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Originally Posted by Suntower  Looking for snare lib with the 80's style sound in a KONTAKT SAMPLE LIBARY.
Lower pitched. Much fuller and 'snarey'. Examples: XTC's 'Dear God' is perfect. |
Mention "80's" and "snare" and all I can think of are huge gated reverbs!
The Dear God snare is a more timeless type of sound to me.
It probably has a bottom mic, and damping on the top, but with a bit of ring left. The snare tension is also pretty loose for a good sustain. Try to find snare libraries where you can adjust the bottom mic yourself. There is also a fairly "fat" (lowish) tuning on that song. You're right, it's hard to come by in sample libs.
There is an interview out there with the drummer, Prairie Prince, about Skylarking, but he only mentions the name of the exact snare used on most of the
rest of the album, not the one on Dear God. Maybe it was the same snare, just tuned differently, and with looser snares.
The Tears For Fears snare you cited is a dry snare with a healthy dose of compression sustain letting the attack through, and plenty of reverb... the only thing I would call particularly 80's about it is the reverb send level. Another
great song, BTW.
BTW, you might like the snare sounds on the Squeeze album Play.
Maybe Analogue Drums Snare City would have something workable... their site seems to be down at the moment so I could not check.
Steven Slate Drums might have a few suitable snares.