Toms that are mounted to kick drums...

[AdamWathan]

Anyone run into the problem where every time a drummer hits the kick it sets off an annoying hum in any rack toms that are attached to the kick? I have a feeling I can probably fix it by messing with the tunings of the drums and muting the tom a bit since I wasn't using anything to mute it at all, but what do you guys normally do?

 

[Torniojaws]

Remove the toms from the kickdrum(s) It is no good there, hum is unavoidable.

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

never gotten it in rack toms, but our drummers floortoms sing like motherfuckers every bassdrum stroke... how do I fix that?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yeah I get that. It sucks pretty much get a rack or get some stands.

 

[ryanojohn]

gate the toms

I've wondered this same question many a time, but I've never actually found it to be a problem after gating...

 

[KeithRT99]

never gotten it in rack toms, but our drummers floortoms sing like motherfuckers every bassdrum stroke... how do I fix that?

one way is to tune your floor tom so that it doesn't sympathetically ring out when you hit the kick. then you tune rack toms based on the floor tom, as opposed to the other way around. the downside is, you're not necessarily tuning the hi toms to their natural resonance.

 

[Thumpcrush]

Tom rings work for me, I use em live I don't give a fuck. fuck with your mic placement too

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Nothing wrong with that, it's the sound of a drumkit, let it sing goddamn it!!!

 

[AdamWathan]

Nothing wrong with that, it's the sound of a drumkit, let it sing goddamn it!!!

If I posted a clip of the song without me EQing that frequency out of the tom, you would change your tune pretty quickly!

 

[doc_backmask]

He doesn't stay in tune much anyway Although, recording the sound of a drumstick hitting the body cavity may be pretty metal