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alrod: I actually put the dimensions/treatment in a post above, I think it's 7th posts from the top. I'm actually really fond of the boomy-ness of the snare. I like when you can feel the snare in your chest, probably a little too much. haha.
Thats a great idea about adding a touch more compression, and maybe a little distortion to the bass. Thank you for you .02!
wild honey: the snare was one of those 70's ludwig brass snares, it was tuned real low. To the point where it kinda sounds trashy to the ear, but miced up it had a beautiful bottom end, with lots of that lovely snare rattle. Used an audix i5 on the top, and a shure sm 94 (not 81 as I previously mentioned, sorry) on the bottom. The i5 was placed about 1/2" in from the rim, pointed towards the center of the snare. The 94 was about 4" off the bottom head NOT pointed at the snares themselves.
I ran both channels through light compression (slightly heavier for the bottom head) on a presonus ACP88. I tracked the drums around 6 months ago, so I don't remember the exact settings on the ACP88.
In the mixing phase, when I decided to just go for a super dry drum sound, I ended up sidechaining the room mics (two cascade fatheads placed about cymbal level 10 feet away from the kit) to the snare.
I'll post a remix as soon as I have a few minutes. Thanks again for all the kind words. My confidence is growing exponentially!
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