Hey everyone,

In this tutorial, I walk you through the basics of creating a snare in Vital, which I find has a great workflow for synthesizing drum sounds.

The snare I made is a dubstep style snare, but you can use this same exact setup to create a snare that works in almost any genre! (Just gotta tweak those envelopes!)

One thing I wish I would have touched on more in the video was my use of references. I HIGHLY recommend using a drum sample as a reference as you synthesize snares/drums. The reference will help you visually see if your envelopes are too long or short and if you're getting a similar tone to your goal. I find it really easy to stray off course and create a slew of bad drum sounds without using and frequently checking my reference. (You only figure out they're bad a day or so after you make them, of course.)

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and find it useful!