#99: Why Your Snare Sounds Like Sh*t And What To Do About It

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This is a meme at this point, as you probably know. Everybody is struggling with their snare sound and we remember how we just couldn’t figure out how to make a snare sound amazing when we started producing and mixing. 

So we wanted to talk about what it actually is that causes a snare to sound “bad” or amateur and tell you what to do instead.

Here's what we cover in this episode:

• Tuning, head selection, muffling, snare wires
• Phase / Polarity
• Playing technique
• Stereo image
• Snare bleed in overheads / other mics
• Room
• Mic placement
• Compression
• EQ
• Limiting/Clipping
• Samples (or lack thereof)
• Reverb
• "What the heck am I meant to do with this bottom mic?"

For full show notes go to: theselfrecordingband.com/99

If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]

If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]