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Can i have some help on this? I usually just put 3 snares/claps and play them together in my tunes, but to make things sound better i heard you can layer them? Or am i already doing that? Let me know..thank you.

You're already doing so

EQ each sample so that each one has its own spot on the frequency spectrum with as little overlap as possible. Layer them, then play with the levels until it sounds good. Route them all to a bus. If necessary, apply transient shaping (to make it snappier) and/or compression (to make it fatter/punchier). Don't bother with this if it sounds really good already. Then add an EQ to the bus and make it so it fits right in the mix (usually peaks at 200 hz, cuts off right below 200, small boost in the upper register to give it more of a "crack"). After this you can add a slight reverb and maybe some saturation.

Eman660 wrote:Can i have some help on this? I usually just put 3 snares/claps and play them together in my tunes, but to make things sound better i heard you can layer them? Or am i already doing that? Let me know..thank you.

Took this from a previous post, but might be of help;

wub wrote:Skrillex Snares in FL Studio 101

You will need - 4 sampler channels, mixer routing (see details below)

• - Layer 2 snare samples, 1 with a crack at the start, and the other with a tshhhh at the tail.
• - Run each snare out through a different channel in the mixer & EQ these til they sit right with each other.
• - Now, add a clap sample. Adjust the OUT of the sample via the FL sampler so that you only get the crack at the start.
• - Again, run this out through a mixer channel and EQ til you find the sweet spot
• - Load an open cymbal. Adjust the IN of the sample so that you only get the tail
• - Run out through a mixer channel and EQ
• - Now route all 4 mixer channels into a bus on the mixer
• - On this bus, load an FL Compressor and apply hard compression to gel all the elements together
• - Apply liberal amounts of reverb; this is personal taste and depends largely on the tune

You now have a Skrillex snare. If you like the sound of this snare, then remove the reverb and bounce it out. Save it somewhere for use in the future. Also, save the above as a template, complete with the routing in the mixer. That way, if you want to create more snares in this way, you can drag and drop your samples in and just fiddle with the EQ/IN OUT points of the samples. Try different samples, different EQing, different settings on the compressor etc. Experiment. See what works and what doesn't.

Only a rough guide, and I know you haven't mentioned Skrillex, but the basic principles of above can be applied to snare creation in this manner.

edit: nvm