Yeah, I think tuning may have been part (or most) of the issue. Not that they were tuned poorly. The drummer got a sweet Ayotte kit and he knows how to tune. At least he owned a tuning key and would use it. I think he just liked a tight, ringing snare sound with a long decay. I don't know how he did it but he succeeded. A matter of taste, clearly, but those snare hits were lasting a loooooong time, and took up tons of room in the mix. I just wanted it to snap and go away. I know I could gate but where's the fun in that?
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