Punchy Toms

[Keiffer]

Hey, check out my very short Tom clip. I've been working on getting my Toms to punch thru in the mix.

3 Part Tom Clip

Part 1 - Dry Tom Sample

Part 2 - Part 1 + Reverb Added

Part 3 - Part 2 + Saturation, Compression and Slight EQ

[metdrummer00]

Hey, what'd you all use as far as drumheads and mic?

[Farview]

It would depend on the mix whether or not these will punch through. They do sound good

[johnsuitcase]

I don't usually have a problem getting toms to punch through when they're by themselves. Most problems creep up when you have snare and cymbals bleeding into the tom mics and making your extreme eq/compression/saturation type stuff go nuts.

Of course, I've managed to improve my mic placement a bit, and I try to craft the drum sound using all of the mics (so that if I need more highs on the toms, I know that I can cut some from the snare or cymbals, etc)

Drums are fun!

[Raw-Tracks]

Too be honest with you, that doesn't sound much like a tom to me. It's sounds more like a kick. Is that an actual recording you made, or did you use a sample?

[RVLVNGDRS]

Originally Posted by Raw-Tracks

Too be honest with you, that doesn't sound much like a tom to me. It's sounds more like a kick.

agreed...up with the mids maybe

[PhilGood]

I think the pitch and punch is fine. It sounds like alot of dampening to me. Everyone here pretty much knows I don't believe in muffling. Try with the heads a little more wide open and you won't need so much verb.

Good tuning being a major factor no doubt.

You never mentioned WHICH tom, BTW!

[Farview]

I was assuming it was a 16x16 floor tom. If this is a 10x6 rack tom, it's tuned too low.

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by Farview

I was assuming it was a 16x16 floor tom. If this is a 10x6 rack tom, it's tuned too low.

LOL!!!!


WAAAAAAYYYYYY......

[BitchyKitty]

doesnt sound very real to me.

[Sonixx]

Originally Posted by Raw-Tracks

Too be honest with you, that doesn't sound much like a tom to me. It's sounds more like a kick. Is that an actual recording you made, or did you use a sample?

yeah, I guess. it's a sample from one of Farviews floor toms.

[Sonixx]

Originally Posted by BitchyKitty

doesnt sound very real to me.

the before or after?

[Sonixx]

Originally Posted by Farview

It would depend on the mix whether or not these will punch through.

yeah, agreed...

[Farview]

Originally Posted by Sonixx

yeah, I guess. it's a sample from one of Farviews floor toms.

Why do you say that?

Not that it doesn't sound like something I would do. If it is mine, it would be one of the Tama Artstar II 18x16 maple Floors tuned really, really low.

[Sonixx]

Originally Posted by Farview

Why do you say that?

Not that it doesn't sound like something I would do. If it is mine, it would be one of the Tama Artstar II 18x16 maple Floors tuned really, really low.

Because it's a sample from one of your CDs. I'm not at my computer so I don't know which one.

[Farview]

So you are keiffer?

[Keiffer]

Originally Posted by Farview

So you are keiffer?

yeah, I'm changing my name everywhere. I happened to be logged on this machine as Sonixx and posted before I realized...

the Sample is: PRockstar Tom 3

[Keiffer]

here's a work in progress clip with the toms mixed

Tom in Mix

Original Tom Solo Clip

[Farview]

Originally Posted by Keiffer

the Sample is: PRockstar Tom 3

That is a 16x16 Tama Rockstar with Remo pinstripes tuned low. EQ'd and compressed.

The unprocessed version of the same tom is: GRockstar Tom 3

[Myriad_Rocker]

It's all subjective but I think that tom is dead. But hey, to each his own. I like my toms to ring out more. Even for rock. Now, metal? Different story.

[Farview]

It is dead. That's the way it's tuned. There are another 3 sets of toms in that collection.

[Keiffer]

To-Ring or Not-to-Ring....

In this case I preferred the latter...

But a ringy tom is only a click away...