No Samples Required: How to get an EXPLOSIVE snare!

0:00 At the Desk
1:20 The Mix Before
2:42 What's this?
4:36 Not there quite yet
7:35 a little TOO far!

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I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. On my channel you can find tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, and plugin effects.
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[TheWitness]

Didn't think this channel would get back to production. Went on a guitar tone rant for a few months lol glad to have ya back Glenn! Missed ya!

[RobShannanigans]

Yay, more drum recording tutorials! Thanks Glenn!

[Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

According to legend, this sound was discovered through a gated conversation from the drum room to the control room, while the drummer was playing in the background.

[Djfmdotcom]

04:28 That's a pretty mighty bass guitar tone going on there, too!

[opticaldvd]

You are a genius! Love to see an expert sound engineer work his magic.

[lucylebronhernandez]

I simply cannot express how much I thank you 🙏🏽 🌞I heal myself with music. I live in endless pain and no medication. Nothing helps, but in mental health they told me to use the arts and a group talk on anything. I felt never to rise and play again. I sang in the choir from age seven. Music is a passion. I wasn’t going to watch you, because you reminded me too much of music classes and how I felt sunshine from me. But, I’ve watched and you play the best cigar box guitar, it’s all my mom could buy me. Thanks I’m happier.

[matiosmi]

OMG, this is the "The Way You Make Me Feel" intro snare sound! I had an instant neuron activation moment, this is one of my strongest musical memories from childhood

[CreativeMindsAudio]

Yeah UAD has had one of these AMX emulations forever. Also there are other companies that make similar ones.

Thanks for sharing your tips Glenn!

[AnthonyVolpe]

Saving this video. I’ve experimented with trying to come up with my own gated reverbs and couldn’t quite get it. Thank you for this.

[barryb]

When I was mixing with a really good producer back in the day he always screamed, make it sound like a gun shot!!! You got it man!!!

[Auldhelm]

Thank you - I need this - I struggle to get that metal snare sound - During recording in some studios recently I have seen this used on Bass in a similar way

[hugoleclerc-charron]

80's AMS stuff was the shit, Max Norman used it on Ozzy's first solo record, sounds stellar

[gshdrnt]

Valhalla Room has a gated snare preset that I've been using in this manner for a while. It really adds that extra oomph that a regular reverb can't always provide, especially in a dense mix.

[GANTOBARN]

I wasn't the only one singing "Addicted To Love" to that drum beat soaked in reverb. YES!

[notarealperson]

the guitarist on your last few videos has a really strong Zakk Wylde influence and i fucking love it

[metalinyourhead]

I hate how that snare sounds on its own, but holy shit does it ever sound good in the mix. Great tutorial, god have I ever missed these.

[amanaplanacanalpanama]

Nice. You can also get the same results with a reverb that has an adjustable early reflection. That's essentially what's going on by using a gated verb into a plate.

[csiszerg]

Wow, this sounds awesome and what a cool plugin it is. Btw you can achieve a very similar result with one of Glenn's earlier tip: duplicate and group your snare track(s), flip the phase/polarity and use a compressor with a fast attack on the double(s). This method was mainly for handling bleed, since adjusing the release on the compressor affects the tail lenght - but this also can make the snare sound very 80s-gate-ish. Adding a plate-style reverb to this will result in a very similar sound.

[oddrage]

Love this trick, especially considering how you've ribbed me for my snare sound on Mix Reviews! I'm going to be using this more prominently in my mixes from now on! Thanks and F YOU GLENNNN!

[mickeymessstudios]

Glenn.... I got a very unexpectedly great cracking snare sound using the Soundevice ROYAL Compressor. Unexpected cuz I was actually accidentally messing with extreme settings on that compressor. Dude, you gotta check it out - it will actually blow your mind. Greetings from Switzerland