Snare drum EQ guide

The fundamental typically sits between 150-250.1

The smack is around 900-1.4kHz.2

Sometimes the snare body, or fundamental, can be a little over-represented.1

Warren Huart uses a low shelving boost at 100 to bring in more body.3

Boosting the snare high-mids and mids gives a little more smack to it.1

The snare bottom mic captures more of the sizzle of the snares on the bottom drum head.1 Boost the highs around 7k to bring out the snare wires and help it cut through the mix.2 I notice I tend to like snares with some 6-7kHz presence.

  1. https://www.freemanrecordings.io/products/mixing-fundamentals-eq/categories/2149508596/posts/2154723651 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. How The Pros Use EQ - How To EQ All Instruments and Your Mixes - YouTube ↩ ↩2

  3. Mixing Basics: Drums - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro - YouTube ↩

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