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compression can help.. but i'm no expert on that subject.. (i'm sure someone here is).

You shouldn't really need to use EQ boosting if you're using quality/the right drum sounds.

Try reversing a snare and having it just before the crack of the snare you want. and cut the crack off the reversed snare. when used with compression this is a nice effect

have u tried layering a big metalic sounding amen snare underneath?

there are some good ones to download on

www.drumnbass.be

try layering it up with a white noise snare and a clap,

I suspect it might be an issue with the mix. What i'd do is turn everything except your drums down, then slowly bring them back up until the snare is sitting well and not being overpowered.

Best way to turn things up is to turn everything else down!

Try a compressor wth a slow attack and a fast release and a ratio between 2 and 4. the slow attack will leave a little bit of the slap transient through at the start of the snare sound. How come mixing the rest of the track quieter in relation to the snare is working? coluld be you need a more aggresive sample, knick one of a record,we won't tell anyone.

On the subject of layering - if you layer up 3 snares (lowmid, mid, high) then export that... then layer again to feel certain gaps instead of EQing and compressing terrible amounts - it -sometimes- turns out better..

LewisR wrote:try layering it up with a white noise snare and a clap,

I would suggest this and also try a distorted kick drum and play around with where you would like to roll off the low end.

Here's a small collection of snares that I have collected.
http://rapidshare.com/files/177831494/S ... s.zip.html
I suggest zvon snare 2 for a fat sound, layered with some claps and an amen snare.

I took the beggining bit of a snare once so that it had nmo attack, as it it clicked straight into the hit, then layered this under some other snares, if this sounds too harsh you can change fade in times.

sample Loefah - Disko Rekah
or Skeng

don't be afraid to steal people's drums. they would do it to you if your drums were good!

£10 Bag wrote:sample Loefah - Disko Rekah
or Skeng

don't be afraid to steal people's drums. they would do it to you if your drums were good!

hmmmm it's not about sampling within a scene IMO

Recycling is not a bad thing in music if you do it with taste.

Wachs Lyrical wrote:thanks a lot Pavilion. Sweet snare samples was what I needed

No problem dude I'm gonna get a whole bunch of snares of my drum machine when I can be bothered

Johnny Beat wrote:Recycling is not a bad thing in music if you do it with taste.

but taking someones work and calling it your own....

if you do something different with it then fair enough but there's nothing creative or original about using a loefah snare in a dubstep tune.

LewisR wrote:try layering it up with a white noise snare and a clap,

Like Rusko?

£10 Bag wrote:sample Loefah

don't be afraid to steal people's drums.

that is not only weak, its also pretty lame

why encourage someone to do that when their time could much better spent actually learning how to create their own heavy drum hits

just where exactly is the satisfaction in ripping someone else off?

layer your snares *I see you already do this

perhape a bit of white noise in there *claps also help

don't be afraid to us a snare with a little bit of bass in it *don't forget to rolloff the really low freq's

in your final mix...

mix around your drums (this is key) with the snare and kick being the most prominent sounds. then bass & hihats

that usually works for me

hope this helps