[6dyslexicelephnt]

I've been trying to get a fat slap sound out of the snare. I'm against EQing the snare if you're using plug ins. Try this: tune the snare (as always) and use an SM57 or a ribbon mic like the Apex 205. Then put a LDC under the snare. Then put a little piece of tape and maybe a bit of kleenex on the top head. Don't put too much or it will kill the slappiness. Use a compressor but make sure it's a bright compressor not a dark one. For me this means using my FMR RNC over my ART PRO VLA. I think that a mic on the snare of the snare will help you get a brighter sound. Make sure that you're tuning the snare to be fat WITHIN a certain reasonable amount. All snares have an ideal tuning and you can only adjust them so much away from that before they start sounding ugly. I don't know how much access you have to snares but piccolo snares give a nice "whap". If you're going for a fat sound (whatever that means), maybe you want a nicely tuned deep snare. Good luck... as with all acoustic instruments, I recommend to try to get the best sound you can before EQ, because low end EQ sounds just plain bad.