Floor Tom Resonates Too Much

As i mentioned in the video i like to think of the bass drum as the root note of a triad chord with the floor tom as the 5th and the rack tom as the 3rd.

Floor tom resonates too much.

For my floor tom i prefer to tune batter and resonant head the same. My band noticed the difference and said that my floor tom sounds much better. Switched from a clear amb to a clear emp and that did the trick for me. I guess these work by decoupling the drum from the floor as much as possible.

In a rock r b pop scenario with 5 10 pieces one of the issues may be that you need bigger drums. The higher toms and bass drum i take the reso s up a notch but with the floor tom i prefer same tension. My floor tom now resonates more freely sounds louder and just has a better overall tone. Another benefit that i like from these is that the floor tom is about a half inch higher than before.

This takes out the ringing for me and it resonates plenty. Ultimately how you eq and place each instrument has to work within the song the instruments and the record as a whole. Put a pillow or jacket or pile of fluffy fabric or whatever under the floor tom. As the bottom head is parallel with the floor the floor will reflect sound back and reinforce the resonance of the drum.

I was getting too much sympathetic resonance from my old yamaha 14 floor tom every time i struck the bass drum. It shouldn t touch the head and you can play around with how much of it is under the drum and how far away from the drum. Rule one when mixing your music is that there really is no magic equation that will get the exact sound you want. Conquer one handed hihat 16ths in 5 simple steps.