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in that youtube clip, it sounds like its a real recorded snare, and pitched up, kind of like this but it isnt pitched up in this tune

I've noticed in this type of more minimal production, where the emphasis is more on the drums, that everything is so tight

Everything about these track is soo clean, but especially the percussion/snares (synths too but that's for another thread)

Is it a case of well chosen samples? Are the drums actually recorded samples in most cases, just EQd/reverbed/fx'd to taste?

Maybe a bit of chorus/reverbed and layered with the right samples? That Frontier track doesn't really have what I'd describe a "metallic snare" though, I was thinking a more higher, clearer sound a bit like a metallic synth only a snare.

jaydot wtf? your vulcan dubstep??

RandoRando wrote:jaydot wtf? your vulcan dubstep??

Yeah,l lol...why?

jaydot wrote:

RandoRando wrote:jaydot wtf? your vulcan dubstep??

Yeah,l lol...why?

I see mouth around penis, up down , up down.

Seriously though, nice tunes Jaydot

cv uses addictive drums a lot. also in the meanbeat samplepack there's two or three snares that sound perfect for that kinda stuff. of course you need a lot of compression and eqing to bring the tail out properly.

Don't overcomplicate drums. Just (try to) find the right samples. The first snare sounds like a snare you can find in many samplepacks or sample from metal.

The other one sounds more like some sort of percussion, reminds me of a steeldrum in some kind of way.

jaydot wrote:

RandoRando wrote:jaydot wtf? your vulcan dubstep??

Yeah,l lol...why?

cause im following you on sc, and vulcan was one of those pages i dont recognize and dont remember how i started following haha

yeah it's more likely they are just well chosen samples rather than recorded in. with tracks like this i think it's all down to giving all those different perc sounds lots of space in the mix and programming them well. it is that simple in concept, the execution is the hard part.

I haven't had a chance to listen to your examples but I think I know the kind of snare you are talking about.
As usual in my experience its just about layering the right samples. Add FX like small amounts of reverb and delay and you'll begin to get that metallic sound. Route your layered samples through a bus, EQ them together as a whole, giving a nice EQ boost at 200hz and add compression. Use your ears with the compression to find the sound that works for you. I find adding shitloads of compression gives the snare a "bulgy" sound, so its about finding the limit and peeling it back just a teeny bit.

I've also had fun whacking Camel Crusher on the snare bus and using the compression knob on that too, as well as playing with the distortion

Electric_Head wrote:

jaydot wrote:

RandoRando wrote:jaydot wtf? your vulcan dubstep??

Yeah,l lol...why?

I see mouth around penis, up down , up down.

Seriously though, nice tunes Jaydot

Thanks man

Good sample choice + experienced mixing + clever use of reverb = job done

I've got some samples that sound like this, i'll dig em up for you guys

Sparxy wrote:I haven't had a chance to listen to your examples but I think I know the kind of snare you are talking about.
As usual in my experience its just about layering the right samples. Add FX like small amounts of reverb and delay and you'll begin to get that metallic sound. Route your layered samples through a bus, EQ them together as a whole, giving a nice EQ boost at 200hz and add compression. Use your ears with the compression to find the sound that works for you. I find adding shitloads of compression gives the snare a "bulgy" sound, so its about finding the limit and peeling it back just a teeny bit.

I've also had fun whacking Camel Crusher on the snare bus and using the compression knob on that too, as well as playing with the distortion

Would u be using FX as inserts on those, routing their output to the snare bus as well, or routing FX sends out to the mains? thinking of trying out some drum hit resampling, n for the moment just wondering whether you'd be bussing those outputs as well as the hits

N yeh, jaydot Vulcan dubstep is badass

1st snare is something 909ish, very short, lots of beef around 150-200hz, with some white noise added on top.

pretty toilet sound IMO but.... whatevz.

very small sounds-- in both duration and freq. content-- w/ some specific reverbs applied. that rim isn't very bright but it's very chunky, and the shaker/cabasa doesn't have much body, etc. both are very short, either via gating or envelopes, or just shortened audio regions.

both have far more presence, and less sustain, than live-recorded instruments.

Ye Manyyyyyy really interested in those snares aswell, totally forgot about them since I stopped listening to CV for a while!

Guess I'll be listening some CV all night now!

first tune in the soundcloud sounds like the snare off metallicas st anger, like sound really tight and rings out alot, the youtube tune sounds like ome kind of percussion, not really up on my perc names though maybe a tabla? sounds like its real tight and has been pitched up a bit

Ok so i really need to know how to make this one sound in Massive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-RpVCSs ... re=related
Its at 1:25 in the video. It kinda sounds like industrial i guess. or like if you tapped 2 fingers on your desk.
I hope you guys can help me with how to make it.
Its also at 1:30 in the video