I made a recall:
ATOR IMP10 RecallCredits go to JHall and McSnare, I tried to copy their sound and there's a big difference between imitation and creation.
I'd still like to make things bigger without them taking up more space in the freq spectrum and in headroom. Dave McSnares snaredrum is a great example of this, it's huge but doesn't seem to take up a lot of space.
Most of the time when I try to make something big I:
- eq the sound fatter and thereby make the mix muddy
- compress harder and make it sound lifeless ('pffft' snare instead of 'PAF')
- turn it up louder but actually end up making the rest softer
Dave could you share your snare treatment/settings, it's simply amazing. It's big but without all the side-effects I mentioned above.