One recorded snare that was particularly meaningful to me was OLP's Naveed album. I had been taught to tame the snare by getting rid of unwanted overtone, and this was the first album I had heard where the producer/engineer chose not to tame it. Instead, they took it a step further and leaned on it.
Example:
You can tell by the sound that the snare is a $100 steel POS, but the manner in which it is produced/presented is brilliant and changed the way I think about recording drums..
I should clarify: when Alex found his sound, he called it the “brown sound” or “brown snare”, and it wasn’t until 5150 that it became the norm. That’s the sound that doesn’t sound good to me. The early stuff I love. Ted Templeman was the producer and I think he nailed it.Van Halen II is one of my favourite snare sounds but if we all thought the same life would be boring!
Getting uncomfortably close to a st anger vibe. Abort!
If anyone remembers the band Sixpence None the Richer (from the 90s), they had this one song where the snare sound is just amazing. I have no idea what snare this is, but I’ve always pictured it as a wood hooped Ayotte.
If anyone knows what snare this actually is, please let me know!
One recorded snare that was particularly meaningful to me was OLP's Naveed album. I had been taught to tame the snare by getting rid of unwanted overtone, and this was the first album I had heard where the producer/engineer chose not to tame it. Instead, they took it a step further and leaned on it.
Example:
You can tell by the sound that the snare is a $100 steel POS, but the manner in which it is produced/presented is brilliant and changed the way I think about recording drums..
Cool, thanks! Oddly enough, he’s playing a wood hooped Premier Signia snare in that video, and it sounds like it could be the same snare. If so, I wasn’t too far off.Don’t know if this is the setup he used on the album. But this is Dale Baker (from Sixpence) talking about how to record drums.
also Kiss Me is the perfect pop song as far as I am concerned.
I was thinking the same thing. You’ve got good ears mate!Cool, thanks! Oddly enough, he’s playing a wood hooped Premier Signia snare in that video, and it sounds like it could be the same snare. If so, I wasn’t too far off.
If anyone remembers the band Sixpence None the Richer (from the 90s), they had this one song where the snare sound is just amazing. I have no idea what snare this is, but I’ve always pictured it as a wood hooped Ayotte.
If anyone knows what snare this actually is, please let me know!
I will hear no slander against Kiss Me. That song is perfect!I remember listening to Tickets for a Prayer Wheel on my way home from gigs back in the 90’s. Takes me back to those cold evenings on those late, lonely highways after gigs at random places.
The album this song was on is nothing short of fantastic. Kiss Me was the worst song on the whole album, and it’s not that bad of a song...maybe a little overplayed though.
Thanks. I’ve been obsessed with drum tone for at least a couple decades now, so that does help you hone in on certain sounds. I could totally hear the influence of the wood hoops in that recording, which is why I was thinking Ayotte. Plus, Ayottes were pretty big in the 90s when this album came out.I was thinking the same thing. You’ve got good ears mate!
That whole album is good! Including Kiss Me. It may have been a bit overplayed at the time, but it doesn’t take away from how much of a gem that song is.I remember listening to Tickets for a Prayer Wheel on my way home from gigs back in the 90’s. Takes me back to those cold evenings on those late, lonely highways after gigs at random places.
The album this song was on is nothing short of fantastic. Kiss Me was the worst song on the whole album, and it’s not that bad of a song...maybe a little overplayed though.
Steve Gadd and Manu Katche are two session guys with great snare sounds. Manu’s work with Peter Gabriel and Sting stands out to me.
Also the snare on Rosanna (and the rest of Toto’s recordings), Jeff Porcaro knew what he was doing.
lastly the snare on Owner of a Lonely Heart, both the acoustic snare and the electronic one. Killer.
I also am not a fan of the early 80's low thud sound popular on a TON of metal albums, but most memorable was on the first 2 Dokken albums...sounded like a barely tuned floor tom with snares and a ton of pillows and tape on it