- Advanced techniques
- Drum and snare processing and widening
Drum and snare processing and widening
Some genres benefit from snare (or other drums or percussion) processing that sounds "big" and "wide" in a mix.
This effect is commonly called ADT-style doubling, slap delay, or more specifically on drums, a very short single-tap delay. It was a hallmark of many 1970s and 1980s productions, especially on snare drums. A short delay like this can;
- add weight
- make a snare snare seem wider
- create a subtle flam
- help the drum cut through a dense mix
To add this to your song, consider dedicating the secondary delay unit for drum processing as follows.
On the Song's FX page;
- ensure delay 2's algorithm (8/Pc/d2.AL) is set to regular delay ("dly")
- set delay length (5/Ki/d2.Ln) to something short like 1/64th or 1/32th of a step
- set delay feedback to taste (6/Sn/d2.Fb), noting that high values may give a metallic or more proto-reverb effect, while a feedback of 1 will emulate the classic "slap" delay (AKA ADT-style doubling)
- set delay width to taste (7/hh/d2.wd), which will really make your snare stand out
- on the track that you wish to use the effect, set the delay 2 send (16/A8/dLy2 on the track's GLob page) to taste
Note that a similar set of settings for delay 2 are automatically made for you upon intialising a song - please tweak to taste.
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