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Synthesising snare drums

Light ShardSaved in 3 people's production playlists, 2023–2025
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15K views · 5 years ago · tutorial

The physics of a snare and how to synthesise one.

Builds the sound from how real snares behave.

  1. 0:00 Prep
  2. 0:40 Physical properties of a snare drum
  3. 1:32 What happens when we hit a snare drum
  4. 2:20 Four things that we hear when a snare drum is hit
  5. 3:02 Anatomy of a synthesized snare drum
  6. 4:09 Breaking down a snare drum even further
  7. 5:33 What resources could we use to make a snare
  8. 8:36 Let's make a snare drum from scratch
  9. 10:43 Now we sound design
  10. 29:39 That's pretty much it, let's recap
  11. 30:30 Thank you for watching!

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