I love a 57 Sonar and hate a piccilo snare to no end.

What are your favorite snares and how do you like them tuned?

Do you mic from the bottom, top or angled at rim?

Lets get this forum rocking folks.

Snare, kick and hat is the foundation of the kit. Lets talk.

I was thumbing through old issues of Modern Drummer and came across a product review of Tama's Air Ride snare suspension stand.

Anyone who has tried it, watched, or worked with a drummer using one:

- Did the snare sound better, different, more "natural", more resonant? or what?

- Were rimshots more defined, singing, pronounced?

Sometimes in many produktions I can hear that the hall on the snare is in the middle.
Sometimes the whole drumset too.
Do I hear ghosts? :)

Anyone here have any idea how a lot of the folks in Nashville doing the newer country material manage to produce such a hard hitting - yet extremely transparent - snare? Does anyone know what mic's/placement/EQ is generally being used? It's driving me batty... Too much compression sounds fake, too much volume kills the transparency, and extreme EQ's just sound bad... Any suggestions?

McSnare,

Hi,

Hi, I have a question for the pros out there!
I have pretty good results recording snare, but I wanna know what compressors (on Protools) should I use to get that powerful snare that you hear on rock bands these days, and what would be the settings of the compressor. I have all the bombfactory and Waves compressors. thanks

This seems to happen with most drummers that I've worked with. Does anyone have a remedy for this problem. I'm sure I am not the only one. Thanks!

On my first big recording project, I've already screwed up (a bit). The drums are all tracked, and sound pretty damn good, if I do say so myself -- with one exception.

The snare was top-miked only, and because of that, the sound of the snares is almost completely missing. The snare drum sounds almost like a very high-tuned tom.

What compressor do you use on a snare drum and how do you set it?