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Old 20th July 2010   #4
bkbirge
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Don't know about where you'd get samples but I can tell you how to get that sound from a real drum, at least the punk 80's sound since I did some of those records. Use a tight medium to high pitched tuning but don't tune all the lugs to the same tone, i.e. badly tuned drum but not 'loose'. Top mic on drum only close as possible to stick hit so you avoid any semblance of tone, damp the crap out of it and put it through a symetrix 501 or Urei 1176 at maximum smash. The higher the pitch of the drum the more low mids you should crank during mix to get that thud. When you're done you shouldn't be able to tell that there were snares on the drum, lol, all thud and stick click. I always hated that sound.
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