Hi, I am a prog house producer and I use Logic Pro. I have been producing for 3 years now. I am currently working on a track that I find needs to use different types of snare (not stacked). However, when I quickly transition between the two different snares (say, within the same measure) it sounds choppy and awful. Is there a method of getting away with using two different snares within the same measure?
Using Multiple Snares
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There sure is. I actually employ several snares per piece more often than I use one or two, lends a sense of rhythm variance to the piece you're working on. Instead of treating each snare as a one-shot sample, work them in to a mixer and treat them together, give them some charm. In some cases, if the samples sound chopped and cut-up, try giving them a little atmosphere, perhaps a very mild delay with some lowpass on it, to fill out the gaps between them, can treat the resulting sound as a loop. In many cases, it helps to treat almost every single sound you process as a loop instead of a single sample. I do it myself for the performance aspect, with things like hi-hat riffs to bass drums. Try giving them some light ambience, or perhaps some stereo width with a tiny bit of low-end punch and some warm saturation:
One rhythm change I like to employ using two snares that gives a more varied rhythm effect is keeping the first snare of two in a single bar tight and monoized, with the second snare widely-mixed with plenty of pop and a pleasant amount of mid-spank, or vice versa:
Perhaps quietly mix in a bit of hi-hat with the two snares and mix them together, might lend a stronger sense of structure to the two sounds, make them sound less cut-and-dry. Creativity is always the answer.
One rhythm change I like to employ using two snares that gives a more varied rhythm effect is keeping the first snare of two in a single bar tight and monoized, with the second snare widely-mixed with plenty of pop and a pleasant amount of mid-spank, or vice versa:
Perhaps quietly mix in a bit of hi-hat with the two snares and mix them together, might lend a stronger sense of structure to the two sounds, make them sound less cut-and-dry. Creativity is always the answer.
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Protohumans
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maybe play with volumes and phase! separate them by a few samples as well!
woah. America did not teach me this at all. I guess I should be using European theory names here
Ddream
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You can use as many snares as you want, it'll give the track something different and raise the interest by the listener.
But I wouldn't leave both at the same percieved volume, I'd use one as a main snare, and the second (or more) as "ghost" snares, by just messing with the ASDR and velocities.
But I wouldn't leave both at the same percieved volume, I'd use one as a main snare, and the second (or more) as "ghost" snares, by just messing with the ASDR and velocities.
how do you change velocities on an sample snare file?
Ddream
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I think it depends on what DAW you're using.
Logic Pro
Protohumans
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Well if your using a sample player you should be able to easy peasy and SAMPLE PLAYER USING 101
Paschalis I.
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What are you trying to achieve with layering? What do you have in your mind?
If you'd like to add some brightness and clap feeling you can also use claps/hats by removing the low/mids and give it a bit of voluem in the mix.
It really depends on what your aim is