Floor Tom Ringing After Snare Hit

I did my best to cure the problem at source but now some is on the recording.

Floor tom ringing after snare hit. But if your having issue on rack toms where you need to get creative with muffling the issue is the heads tuning or both. Every kick hit is complimented by an undercurrent of floor tom ring. Listen to the beginning of weezer s el scorcho for some really tasty floor tom ring. On my mounted toms and floor tom i have this horrible long lasting over ring and i know some drummers like it but i dont how do you make it stop.

And they buzz horribly with my toms but im not too worried about that. Remove the ringing from a drum tom quickly if you are at a show and getting ready to go on stage. I have heard the tape method but how exactly do you do it and were do you put the tape. I need some help please.

Also my snare has a more of marching band sound when i hit it i want it to have less of the crackling sound more like linkin park s drummer so any suggestions. The balls bounce on impact allow the drum to resonate freely and then when they fall they kill the ring. 3rd august 2010 25. Only the front head is on the kick.

When you hit your tom the snare wires will sound if they are too close or touching the snare drum. Make sure that the toms and snare are sufficiently damped before you start recording. I bought an 18 floor tom duration. When i hit the kick snare the two rack toms ring resonate through the overheads to the point of driving me nuts.

What s the best way to get rid of tom ring a ringing noise after the tom is hit picked up by the tom mics on a recording of a drum kit. This is something i got from my gigs and live performances and i want to share as most of the tuning questions are directed to how to get rid of the ringy sound in a snare drum. I have a ridiculous snare ring after i hit it the snare are centered on the reso head they arent wore out. You can loosen it a bit but that would effect the sound of your snare when hitting it you can barely hear it if you re playing it though so just leave it.

The tom on it s own snare stand might offset the tom a little more from the kik but usually sounds best to me. Real time snare side. I have the toms tuned to where i like open and resonant and the kick is a very tight punch. Snare rings when hit high tom stop snare ring when hit tom putty to muffle drums my snare rings when i hit the toms community experts online right now.

Drop 5 or 6 cotton balls in a 16 or larger floor tom with droning issues and your set. First all snare drums are supposed to ring a very muffled snare with no ring sounds to the audience like a piece of wood being hit no life no tone no projection.