instant snare drum changer

1. take two pieces of aluminum foil. roughly square shaped, 6x6 inches.
2. cut out two pieces of clear contact paper smaller in diameter than the drum you are going to use this on.
3. peel the paper, and place the foil between the two pieces. delicately place the two pieces with foil roughly centered sticky sides in. press and smooth out any air bubbles.
4. place on your drum anytime you want a warm, round, fuzzy sound with less attack and minimal ring.

This is totally easy, totally cheap, and totally cool. It won't last forever, you will beat through it eventually. It works great if you have gigs that are low volume. Works great with mallets, or if you are hitting with brushes. Not so good with jazz "stirring the soup" kind of patterns though. I can't tell you how many people have complimented me on this little idea. I hope you get the same response if you try it for yourself. See ya!

Oh, and so you know. There is no EQ , compression or plug ins on the snare drum here. The mic is running directly into a Presonus Firestudio project, directly into my DAW. Basic as it gets. The only difference is the creation being on the drum or not.

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[dfdgdym]

where did u get your drumset and what kind is it whats the name of it'

[fileundervalued]

@dfdgdym this drumset is a Yamaha Rock Tour Custom kit, that I bought new in about 1994. The drums are birch, and the sizes are 16x22 bass, 9x12 rack, 15x13 floor. This snare drum happens to be a late 80's Yamaha Recording Custom 8x14 snare with a die cast hoop on the top, also a birch drum. Hope that answers your question.

[fileundervalued]

rock out, holy diver. make dio proud!

[fileundervalued]

There is no such thing as "the right drum sound", beyond the drum sounding right for what you need on a given song. It's all personal preference anyway, and "what might be right for you, might not be right for some" (RIP Gary Coleman) Experiment, trust your ears and your gut, and play what makes you happy. But most importantly, be versatile, be open minded, and be willing to expand your ideas of what "right" is. Everything is never sometimes right. :) Now HIT IT!

[guifercon]

@fileundervalued

Thanks for the tip, I will try to make one of these to see if it can helps my awful snare.

[HholyDiver42]

Wow that was amazing. I've tried tape and paper towels (I didn't have those sticky gel thingy-s) but this is pretty cool. It's like instant eq!

[jaggass]

Like you said there is no 'right drum sound' I think the ringy snare drum suits rock music. but when you put that enhancement on the snare drum. it sounded like the 80's all over again

[jaggass]

i have to admit that your toms sound good

[jaggass]

like you said its preference

[theinfernalhess]

@jaggass well that's all preference anyways dude. And the sound you call "the right sound," is not very flattering in my opinion. I like the natural tone of a nice, well tuned, unadulterated snare drum.