Ultimate Guide To Mixing Snares

The snare drum is the backbone of the beat in modern rock. Get it wrong and your mix falls apart, but get it right and everything slots into place.
Check out these key techniques for getting your snare right without sounding over processed. We'll take a look at my three step method: Frequency - Dynamics - Tail.
0:00 - Intro
1:43 - Frequency Based Processing
9:20 - Transient Shaping
13:50 - Dynamics Based Processing
17:29 - Shaping The Tail With Samples and Reverb
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[@ikdrummer]

Sheesh, this vid must reach thousands of views. Laconic presentation of information, everything is explained with good examples, nice to watch. Thank you for your effort, thumbs up and definitely subs to you!

[@SamLoose]

Thanks for checking it out 🙂

[@EdwardAllenCanada]

Great job on this, thx👍🏼

[@SamLoose]

Glad you liked it!

[@frankzeno]

thanks so much for this. Great explanation !!!

[@SamLoose]

Glad it was helpful!

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Great stuff Sam, the difference after all the adjustments is night and day. Just a quick thing on Cmnd D to duplicate... I found out recently, if you hover over the header area of the track you want to duplicate and hold down option command (while dragging down with your mouse) It duplicates the track and actually copies down the recorded part into the exact same space on the duplicate track. Will save you a nano second per duplication : ).

[@SamLoose]

That’s great to know, thanks for the tip!

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Superb. Articulate. Query: what headphones are you using?