The earliest occurrance of this sample I can find, is from Bobby Brown's Rock Witch'a.. It was all over Walter Afanasieff's early 90's productions (Mariah Carey, Kenny G etc) and can be heard occasionally in some Asian Pop songs.
Do you recognize it from any drum machines or sample libraries? Thanks!
https://youtu.be/Li6vpAMmfw0?t=43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0-n3bkRno
Where did this 90's power ballad snare come from?
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- KVRAF
- 3528 posts since 1 Sep, 2016
Those snares don't sound the same to me. You won't get a definitive answer anyway, as they both sound layered and heavily processed. Likely contenders are the Alesis HR-16 and HR-16B drum machines, layered with themselves and/or live snares or other drum machines. I think I hear a pitched up TR-707 Snare 1 in the Brown track but it's hard to tell.
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RugerioDelStereo RugerioDelStereo https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=466409
- KVRist
- 153 posts since 23 May, 2020
Sounds gated and reverbed. Could be live drums, and a low-tuned snare.
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- KVRAF
- 3863 posts since 13 Jun, 2014
<List your stupid gear here>
