My snares sound really good when clipping...

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But they don't punch through how I want them to when I keep them under digital zero. Should I just clone the snare track to get the punch and then mix them down back to one track? will this do it? When I crank it up to the red it sounds exactly how I want it to, but I don't want every snare hit clipping.
 
If it sounds good in the recorded track just make sure it doesn't clip on mixdown to stereo. I guess people will come in and say I'm sooo wrong, but I've learned everything from my ears not them sooo...
 
Why not just record below clipping and then squash it with a limiter like the L1? Thats pretty much what your doing anyway, but with a limiter you won't get as much audible distortion.
 
The "effect" I'm getting is present at different volume levels. It seems like the full sound isnt there, even when I pull all the other instruments down to help the snare stand out.

I've tried EQ, compression, Limiting what have you (I'm no expert with any of these) but one day I was just messing around and pushed the snare way up into the red and it was like "Woa! There it is! Thats what I'm looking for!." Theres no audible distortion either, which sort of leads me to believe maybe its a metering problem? I'm using Sonar and I've never messed with the meter calibrations whatsoever.

I think this post is more of a "Why does this happen?" post than a "how do I fix this?" post, because If it sounds good to me, and it doesnt hurt anything, maybe there isnt a problem after all. :D
 
Well, if it IS clipping, you should be able to zoom in on the snare track in a wave editor and see some square waves. The tops of the waveforms should be lopped off. Does the snare sound noticeably better if you mix down both versions (clipping and not clipping) at the same volume and listen on a different stereo?
 
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