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ferdik · Post by **ferdik** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:46 pm

Hope you're all well KVR users!

I'm looking for an effect/way to make drum sound snap or click! All distortion I have tried just make a regular dist with no snap. Is it some kind of wave shaping I should use? Any tips are welcome!

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:29 pm

I believe the effect you're looking for should be achievable with a transient shaper.

Kinh · Post by **Kinh** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:32 pm

wha-da-ell do ya mean snap?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:41 pm

Kinh wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:32 pm wha-da-ell do ya mean snap?

not crackle, not pop, but the other one.
do you know nothing?????

ferdik · Post by **ferdik** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:29 pm

AsPeeXXXVIII wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:29 pm I believe the effect you're looking for should be achievable with a transient shaper.

Thanks! Yes like the attack sound a transient shaper make, but I want it more aggressive and distorted!

Unaspected · Post by **Unaspected** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:35 pm

ferdik wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:29 pm
AsPeeXXXVIII wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:29 pm I believe the effect you're looking for should be achievable with a transient shaper.
Thanks! Yes like the attack sound a transient shaper make, but I want it more aggressive and distorted!

Use a gate to expose the transient and then apply distortion to that. The more exaggerated the transient, the easier this will be. You could always accentuate the transient first - either use a transient shaper or optical compressor.

Multiband distortion might also help.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:03 pm

double the same sample and only use the attack of the 2nd layer. Then process it with distortion and what not.
blend the two to taste

ferdik · Post by **ferdik** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:46 pm

Thanks guys!

I get similar sound to what I want then using a transient shaper (thanks AsPeeXXXVIII). But since the sound distort when adding it to the channel I need to lower the volume and so it don't exceed zero on the mixer. And when doing that all the character of the sound is gone and just a little click is left. I want the sound to keep the character it has before I need to lower volume.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:32 pm

If you post a sample which you're trying to process I can have a look

ferdik · Post by **ferdik** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:28 pm

Thanks everyone! I played around more with transient shaper and envelopes. And it's the envelopes I needed to work more with. Sometimes the solution is right before your eyes. They both make the attack sharper om drums and can make them tighter. And I can add a little distortion for a rougher sound.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:08 pm

This is what I meant before

Gives you control of the attack and then you can add a more subtle distortion to the body of the snare and of course process more if needed.
The dynamic range stays the same because of the clipper(or limiter) but the processed snare is much fatter (too much in this case but just to show how it's been done for years by many producers)

GL

https://vimeo.com/461081945

ferdik · Post by **ferdik** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:10 am

CHOOS wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:08 pm This is what I meant before

Gives you control of the attack and then you can add a more subtle distortion to the body of the snare and of course process more if needed.
The dynamic range stays the same because of the clipper(or limiter) but the processed snare is much fatter (too much in this case but just to show how it's been done for years by many producers)

GL

https://vimeo.com/461081945

That's a nice technique, thanks for sharing!

Distortion make sound snap