Im not knocking d-verb either, im sure people do good stuff with it. Also depends on the style of music you are doing. I found recently that i like smaller reverb sounds with less decay. Tru-Verb made everything come to life and was a lot more flexable. The D-verb sucked all the life out of the drums and just killed it. Great solid drum for multiple applications. Fitted with New Evans Snare Head and Smooth White Batter Head. Very nice Student Model Snare Drum with 'Stick Chopper' Hoops, new Snappy Snare Strands, and Diamond Lugs. Then I got the Tru-Verb plugin and it was like night and day. MIJ/MIT COS Vintage 14' x 5.5' Snare Drum. When thats all I had it was good enough for me because I didnt know any better.

I was previously using the D-Verb plugin that shipped with protools. The quality of the reverb can make or break the sound. For the snare I find where the stick makes the most smack and then push that a little.Īs for EQs, this was also the biggest thing I have found. I will max out the gain on one of the eq channels and then drag the eq slider until I find something nasty and then I will pull that frequency out a little or a lot. I found a neat trick I like to use to EQ things. I made a large improvement in my drum sound by taking the time to really eq and compress them and using the right reverb. I feel into the trap of using my most common settings and dialing em up real fast and not spending enough time tweaking them. The best advice I can offer is to play with your settings till you find something you like. Some of the above may or may not work for you. It’s ultra durable and has excellent overtone control that helps to provide you with a studio-ready sound. This is a fantastic snare drum head that yields a punchy, focused and loud tone. This is what i usually do and nothing is set in stone. This is a thicker snare drum head featuring 2 plies of 7-mil coated films with an additional 7-mil inlay ring for a focused sound. That will make a world of differenceĨ) Once I have the top snare tweak I will eq and compress the bottom snare and slowly bring it up until fattens up and adds more pop.ĩ) A Good reverb will make the snare bigger

1) Make sure you snare has a new head and its broken in and tuned.Ģ) Plastic Tipped Drum sticks make a snappier sound than woodģ) Mic The top and Bottom of the snare using the methods in the post you referencedĥ) Play with the EQ, clean up the mud in the low ranges and bring out some stick snap with the mid-high ranges (It will differ for every snare)Ħ) Use a compressor, I usually use 3-4:1, the attack is very important so play with it, this will help get some more pop out of the strikeħ) Make sure the drummer hits it like hes trying to break the head.

Snappy snare drum head