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Step 3: To get a bigger sound, the main snare is layered with two others – a clap with a 1.5kHz EQ boost, and a section of white noise to add some air. “It’s very important to layer up your snares in dubstep,” advises Rusko. “I know a lot of people cut out the snare from an Amen loop and layer that underneath a more natural snare, which gives it a lot of crack.”