Stop using reverb on your snare.

[Fade]

makes it tight while still getting wide

Are we still talking about snares right now?

 

[2GooD Productions]

 

[DJ Wax-Turtle]

I actually use Reverb on my master. I low cut it to make it work for more the higher tones

 

[Primz]

Yeah man, when I say Im in love with it, Im really not exaggerating. If I could find somewhere to stick a ring Id marry it.

cant believe you only feeling Fl now lmao

 

[2GooD Productions]

cant believe you only feeling Fl now lmao

me neither, my friend was trying to get me on it for years, but I dismissed it as I didnt want to face having to learn the interface, little realising that beyond the scary surface, its a fucking dream to work with

 

[Fade]

That's the thing for me too is learning another interface, and I don't remember Fruity Loops being intimidating.

 

[DJ Wax-Turtle]

I actually found FL very intimidating at first also though.
But once you know a DAW it's easier to switch to another cause you know a lot of terms already. All though all DAWs use different names for similar things.
Same with Synths and Samplers.

 

[DJ Wax-Turtle]

I love FL at heart to.
Although i do gotta say i always found other DAWs looking sexier.
There's barely colors being used. It's mostly grey.

But with a nice background, coloring the mixer, it can still look attractive.

 

[2GooD Productions]

The problem I always had was just doing basic things like copy and pasting. The interface just wasnt intuitive for me compared to other DAW's that were all pretty similar in approach, I found it a pain. Should have been more patient and saved loads of time in the long run

 

[Iron Keys]

Yeah love that width.

I used to acheive it by playing with room verb until it almost didn't sound like a reverb.

 

[skidflow]

Heres what I said to Fade, so if you are using fl studio you should be able to follow this more easily..

Right you need to use fruity delay 3, two of them. One for the left slap back and one for the right.
On the snare fx inserts add them there.

Switch off tempo sync on both of them pan one hard right and one hard left, i think it goes to the opposite of what you set in ping pong whiich you need to use, you need to use milliseconds.

The left one should be close to 32 ms, a little under and the right one should be a little over, the higher the ms the later the slap back, you dont want it too late though, tune to taste. You have to be careful for phasing, tune until its not phasing, its really obvious at lower ms settings.

The left one set to have bandpass feedback and set the level to around 3.5% and set the cutoff to around 3100hz, the right one the same but have a higher cutoff freq say 5000hz for arguments sake, but Im sure those numbers change depending on the snare being used.

Once they are done it will sound too much, so then just in the snare fx insert panel, turn them down until it sounds just right. Thats what Ive done and I love the result.

Yo! I think I just accomplished this by using Logics Sample delay. The module has a left and right setting. It really give you control of how you kinda want the snare to sit within the mix.

 

[2GooD Productions]

Yo! I think I just accomplished this by using Logics Sample delay. The module has a left and right setting. It really give you control of how you kinda want the snare to sit within the mix.

i find it brings the snare right out in the mix, it does help to use rvox on the snare afterwards, but thats a waves plugin, can achieve the same with a gate and a limiter.

Slap back delay is a thing, and Ive seen a few producers saying how they have stopped using reverb and use delays instead, so I tried it, and gosh diggly darn it, it works.

I tried it a couple times in cubase but never achieved such tidy results before, fruity delay makes it very simple

 

[skidflow]

i find it brings the snare right out in the mix, it does help to use rvox on the snare afterwards, but thats a waves plugin, can achieve the same with a gate and a limiter.

Slap back delay is a thing, and Ive seen a few producers saying how they have stopped using reverb and use delays instead, so I tried it, and gosh diggly darn it, it works.

I tried it a couple times in cubase but never achieved such tidy results before, fruity delay makes it very simple

It works for real, for real...now to perfect it. Yo Bro...thanks for the enlightenment.

 

[2GooD Productions]

It works for real, for real...now to perfect it. Yo Bro...thanks for the enlightenment.

no problem man

 

[2GooD Productions]

Gonna have a few more tips coming as and when I can put them into words that can be understood as easily as possible.Some of my old advice is a bit out of date and has changed over time. I want to cover sidechaining bass and kick at some point as people always struggle to get the kick and bass right.

 

[skidflow]

Gonna have a few more tips coming as and when I can put them into words that can be understood as easily as possible.Some of my old advice is a bit out of date and has changed over time. I want to cover sidechaining bass and kick at some point as people always struggle to get the kick and bass right.

Bet! I would love to hear your take on it.

 

[Dusty B]

Use delay with a fast timing and very tiny feedback, bandpass filter the feedback and pan it left, then do the same again for the left channel. Make the right one slightly later than the leftone and adjust the bandpass frequency. Man it sounds so good. So mucg better and cleaner than reverb, you have so much more control over it.

 

[K-waz]

Stop using reverb on the snare??? I disagree. What kind of vst reverb are you using??

 

[Dusty B]

Stop using reverb on the snare??? I disagree. What kind of vst reverb are you using??

@K-waz what's your preferred/fav reverb plugin? I've been FL's Reverb 2 and sometimes TAL Reverb 4, but curious what others are using!

 

[K-waz]

@K-waz what's your preferred/fav reverb plugin? I've been FL's Reverb 2 and sometimes TAL Reverb 4, but curious what others are using!

Fl Reverb2 is always my first choice in Fl Studio. I stay using the Dry, size and decay time button. Other times I use Valhalla reverb, CLA Effects, Waves Renaissance Reverb or Fabfilter Pro R. Im always jumping around but I have a lot of reverb vst but these that I listed are my go to