| While mixing, try a transient designer or the sony dynamics expander to dial out some hat (sometimes a deesser works too)....works pretty well, but you need a close room mic or some reverb to put some decay back in the snare sound....also drummers can control this better than you, so check during tracking that they're not bashing the hell out of the hihat. another pointer, don't compress during tracking too much if this is a problem as sometimes it's nice to lose some hihat with the above techniques before going into a comp to get the snare sound.
-brian |