Have you tried the "New York Snare" trick? Take the snare channel=20
through a compressor and back into the desk on another channel. Now mix =

the two signals together.

This should fatten up the snare sound.

But then, you said the batter head is torn. You may be on to a looser=20
here trying get get a strong sound out of a damaged drum...

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Chris

Glen wrote:
hello loved ones, i have a drum question :
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for one of my recording projects, the artist really loves my old alumin=
um
yamaha snare drum. it's a power v special (=3Dcheap and 10-year old) dr=
um with
a broken lug, a torn drumhead, and it sounds pretty strange. very low t=
one
with a long ring. but it is true that it sounds pretty special, and it =
goes
well with the song (it's a dark moody slow song) so there's really no r=
eason
not to use it.
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we recorded the drums and everything sounds fat and groovy like he want=
s it.
however, when the other instruments come in (piano + bass) the "tone" o=
f the
snare drum kind of loses itself in the mix, and becomes less obvious. i=
find
that a bit dissapointing, since it gives a quite unique sound to the so=
ng,
and now it just sounds like a cardboard sheet.
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volume doesn't help, so how can i bring out the snare drum more ? shoul=
d i
boost or block eq at some specific frequency ? should i pan it at a
particular space between the piano and bass ? should i tune the drum so=
its
tone is more/less in tune with the instruments ?
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lovely day to all,
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Glen.
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