video to your foh engineer

[@andreaspop_5150]

Slow attack fast release? Interesting…

[@nicefish10]

Your bottom snare mic may work great for the bottom snare but that far away is also going to pick up the kick, and possibly everything else. Your frequency selection is all arbitrary. Every drum, mic, and room, tuning etc are all different and it’s best to look for the fundamental of the transient and boost there. Those are the drums natural punch and crack/attack frequencies. As far as micing goes, I don’t know anyone who just records only the snare drum when recording a drum kit, so your approach to micing may work for demonstration purposes on a KZbin channel, but are lacking severely if trying to mic an entire kit. Phase between top and bottom snare mics always needs to be checked. Also if micing up an entire kit the bleed from hihats, overheads, and kick along with any eq/processing for those channels will dramatically affect the snare tone as well. But if you want to record just your solo snare drum and nothing else your approach might work.

[@christiansmyth1466]

With all that processing, why not just use a sample? IMHO it doesn't sound like a drum anymore. It sounds pretty good, yeah, just...not like an actual drum. A natural, acoustic DRUM.

[@raytar84]

It sounds like cheap drum sample for me.