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Old 11-26-2009, 06:30 AM   #6
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Nah the volume is fine. I didn't mean power as in presence, I just meant thickness / fatness. I'm very particular with snares though and basically only like one type of sound so it could just be some random douche sharing a personal preference (in this case the douche being me) but yeah, I just think it needs some fatness. It sounds like it's tuned tight as a nun's asshole and being struck with a writing pen.

Oh and I didn't mean distant as in too far back behind the mix, I just meant that it sounds as if the mic used to capture it was too far away. There's a lot of "space" between where it's been struck and where it's been received. This is just how it sounds, I realize it's MIDI and that the sample was probably recorded fine.

If you listen to your mix for a bit and then cut straight to any of the following mixes you might see what I mean.

SoundClick artist: Chad Haynes Solo - Check out my music! Leave comments! - My snare sound.
SoundClick artist: Bulb - Hello! I am Bulb! Enjoy the tunes! - Bulb's snare.
SoundClick artist: Chimp Spanner - Progressive rock, metal and fusion from your friendly neighbourhood simian. - Chimp_Spanner's snare.

All different artists with different snares, but they all have more fatness than yours. A quality they share and thus something I felt worthy of pointing out.

Not to take away from your efforts though, shit sounds HUGE / awesome. The first panned guitar sounds like it might be clipping a little, but I'm not 100% sure that it's not just that I've got my headphone amp set on too high. Other mixes I listen to don't do that though so you might double check.
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