Production Tips

Building Snare Rolls for Electronic Music
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Building Snare Rolls for Electronic Music

Audiotent Tip #414. Building Snare Rolls for Electronic Music. Whether you produce tech-house, deep house, techno or progressive, you know how important snare rolls can be. They enhance the transit...

80'sGated snare reverb

Gated snare reverb

#AudiotentTip 172. Gated Snare Reverb.A great way to make your snares sound larger than life is to use a gated reverb. This sound was extremely popular in the 1980’s and is still heavily used in cu...

eqEqing snare drums

Eqing snare drums

#AudiotentTip 170. EQing Snare Drums.Here’s a few quick tips on how to eq a snare drum. Start with rolling off the extreme lows so that the snare isn’t interfering with your kick and sub bass. Some...

compressionParallel snare compression

Parallel snare compression

#AudiotentTip 152. Parallel Snare Compression.One way to increase the room of your snare drum is to use a fast parallel compression. An 1176 type compressor works great for this. Place the 1176 on ...

effectsHow to create snare risers

How to create snare risers

#AudiotentTip 135. Snare Risers.A great way to add tension and anticipation to your build ups is to use a snare riser. There are multiple ways to create it, however our favourite technique involves...