Getting "ring" on a snare using Resonators effect
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:21 pm
OK, I did this last month and maybe somebody else may find it useful.
When you listen to snare drums, there are many words to describe its possible characteristics: just a few that come to mind are slap, smack, pop, and crack. I suppose there are time/spectral signatures that can quantify these terms but hopefully most people will get a sense for what they mean.
One characteristic I like to hear in certain contexts is "ring." This is generally emphasized in smaller snare drums with metal shells and tight heads.
I found this great drum set loop; the only thing I thought it was missing was a bit of this "ring" on the snare.
I created an additional audio track next to the track with the loop. I set the routing of the new track to get audio from the current one. Then I inserted a Resonators effect into the new track. I turned off all the additional resonators, left the frequency at C2, adjusted the fine frequency a little and set the decay very short. I also left the pre-filter in, set to bandpass and I think the frequency that sounded good was about 2.64 kHz. I had the mix at 100% and set the level of the track low, but you could have just as soon done it the other way. This added a nice little ring to the snare sound and it seemed to add something in the whole mix.
Reading this back I suppose I should add either some before and after sound examples or an als, but hopefully the description above is clear enough.
r.
When you listen to snare drums, there are many words to describe its possible characteristics: just a few that come to mind are slap, smack, pop, and crack. I suppose there are time/spectral signatures that can quantify these terms but hopefully most people will get a sense for what they mean.
One characteristic I like to hear in certain contexts is "ring." This is generally emphasized in smaller snare drums with metal shells and tight heads.
I found this great drum set loop; the only thing I thought it was missing was a bit of this "ring" on the snare.
I created an additional audio track next to the track with the loop. I set the routing of the new track to get audio from the current one. Then I inserted a Resonators effect into the new track. I turned off all the additional resonators, left the frequency at C2, adjusted the fine frequency a little and set the decay very short. I also left the pre-filter in, set to bandpass and I think the frequency that sounded good was about 2.64 kHz. I had the mix at 100% and set the level of the track low, but you could have just as soon done it the other way. This added a nice little ring to the snare sound and it seemed to add something in the whole mix.
Reading this back I suppose I should add either some before and after sound examples or an als, but hopefully the description above is clear enough.
r.