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Landr: Fixing thin snares with Black 76 and British EQ

Demo summary

The creator demonstrates adding mid-range body to a snare drum using Black 76 compression and specific frequency boosts with the British EQ plugin.

Step-by-step

  1. Add the Black 76 compressor to the snare chain to introduce harmonic enhancement
  2. Apply light compression to add character to the sound
  3. Open the British EQ and boost the low frequencies around 200 Hz
  4. Apply a frequency bump at 400 Hz in the British EQ to add mid-range body
  5. Add a limiter to the end of the chain to control peaks
  6. Apply the Neve 73 emulation to the entire snare group
  7. Boost 7.2K and 700 Hz on the Neve 73 to restore high-end sparkle and cohesion

Watch out for

  • Boosting mid-range layers can cause a loss of high-end sparkle that needs to be compensated for later in the chain

Tips

  • Use vintage emulations like the Black 76 for the harmonic enhancement 'baked into' the unit
  • Apply a limiter at the end of the processing chain to keep the signal under control
  • Use a preamp/EQ emulation on the snare group to tie multiple layers together

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