So the first thing to do is to click remix so that you can follow along more easily. But make sure you read this, don't simply copy the patch - you want to learn something after all.
Drag in a Machinist and start taking to the sample library for a few nice snares. I have a "Tom" which occupies the mid range, a "snare" which occupies the high end, another snare which occupies the high-mid range, and an acoustic snare which occupies the low-mid range. Don't go for too bassy a snare, or youll muddy up the mix in the low end.
Add an EQ and boost around 250hz (i chose 283hz in this example). Gain all the way up to 18dB and a Q of 72%.
Now take each sample and adjust the pitch of each snare until you hear it resonate ( example of me adjusting the pitch till it resonates at
0:36
). Different samples will resonate at different pitches so this is just a case of twisting till you find the right pitch.
Also take parameter 2 and boost the high end at 6500hz by 2dB with a Q of 54% to bring out the brightness.
Add a compressor, bring the threshold down to 30%, the ratio to 1:
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, leave the post gain where it is, change the attack to 32ms and the release to 296.8ms. (i will do a tutorial on how the compressor works in the near future)
This is where its easier to click remix and see, than me just tell you.
Add a splitter:
1st Output _ No effects, just drag straight into a minimixer.
2nd Output _ add a TubeDistortion. Put the drive at 100%. From the tube hook up a stereo imager and change it to -6% mono and the tone at
66.67
% to stop the stereo from muddying up any stereo effects later on. Drag to channel 2 on a minimixer.
A reverb can be added to the aux section of this minimixer and combined with the channel 1 signal, but that is optional.
Finally, another minimixer, with an Exciter added to the aux section. 100% Power, and adjust the tone till the snare resonates (29% here), put the dry wet at 73%.
On that minimixer put the "Aux 1 & Aux Return" up all the way