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Aoliver17
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Hey, all--
I have a very interesting problem-- one that really perplexes me.
I've tracked a million drum tracks a million times. Recording drums is not new to me, and I'd like to think I'm highly experienced. However, whenever I record this one certain snare, I always get a very metallic, low/mid hum in the attack. The weird part about this is that it doesn't have the hum when I attack it and there's no microphone on it. Also, the only thing in the tracking room that's metal besides the drum kit (which I've tested every piece of metal on there to make sure there's no weird ring) is the door handle, and I've even put something soft over that! I'm totally baffled! I've tried EQing it out, re-tracking, re-tuning, and yet it's ONLY this ONE snare that does it to me, and ONLY when it's recorded. I've even opened up the microphone itself and done little tests to see if there's anything weird vibrating that isn't supposed to be, but then I realized that it's only this snare that does it. Now, to be honest, my friend gave me this snare for free a while ago, and I honestly don't know the brand name. It looks like a VERY generic silver metal snare (and yes, my normal snare is metal, so it's not just that that's doing it).
I couldn't be more confused if my life depended on it. Anyone have ANY ideas, or has anyone experienced ANYTHING like this?
Anyone?
-A
OH! The reason I even bring this up is because it gets the PERFECT tone I'm looking for in the song I'm working on, except for that damned ring!
I have a very interesting problem-- one that really perplexes me.
I've tracked a million drum tracks a million times. Recording drums is not new to me, and I'd like to think I'm highly experienced. However, whenever I record this one certain snare, I always get a very metallic, low/mid hum in the attack. The weird part about this is that it doesn't have the hum when I attack it and there's no microphone on it. Also, the only thing in the tracking room that's metal besides the drum kit (which I've tested every piece of metal on there to make sure there's no weird ring) is the door handle, and I've even put something soft over that! I'm totally baffled! I've tried EQing it out, re-tracking, re-tuning, and yet it's ONLY this ONE snare that does it to me, and ONLY when it's recorded. I've even opened up the microphone itself and done little tests to see if there's anything weird vibrating that isn't supposed to be, but then I realized that it's only this snare that does it. Now, to be honest, my friend gave me this snare for free a while ago, and I honestly don't know the brand name. It looks like a VERY generic silver metal snare (and yes, my normal snare is metal, so it's not just that that's doing it).
I couldn't be more confused if my life depended on it. Anyone have ANY ideas, or has anyone experienced ANYTHING like this?
Anyone?
-A
OH! The reason I even bring this up is because it gets the PERFECT tone I'm looking for in the song I'm working on, except for that damned ring!
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