Incredible Snare Sound

That sounds normal for a 13'" (12"?) snare that's tuned pretty high, should be easy to replicate.

Bermuda
 
It is a bit polite for me.
I want to take people's heads off at 100 yards. :)
 
I use a 13"x7" Ludwig Black Magic a lot of the time and it is indeed very easy to tune it up like that, but unfortunately when recording in the studio it's not a good sound to use in most cases.

Live is a different story, it's definitely useable in a live setting for a lot more styles of music
 
bermuda said:
That sounds normal for a 13'" (12"?) snare that's tuned pretty high, should be easy to replicate.

Bermuda
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Oh yeah, I should add that I've got my snare cranked up really high but the heads are a couple months old from Christmas but I'll definitely see what I can do on a few months old Powerstroke 3
 
BenjaminCamelot said:
Well, not that tight and plus, it's COB snare which I unfortunately don't have so I'm stuck with what I have.....
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It is crazy tight but for some reason I actually really like it. Ash gets great sounds from his drums. Anytime someone discusses a very tight snare sound I always think of that snare. Ash also uses Remo Vintage A's on almost all his snares. I think that's what he was using in that video. Might be worth experimenting with one of those heads.
 
R2112 said:
It is crazy tight but for some reason I actually really like it. Ash gets great sounds from his drums. Anytime someone discusses a very tight snare sound I always think of that snare. Ash also uses Remo Vintage A's on almost all his snares. I think that's what he was using in that video. Might be worth experimenting with one of those heads.
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I've never used Vintage A's but now that you've recommended them to me, I should try one out.
 
R2112 said:
It is crazy tight but for some reason I actually really like it. Ash gets great sounds from his drums. Anytime someone discusses a very tight snare sound I always think of that snare. Ash also uses Remo Vintage A's on almost all his snares. I think that's what he was using in that video. Might be worth experimenting with one of those heads.
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Interesting. When I listened on the computer speakers it didn't sound all that tight. I think it was because of the reverb. With headphones it's clearly cranked.

I follow Ash Soan's Instagram. Great drummer.
 
Update: So far, I have my resonant head tuned 4 full turns and my top head at about 2 full turns. It's relatively ringy but I'd like to know if I should keep going on the heads or is that a good stopping point.
 
Don't do this:

Buy a kevlar head and crank it so tight that the shell collapses in on itself.

Years ago I did that to an XPK snare (so no great loss) and it pulled some of the lugs away from the shell as I battered it with huge clubs over the course of 6 weeks.

I used to have a mapex black panther 13 x 7 cranked up properly and it was like a gunshot. It was kinda standard tight and then up by at least another half turn
 
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