Brush Snare Sounds - Would Samples be Sufficient

tadguitar · 1st December 2008

I'm looking to add a brush snare sound to a song with acoustic guitar, vocals, and bass guitar. Are there sample libraries available that can help me achieve realistic brush sounds? One other option is to buy a snare, practice my brush technique, and record (have good recording tools to do so). Looking to mimic Norah Jones or Astrud Gilberto brush recordings.

Johnny Favorite · 1st December 2008

Or maybe you could just buy the brushes and try to get a sound out of them "playing" over different materials. Once I heard a pretty good brush groove a guy played on a telephone list.

jhall · 1st December 2008

I think static sounds like a single hit (snare/tom/kick), even at multiple velocities work, but I haven't heard anything realistic when it comes to brushes.. they are too legato.
Instead of buying a drum, and working on making it happen.. hire me to play brushes on the tune. I can send you something to hear if you are interested. I have top quality gear..
No worries if not..
jeffdrummerhall@gmail.com

Steffmo · 1st December 2008

Being a drummer, I would think that trying to recreate what brushes do with samples would be incredibly frustrating. Its a very organic thing.

By the same token...its a chip shot for a good drummer. Why make yourself crazy??

j2dafo · 1st December 2008

another drummer here to report that getting a trained drummer to play it is the best route. brushes aren't just used to reduce volume, there are many, many, many different sounds you can coax from a drum with brushes. combine that with someone stirring the soup well and it will be impossible (in my view) to replicate that sound and feel using samples.

1st December 2008	#1
tadguitar Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 11 Thread Starter	Brush Snare Sounds - Would Samples be Sufficient I'm looking to add a brush snare sound to a song with acoustic guitar, vocals, and bass guitar. Are there sample libraries available that can help me achieve realistic brush sounds? One other option is to buy a snare, practice my brush technique, and record (have good recording tools to do so). Looking to mimic Norah Jones or Astrud Gilberto brush recordings.

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jhall Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28	Brushes.. I think static sounds like a single hit (snare/tom/kick), even at multiple velocities work, but I haven't heard anything realistic when it comes to brushes.. they are too legato. Instead of buying a drum, and working on making it happen.. hire me to play brushes on the tune. I can send you something to hear if you are interested. I have top quality gear.. No worries if not.. jeffdrummerhall@gmail.com Last edited by jhall; 1st December 2008 at 04:12 AM.. Reason: added content

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Johnny Favorite Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 327	Or maybe you could just buy the brushes and try to get a sound out of them "playing" over different materials. Once I heard a pretty good brush groove a guy played on a telephone list.

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Steffmo Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 3,012	Being a drummer, I would think that trying to recreate what brushes do with samples would be incredibly frustrating. Its a very organic thing. By the same token...its a chip shot for a good drummer. Why make yourself crazy??

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j2dafo Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 862	another drummer here to report that getting a trained drummer to play it is the best route. brushes aren't just used to reduce volume, there are many, many, many different sounds you can coax from a drum with brushes. combine that with someone stirring the soup well and it will be impossible (in my view) to replicate that sound and feel using samples.