problem with natural toms of my drum

[manegarm666]

the problem its have a long sustain in the record. how i can cut them?

here an example of my problem:

i dont like how they sound

http://www.filedropper.com/tom_3

 

[Damian B]

Just so you know, post these kinds of questions to the Production Tips section.

I can't listen to the clip at the moment, but you can use a noise gate the cut out some of the sustain, or you can manually go in and edit what you don't want out.

 

[manegarm666]

http://soundcloud.com/gonzalo-alee/tom

 

[manegarm666]

 

[bassguy]

You could try fading it out, it should fix it

 

[Emdprodukt]

edit/cut by hand.

 

[Siguros]

can't you just tune them so you get less sustain? They sound like someones hitting a bunch of paint tubs

 

[thefalloftheheretic]

^ that.

Also, EQ is your friend.
Compress, EQ, verb, voila! toms.

 

[Pipsymbol]

maybe a SC gate could help?
you should tune the internal side chain to low freq only.

 

[Jordon]

Trim out the bleed by hand, put a nice fade on it, and EQ, EQ, EQ...and a bit of compression if you'd like.

 

[amarshism]

you could try moongels

 

[heshian46]

you could try moongels

^this

Moongels are a must when recording toms. And if you dont have moongels you can get away with a small piece of electrical tape with a flap folded in the middle.

In the room it may seem like you're losing a lot of sustain, but you'll thank yourself later in the mix.

 

[006]

On the subject of Moongels, sorry if this is a thread hijacking but it's related... How do some of you guys overcome ignorant drummers that don't want to use them? As in, how do you explain it if they are apprehensive. I have been able to explain it and get my way with every project I have ever done except one.

 

[Jordon]

On the subject of Moongels, sorry if this is a thread hijacking but it's related... How do some of you guys overcome ignorant drummers that don't want to use them? As in, how do you explain it if they are apprehensive. I have been able to explain it and get my way with every project I have ever done except one.

When getting tones, I don't generally let the drummer get in the way of improving things. I want his input, of course, and I want to make sure he likes what we're doing, but if he is opposed to something that will make the production better and make the record sound better, I just do it, and show him the results. I've never had a drummer say he was opposed to moongels, though.

 

[006]

Yeah I am the same way. I've recorded probably over 150 drummers at this point and like I said only 1 was really apprehensive about it.

 

[mva801]

Well.... it's not like they hurt the drum in anyway. All I've ever needed to do to convince a drummer is just put a moongel on his snare, have him hit it, and watch the light bulb go on...

And what kind of idiot drummer would refuse to use moongels? If he's that dense, I'd say you probably have bigger issues than sustaining drums....

 

[amarshism]

never had a drummer insist on not using moongels, that is absurd

 

[crillemannen]

Whats up with you guys???

Sustain is the key to get a great snare and tom sound.

 

[006]

Well.... it's not like they hurt the drum in anyway. All I've ever needed to do to convince a drummer is just put a moongel on his snare, have him hit it, and watch the light bulb go on...

And what kind of idiot drummer would refuse to use moongels? If he's that dense, I'd say you probably have bigger issues than sustaining drums....

never had a drummer insist on not using moongels, that is absurd

Yeah, you can imagine how fun he was to work with Ignorance is bliss, as they say.

 

[heshian46]

Whats up with you guys???

Sustain is the key to get a great snare and tom sound.

When you have a fast tom fill going through an already dense arrangement, sustain is not your friend. Boom city!