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Thrill,
Try it. It will definitely help a dull 57 on top. Remember you want it to have a spikey sound. The gate should be working kind of hard with the threshold set way high. Eq some top into it if it needs it. Maybe just roll off bottom if you prefer that. Blend a little bit into the original snare track. If you have a lot of HiHat bleed in the snare mic, you will definitely want the release very very short. It should sound like a little blip and a hair more. Of course there are no rules. Compress the snot out of that, eq it, whatever it takes. You won't need very much to get it to crack, if that is what you're lacking in the sound. Words and sound don't always mean the same thing to all of us. YMMV.
I based this approach on what you have readily available. Hope it helps.
mike
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