Everything makes the snare buzz! HELP!

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I have heard that snare buzz can be caused by drums being tuned at frequencys that make the other vibrate. I have heard that sometimes you need to retune one of the drums, but here is my problem. All of the toms make the snare buzz. All four of them. Even when I hit the snare it makes itself buzz. If I get a chance I will post a soundclip later today. Please help me out!
 
patlang12 said:
Even when I hit the snare it makes itself buzz.
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A little buzz isn't all bad, in fact, music sounds better when you're a little buzzed, wait, we're talking about snare drums, :p ! Take it outside and hit it, if it's not buzzing outside the room itself may be giving you trouble. Try moongel last, tuning on the snare first. Have you seated the batter side head properly?
 
I will try to bringing it outside. I think the head is on the drum ok. I am not a drummer, but I am going to try to record these drums and the buzz is really bad. I don't think he will be happy if I mess around with snares. I told him I was going to mess with the tuning and he said NO, NO, NO! I just recorded an audio clip of the drum. It will be up in a few minutes.
 
I just took the drum outside and the snare still buzzed when I hit it. I imagine that it I set the whole kit up outside the same thing would happen. So I guess that rules out room acoustics.
 
ez_willis said:
It sounds like the snares are too loose.
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OK, did you listen to the audio clip? Maybe I will call the drummer and see if he will let me mess around with the snares.
 
Yes, I listened to the clip, it sounds like the snares are too loose. I can't imagine your drummer having a problem with you tightening the snares. Does your drummer think the drum sounds good?
 
He is afraid I will mess something up. I hope he doesn't think the drums sound good. If it helps at all the head on the snare is a Remo emperor x. How mucch do you think the heads need to be tightened?
 
It sounds like the snares themselves(the coil looking things) on the bottom of the drum need to be tightened.
 
ez_willis said:
It sounds like the snares themselves(the coil looking things) on the bottom of the drum need to be tightened.
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How much should I tighten them?
 
patlang12 said:
comfortable minimum?


sorry I am not a drummer. :)
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lol I meant the buzzing... If it doesn't go away 'completely', just tighten the snares until the buzz is more tolerable or less frequent...

You may have to experiment with tuning the heads once you solve the snare buzz...

Is there a reason the drummer himself is not involved in solving this?
 
Snare Buzz

When I listen to music through my P.A. I have to throw
off the snare because of the db not because of the tuning.
I used to tape the snares ;)
 
The drummer has not really done anything about it and it is getting annoying so I chose to take action. I have tried taping the snares, but it changes the sound a lot.
 
This problem is pretty common if you dont know how to set up a snare drum.

I had this problem with an old kit I was doing up to give to a friend, buzzing and the snare sounding loose, it sounded more like a tom. This was because the snare wire (the coils on the bottom) wasnt tight enough against the bottom head, this may require you to drop off the snares with the mechanism, and pull the strings or plastic/ fabric or whatever strange TIGHT, theyre attatched at the other end (held under a small metal plate) - pull it tight here and hold it tight until you've screwed it back into place, then push up the strainer mechanism lever and twist the nob thingymebob to further tighten the snares.

ALSO make sure the snare strand is the right way up in the first place, if it isnt, it wont touch the head as well.

If you dont know what youre doing and dont want to mess up, get the drummer to do it, if he doesnt know, he should learn!
 
the snares being loose is mainly causing the problem but also the snare isn't tuned prperly. when you hit the other drums its causing the drum to resonate freely so make sure the snare is tuned. also what snare are you using?

what sound are you tring to get as this will hugly dictate how you tune the drum adn how tight the wires are, as a rough guideline one teh drum is in tune loosen teh snares hugely then slowly tighten them while hitting teh batter side, you'll here the sound changing and you must have it so its tight but not choking the skin.
 
Take the batter head off completely.
Take the snares off the strainer.
Tune the bottom head. DON'T crank it too tightly.
Put the batter head back on.
Tune the batter head. DO crank it tightly.
Get the drum to sound as good as possible before replacing the snare spring.
Put the snare spring back on. Tighten the spring to the point where you can still hear the snares vibrate with light taps of the drumstick
 
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