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?

Which one are you guys using? I was thinking about using a MXL 603 but, I don't think it'll handle the SPL :( !