Humm Problems with Kick/Toms are hit PLEASE HELP

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Hello all,

I have just moved into a new house, and I'm having problems with my drums when recorded, i never had this problem in my old room:

when i record my drums i get this humm after my toms/kick are hit, just in case you want to know, i recorded in both rooms with a single sm57 as overhead (no need to comment on that :o)

my old room:
*was wall-to-wall carpeted

*had a bit lower ceiling (although both rooms had/have higher ceilings than most)

*is about the same size as my new one (both would be considered large)



my new room:
*has tile floor, ALTHOUGH there is a very large and thick rug under it (about 1/2" thick)

*had a bit lower ceiling (although both rooms had/have higher ceilings than most)

*is about the same size as my old one (both would be considered large)



here are the floor plans of both rooms:

oldandnewfloorplansez1.png



I did realize in my new room that my drums definitly have more reverb when just playing them, but only on recordings does this annyoing humm show up.

Here are recordings from when I was in my old room, and one i did just now showing my new room:

Old Room: http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=5677112

New Room: http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=4807712


OK.... so can any of you tell me what is causing this and how to stop it? thanks ALOT!! - Do you think swapping the position of my bed with my drums will help? When I clap in that area there seems to be less reverbation than in the area where my drums are now.

Chris
 
not bad cables? it doesnt seem like a room could cause hum

but my guess would be the tile instead of carpet
 
did you listen to the sound clip? its not that there is something electrical causing the humm - its something to do with reverbation in that area methinks

anyway im swapping the position of my drums with my bed now and i think it will sound better - since i noticed when clapping in the area of where my drums were i would get plenty of echo, but not where my bed is, so we'll have to see in about 15 mins
 
sounds like the new room decay is longer... also sounds like the mic is farther away. maybe the room reverb level though

what you mention sounds like normal tom decay to me in the new room clip. maybe the humidity and temp are different and you need to retune your toms.

I won't recommend the carpet on the walls for your new room. without actually measuring the room, I'd just start wil with some treatments on two adjacent walls. also include some thicker treatments for lower frequency absorption and maybe some bass traps.
 
well i just moved my drums into the area where my bed was, and it sounds way better.

my predicition was because my room has a very high ceiling, and that area with my drums had such a small width that it was reverberating up and up and kept going on, where as in the new area theres more space for it to move around

OK so im not very good at explaining but my problem has been solved :D


So yeah ,for anyone who has similar problems with reverbation, trying moving to different parts/corners of the room :)

thanks for the help anyway guys
 
not that it matters now, but it seems to me that you where having issues with overtones. Which on a drumset would be that exgerated "dooon" sound.

So in that case, you would probably even have to consider how you tune your drums, in addition to it's placement in the room.


If you wanted to get even further down the source, maybe even trying a different style of drum heads and sticks could give you better sounds for that situation.


But of course, if you're happy, then you're happy.
 
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