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The secret to using snare space to add impact to your drum sound

Drums Metalcore Mixing Reverb

Have you ever found yourself working in circles trying to get your snare to hit harder in the mix with compression, samples, clipping, and saturation? These are all important tools, but it’s likely that you have noticed there’s still something missing.

There have been several key moments during my mixing career where I noticed the quality of my mixes had reached a new level. One of these was when I discovered how much the space you create for your snare can affect how impactful it feels in the mix.

In this video, I show you the two key reverb sounds I use for the snare, including the exact settings I dialed in and the role each plays in the snare sound. This is crucial part of the drum mix to get right, and I want to help you have the same breakthroughs here that I did!

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