Author Topic: How do you guys make a tight punchy snare roll 8 or 16 bar buildup? (Read 7430 times)

RosC · « **on:** October 21, 2016, 01:36:40 am »

I'm struggling making one that stays punchy and balanced and doesn't sound too robotic, it usually starts to sound washed out by the time it hits 32nd notes, doesn't matter what my snare drum sounds like they all seem to do it. I've tried using straight audio samples, kontakt as a sampler, EQ filtering etc. Is there a technique that humanized without me manually adjusting the velocity of each note? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!

I'm producing progressive house/trance snare roll style wise

Marrow Machines · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:52:20 am »

That's the price you pay for using a drum machine.

You're going to get a more singular sound, despite velocity hits, unless you emulate what is happening to the snare drum.

The best way is to record your own snare hit, but that comes with it's own opportunity costs.

Study a snare drum (and all drum components if you will) further and deeper. Talk to a drummer about the nuanced details in playing the drums.

You might get some ideas on how to better program your drums and apply automation to settings, if you drum machine/program utilizes parameters that are more performance based

vinceasot · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2016, 04:23:02 am »

wanna upload your snare roll so we can listen? maybe you are too hard on yourself, or over listening

RosC · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2016, 04:31:40 am »

Quote from: vinceasot on October 21, 2016, 04:23:02 am

wanna upload your snare roll so we can listen? maybe you are too hard on yourself, or over listening

I FIGURED IT OUT!!

I used kontakt as a sampler for my snare sample, dragged it in and layered it with some other ones, cropped and faded the snare layers as needed in kontakt, volume balanced in kontakt and then put a drum script on each one using contacts drum scripts which gives it a human touch and then adjusted the lower frequency cut up slightly as the roll progressed and the higher frequency cut slightly lower in my EQ plugin. Kontakt is the shit I didn't realize it could be used as a sampler like that! Lets you sculpt every aspect

RosC · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2016, 04:32:06 am »

Quote from: Marrow Machines on October 21, 2016, 03:52:20 am

That's the price you pay for using a drum machine.

You're going to get a more singular sound, despite velocity hits, unless you emulate what is happening to the snare drum.

The best way is to record your own snare hit, but that comes with it's own opportunity costs.

Study a snare drum (and all drum components if you will) further and deeper. Talk to a drummer about the nuanced details in playing the drums.

You might get some ideas on how to better program your drums and apply automation to settings, if you drum machine/program utilizes parameters that are more performance based

I FIGURED IT OUT!!

I used kontakt as a sampler for my snare sample, dragged it in and layered it with some other ones, cropped and faded the snare layers as needed in kontakt, volume balanced in kontakt and then put a drum script on each one using contacts drum scripts which gives it a human touch and then adjusted the lower frequency cut up slightly as the roll progressed and the higher frequency cut slightly lower in my EQ plugin. Kontakt is the shit I didn't realize it could be used as a sampler like that! Lets you sculpt every aspect

Author Topic: How do you guys make a tight punchy snare roll 8 or 16 bar buildup? (Read 7430 times)

RosC

How do you guys make a tight punchy snare roll 8 or 16 bar buildup?

Marrow Machines

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vinceasot

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RosC

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RosC

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