DRUMMER CAFE

Yes, the resonance will choke when you tighten the mount... that is normal... you can probably compensate by retuning the heads...

to eliminate snare buzz try changing the pitch of your snare... from 50 feet away you wont be able to hear this...

Hi guys.

The snare buzz can be reduced by puresound equalizers if you want to even bother.  Lately I have been playing stock sonor wires (very buzzy) but when I listen back to the recordings I really don't notice the buzz so much

I agree with C.W.  balance the offending tom and snare sound.  Alot has to do with how tight the wires are as well.  I was in a very loose phase for awhile and basically got zero buzz but now I'm going for a bit of a crisper sound so I'm adjusting the strainer with a bit more snap to it.  Yeah it's buzzier but no big deal.

I've also noticed on some drums/tunings that if you put 30's or 42's count wires on the weight of them actually dampens the head- so you get less buzz but lots of wire sound.

So whatever you like ya know!

Also my friend got a new set of ludwig classics with a 13" rack tom and 16 floor.  The rack was surprisingly choked on the tom mount/arm.  He hadbetter luck putting the tom out to it's farthest point on the tom arm and we also brought the mount/pole to the very tip of the receiver.  A RIMS mount would probably cure all that but then you have a big vent in your drum- some guys plug those back up.

I don't know why ludwig didn't get that cleaned up- but they are retro kits and with that you get a retro sound.

re: sympathetic snare buzz- sometimes loosening the four lugs closest to the snare beds (2 on ea side) will help some. >>sometimes<<.  Makes the sound a tad 'wetter', for better or worse.