I already mic my toms and top of my snare with SM57's. Is there an affordable mic out there that does well on the snare bottom. I feel I'm using too many 57's as is. .what do you think?

Maybe I can mic the bottom with a 57 and use something else on top?

how important is this? I know most project studios don't do it, but is it a good way to get a crisper snare sound? what exactly does it do for the sound if "crispiness" has nothing to do with it? We will be using a D6 on the Kick, two AKG 460b Condensers as OH's, and we have an md 421 and a 57 to play with as far as the snare...

Hi,

Hi, i wana know what kind of mic can i use (200-400$) beside the SM57 to record snare in my home studio, i found that my snare doesn't have hi end. and i know how to tune and hear a good snare, this is not the probleme, i'm just wandering if there is another mic that i can use.

I assume that a lot of us tend to use the SM57 on the snare drum, but I was wondering how people other than me go about it. I tend to place one on top and bottom (the top one pretty close to the center without getting in the way of the drummer and very close to the drum skin)...

Hello,

I am trying for the first time putting a mic on the bottom of my snare (sm57 on top, Audix d2 on bottom) and am curious about phase.

The title says it quite well -

Does anyone have any tips as to how you can get a snare to retaing a good punch, but be pitched high at the same time?

i've been reading some stuff on how to mix and match and overdub to get a killer guitar tone for the track...

what i really missed in the last session i had was the snare sound that i had in my head.. was looking for a tight, compressed, fat sounding snare, but couldn't get anywhere close to that..

ok here's what i've got to sound the best(or most like other production out there)

KICK- goes these plugins in this sequence:

1. EQ (notching bad frequencies out, low/highshelving for thump)

2. Gate (obviously, isolating the kick)

3. COMPRESSOR (2-1 ratio, threshold with gain reduction down about 10db, attack is 23ms release is 120 ms and hard-knee.

Hi People,

well, I'd like to compress the low Freq of the snare separate as I do with the insterts.

I mean to use a Eq+Comp through the insert and to use a different Comp. for the low. (I'd like to check how it sounds)

I never worked with side chains etc. :oops: and I'm sure that you can give me a tip.

I work with Pro Tools.

Thank you