"De-essing" drums - but with a twist?

Some people use a de-esser to lessen the cymbals, crashes, etc. on overheads.

This might be really dopey, but if you can lower the frequency response of a de-esser low enough, can it be used for other things, like lowering the volume of a snare in the overheads?

I saw down to eat some Vietnamese noodles, and for some reason, this just popped into my head. Funny how the brain works sometimes.

Sidechain limiter on the overheads with the snare as the input key.

Try it you will love it.

Sidechain limiter on the overheads with the snare as the input key. Try it you will love it.

To duck the snare under the rest of the kit I think you want to do the opposite. Sidechain the snare compressor using the OH signal.

Problem is that the snare may be the loudest thing in the OH's so this might not get you where Ken wants to go.

As for the de-essing approach- the snares i tend to use have a pretty broad frequency spectrum. Ducking a portion of it will materially alter the timbre. Even so, it just might sound good.

Of course, full fledged drum/snare replacement with controlled snare samples is another way to go.

I did that a while back with hardware, and I'm imagining that this would be easy with plug-ins? Sounds like a great idea.

Do you think that odd de-esser idea would work on snare, or would it too adversely impact the audio (partially because the snare has such a broader frequency range)?

The Vietnamese noodles were delicious, by the way.

Was responding to Nero's post...Kendrix snuck his in. Must type faster!!

BTW, if this de-esser idea works, can we name the technique after me? I'd love to have some technique named after me. Fletcher-Munson, Johns 3-Mic Drum Technique, Thomas Crapper (well, okay, maybe a bad example), and finally...Ken's De-Essing Snare Technique.