Superior 2 - quick tone test - help me getting my drums right ;)

[JoeJackson]

Hey guys...
After having a little bit of trouble setting up Superior in Logic I finally had the chance to record a very short tone test. My ears are tired and I'm not really satisfied with the outcome yet but - give it a listen please.

Maybe you can give me some hints. Somehow I fear that my "ghetto-mastering" eats a bit of the snare-attack. I always loved the snare-sounds I heard coming from DFHS. Mine is close, but I feel it's missing something.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6746662

EDIT:
Altered Velocity-Levels and Room-Mics.
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6746722

EDIT 2:
Tweaked the drum-sound again
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6749761

 

[Black neon bob]

I always loved the snare-sounds I heard coming from DFHS. Mine is close, but I feel it's missing something.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6746662

First of all, cool clip!

But the snare, it IS missing something.. to me (if this was a real drummer) it sounds like the mic's volume on the snare is turned on really, really loud... and the drummer is hitting it gently and not hard at all.

I dont have DFHS2 yet, but check your velocity settings Joe.. it sounds like it's on 60-70% instead of 100% or over 100%.

 

[JoeJackson]

Could it really be THAT easy?!?

Checked the velocities. A couple of the hits were at about 90-95. I raised the velocity to about 100 in the faster parts and to 110-127 in the mid-tempos, where a real drummer would hit the snare as hard as possible.
Seems like Superior has a smaller "sweet-spot" than I was used to.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6746722

 

[Black neon bob]

That sounds better allready, i just compared and the velocity seems to be very sensitive indeed...

 

[JoeJackson]

Forgot to mention that I altered the room-mics a little bit on the last clip to get rid of the harshness.

 

[JoeJackson]

Snare redone again.

Opinions are highly appreciated. I added a heavily LOG-inspired riff to the last clip. I'm having a hard time tweaking Superior 2 in a mix because of it's high performance-hunger. Tweak - Freeze - Tweak - Freeze.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6749761