In this video, I go through some tips on processing snare drums in the MPC standalone including surgical EQ, transient design, EQ, compression, and saturation. I also provide a FREE FX Chain for you to download and use in your MPC.
Link for Snare FX Chain:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aw1zMWypGPHyMoHSSfWQHKHHFzKg1mf8/view?usp=sharing
Chapters:
00:00 The Intro
00:37 Snare Drums Brief
02:14 Surgical EQ
06:50 The FX Chain
07:40 Air Transient Design
09:45 Air Compressor
15:08 Para EQ
16:30 Air Tube Drive
19:34 The Outro
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Equipment I use:
Headphones:
Audeze LCD-X
Aiaiaia TMA-2 Wireless+
Beyerdynamic DT770/880/1990/900 Pro X
Focal Listen Pro
Shure 535
Pioneer HDJ X10
Audeze Maxwell
Reference Monitors:
Genelec 8020D
Presonus Studio One 6
Neumann MT48
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Audient Evo 16
Audient SP8
Presonus HP4 (My Grot Box)
Presonus Faderport V2
Arturia Minilab MKII
Novation 49SL MKII
Arturia Microlab
Akai MPC One
Akai MPC Live II
Isla Instruments S2400
Omni Portable Turntable
Content Creation:
Sony FX30
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Osmo Pocket 3
Atomos Shinobi
Hollyland Pyro 7
Zoom F6 Recorder
Zoom H6 Recorder
Earthworks Custom Icon Pro Microphone
Sennheiser MKH 50 Microphone
Sennheiser MKE 600 Microphone
Sanken Cos 11D Lav Mic
Rode Wireless Pro Mic System
Logitech Brio 4k Cam
Blackmagic Camera App
OC White Ultima Mic Arm
Davinci Resolve 19
Knobs:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXYBB7Z
Data Wheel:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R5THKZD