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2015/10/28 18:30:24 (permalink)

Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound?

It seems very, very simple at first listen. But, it's not (at least to my crappy ears). The sound just hits like no body's business. I've got tons of drum samples, but nothing seems to really have the same impact. I know it's just not the sample, it's the processing as well. Can any of you advise on what to do to get my snare to sound like that process wise? Also, if you know where I can get that sample  (or something close ), that would help too. I tried to make it in Maschine's drum synth, but I'm really bad at sound design. ...lol
Here's the song:
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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/28 19:09:08 (permalink)
Sounds like heavy compression on the snare to me.


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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/28 20:29:25 (permalink)
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Sounds like heavy compression on the snare to me.


Yeah, it's definitely there. But, it's more on that snare than that. I've compressed the hell out pf mine and it's still not "popping" like that one.

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 07:31:15 (permalink)
I'm no expert on this but it sounds gated as well as having a delay in there too. Certainly has the compression cranked. It's also likely layered for thickness.
 
 

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 15:39:27 (permalink)
Seems like the snare is triggering a white noise sample to me. Ugh song though lol
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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 19:32:34 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby RSMCGUITAR 2015/10/30 16:06:12
There are multiple layered samples in there: handclaps, white noise and a gated snare sample boosted around 200 Hz. Probably lifted straight from some electronic drum sample library. I'm pretty sure no acoustic instruments were harmed in the making of that song.


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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 23:08:43 (permalink)
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I'm no expert on this but it sounds gated as well as having a delay in there too. Certainly has the compression cranked. It's also likely layered for thickness.
 
 


Thanks for the input. I'm going to experiment with using a gate and delay.

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 23:17:01 (permalink)
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Seems like the snare is triggering a white noise sample to me. Ugh song though lol


Gonna' try that white noise in there. Thanks for the advice.

But, for real; how could you not love that song? ...lol. All jokes aside, I know I'm in the minority when it comes to songs like this. I'm a sucker for slickly produced, uber catchy, pop confection. For me it's the hardest style to get right on my own. Yet, I still reach. ...lol

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/29 23:28:30 (permalink)
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There are multiple layered samples in there: handclaps, white noise and a gated snare sample boosted around 200 Hz. Probably lifted straight from some electronic drum sample library. I'm pretty sure no acoustic instruments were harmed in the making of that song.


Thanks! I'm going to layer some of my old Roland sounding drum sound with a clap and try all the other sugestion you guys have given me and see if I can get close.

Right now I'm a huge fan of Max Martin's (the guy who produced and co-wrote the song) production work. So very simple sounding elements but they sound huge. I'm also a big fan Nile Rodgers. Listening to those old Chic tunes and Max Martin stuff and trying to emulate some of those production techniques and apply to them to my own pruductions is my goal. I want my songs to have that huge, polished pop sound. Yet, still be funky. Sometimes my stuff sounds "cheap" to me.

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/30 14:18:09 (permalink)
JMO that's about the crappiest snare I've ever heard, but if you find out how to get it and it works for you, right on.
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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/30 15:03:32 (permalink)
I am not great with sound design so posts like this are fun to play with. It is layered for sure, and a "bit crusher" effect will add some noise to a snare, but the problem I had using a straight snare was the initial attack remained enough to throw it off (almost like it is a straight up synth sound).
 
Now for the twist... are you looking for that exact sound? Reason I asked is my first choice would be to sample that first snare hit from the song itself.

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/10/30 20:12:47 (permalink)
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I am not great with sound design so posts like this are fun to play with. It is layered for sure, and a "bit crusher" effect will add some noise to a snare, but the problem I had using a straight snare was the initial attack remained enough to throw it off (almost like it is a straight up synth sound).
 
Now for the twist... are you looking for that exact sound? Reason I asked is my first choice would be to sample that first snare hit from the song itself.


Well, I wanted to learn how to get that sound on my own. But, after much trail and even more error, I decided to sample it for something I'm working on.
The problem was the piano is playing at that point. Tried various tricks to get it out but, no luck. Even tried using Melodyne Editor to maybe seperate the snare from the piano. Still, nada.

I feel you on the sound design thing. I suck at it, too.

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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/11/15 14:16:14 (permalink)
I think I'd rather use a tom with a mallet and tweak that.......but hey, what do I know?

 
 
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Re: Can Anyone Help Me Get This Snare Sound? 2015/11/15 14:51:21 (permalink)
If you slightly pitch up, gate and compress the snare in the LinnDrum_Low program in Session Drummer I think you can get pretty close.
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