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Hamkins
03-26-2006, 08:54 AM
Yo, whenever I hit my tom-toms without pads on they make this stupid echoey sound which is completely useless. How come in songs and stuff they sound so much better. Do I just need to tighten them an immense amount? They sound so much better with pads on.
CasB
03-26-2006, 08:58 AM
With pads you get no sound at all...

This might help: http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/index.html
Corkofski
03-26-2006, 08:58 AM
they are MEANT to ring FFS!!
FockerTheLopper
03-26-2006, 08:59 AM
http://i2.tinypic.com/sbopbs.jpg
Snarz
03-26-2006, 09:05 AM
That pic is just disgusting lol..
Ethan.
03-26-2006, 09:15 AM
That "echoey" sound is what we call resonance. When you play with a band, you need resonance to cut through the other instruments for the audience to hear it. The ringing carries the sound.

If there was no resonance, an audience sitting far away from the drums wouldn't be able to hear them. What you hear and what the audience hears is different. The audience will hear a more "proper" sound.

This might help: http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/index.html
That is a very useful tool when learning how to tune. If you don't tune your drums the right way, they won't sound good.
sLarkin20
03-26-2006, 09:46 AM
for an example, hitting a tom-tom by itself in a wide open space with no other sound going on might sound different then hitting a tom-tom during a live show in the middle of a band in a closed room

edit: standing behind or in front of the kit matters too!
Ethan.
03-26-2006, 10:21 AM
Regardless of the setting, you should get used to playing an unmuffled drum.
SkaRabbit
03-26-2006, 10:29 AM
lots of selotape! joking. What needs to be said has. Learn to tune.
LittlePound
03-26-2006, 12:46 PM
it's not useless, even if you prefer no ring to your drums (which has already been adressed above) having the oppurtunity to use that gives your set more versatility. I have o rings on my set, not becuase i enjoy the sound better (it depends on which drum) but becuase now i can have little ring, or take 5 sec and take them off and have the ring.
InCasinoOut
03-26-2006, 12:58 PM
Seriously, if you isolated the drum track from a recording of your favorite band, you'll notice the toms do ring.
Berk
03-26-2006, 01:04 PM
Mmmm.... I love ringing.
Hamkins
03-26-2006, 01:28 PM
OK....so...HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THE DAMN RING!
Futuro
03-26-2006, 01:31 PM
OK....so...HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THE DAMN RING!Take it out back and spank it!

no...

Light the drum head on fire and crap on it!

no that aint it either...


I would guess you might try and muffle it.

No that would make too much sense.
Futuro
03-26-2006, 01:33 PM
O shi! I know the answer!


Dude what you gotta do to get rid of the ring is ask a forum! :eek:

Seriously man. Make sure you don't use common sense. Than ask a forum a crappy question, and wait for the great responses to roll in.
Seafroggys
03-26-2006, 01:46 PM
OK....so...HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THE DAMN RING!

y'know, if everybody says ring is a good thing....you might want to listen to them.

i personally hate dead toms
GooseFilms.net
03-26-2006, 02:01 PM
People confuse ring with resonance. Ring is that high overtone coming off the tom. Personally, I don't want that. I want a nice, even, resonant note, but not with all these over/undertones.
Just read through the tuning bible. its all about getting your lugs at consistent pitches
ludvista29
03-26-2006, 02:05 PM
get moon gells
Skin Beater
03-26-2006, 02:28 PM
OK....so...HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THE DAMN RING!

Why would you want to get rid of the ring?
red n black
03-26-2006, 02:37 PM
OK....so...HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THE DAMN RING!


use your pads, FFS