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DJKastro wrote:For snares I layer 2 or 3 together that sit well, usually 2 dry snares then one clap or a wet sounding snare. EQ out all the bottom end usually around 100hz. Another thing you could try is get your initial snare sound then trim it so you just have the initial attack transient open up an enveloper (I use logic) then increase the attack gain so you get a popping sound turn this down and layer it with the snare adds to the weight.

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ok heres what ive been doing lately and it works nicely
get a fat 200hz snare like a 909 or 808 pitched down or something, whatever as long as it has 200hz punch, then envelope shaper/dynamic shaper or w/e u call it that kinda plug in to give it more attack gain and less release, also set the amp envelope like that
then put a slightly pitched up (like 2-3 semitones) rim/clap/other snare on top (with lots of high mids like 2kish) and add a load of reverb to it, but rather than putting the verb on a send just put it straight on the channel and use the dry/wet knob, imo that sounds better
then you can have another high pitched snare in the same channel too so u have ur 200hz underneath to keep it fat but u can vary the second sample so it doesnt get boring
ive also been using spring verbs a lot combined with normal verb, maybe one on a send and one on the channel or w/e but it dont rly matter

also try parallel distortion on the 200hz one, or new york compression
sausage fattener is a great plugin to make em... fatter as well

one more thing actually, you dont always need 200hz... only for mid range heavy rollers like chestplate style tunes- i find in spaced out tunes/really minimal tunes sometimes its better to just have a high end snare with the lows cut out, makes it sound a lot cleaner too

He tunes the samples he layers. Later, it's layered with a highpassed clap.