Ok, so I am listening to KISS recently, and I notice somthing about their snare rolls. They seem to have a faint flanging quality to them. Anyone else noticed that, or heard a similar effect on any other album?

my little brother just gave me their greatest hits, I think I may have to start picking up a few of their albums, great stuff.

Eric

Anybody know of a good place on the web that sells Sonor Designer Series snares?

Been hearing many techno/dance songs which have a snare drum pick-up to transition from the intro to the song...apart from increasing in volume (the norm), many also have the EQ on the snare drum going from enhanced lows to enhanced highs (in a very fluid manner)...

just wondering how to go about achieving this?

I think we could all use a laugh. I found this on drumheads.org forum.. "Sadly it is his bell brass. The funny thing is, I know a very cost efficient way to replicate that sound. Go find a metal chair and hit the seat part. A garbage can also be used. Honest to God, they sound identical"

-leon

ok i have a 57 pointed toward the middle of the snare..simple basic mic placment...
is there any compressor settings or some secret technique or placment to kill some hat bleed?
chris

Hi folks!
I have just finished recording some drum takes one hour ago.
We were reasearching for a nice bright tone, testing several snares, mic placement and mic combinations.
For mic placement, I utilized one mic at the classic top position and the other one as a side snare mic, similar to Fletcher's technique.

HI everybody!
How about some tips for killer snare drum sound?
Personally, i've found out that for that big snare sound it got to be a lot from the over head mics and room mics!..

What about you guys?

Please check out my snare and bass drum recording at
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=3222&alid=-1

Please offer any advice on how to improve the sounds.

I have been expirimenting with saare track recording, so far I have used a

AKG C-414 about 1" from the top side polar pattern facing at a 45 deg angle 20db pad, very thin sound and pingy ( this snare is not a very fat sounding snare in the first place ) we try'd different positions but not much help ?

I know that there are several surprising solutions: Some people swear by the gated reverb of an old Yamaha SPX-90, I keep a (noisy) Quadraverb I around for that purpose.

What do you use?

MisterBlue.