BachBeat
Senior Member
Just had a thought the other day...
There are so many different snare depths out there. In fact, there are so many different dimensions altogether...
14 x 5 and 14 x 6.5 still seem to be the overwhelming favourite dimensions of the drum building community - but I'm curious as to your experiences:
QUESTION - Have you gone looking for a big, fat snare drum tone, only to discover that the big 7", 8" or 9" deep snare (or anything deeper than a 6.5) doesn't give you what you want? I've heard plenty of deeper drums, and they often sound mushy or have too many unattractive overtones. Beyond tuning - I wonder if it's a dimensions issue; too much waveform action going on in there...or the wrong distance between the skins to allow for a full waveform to develop (though I appreciate that there are many frequencies, rather than just one pure tone).
Anyways, I'd be interested to hear about people's actual experiences with deeper snares. Have you heard or owned deeper snares that really hit it out of the park?
NOTE: No moongel now, or any kind of muffling, and no 'I heard a great snare sound on this album...' Has to be in the flesh, to prevent any post-production magic
Are they what you'd hoped they'd be, or instead of getting a deeper tone (which is arguably more dictated by tuning, fundamental shell frequency and drum diameter, I think...) did you just end up with a 'meh' sound.
There are so many different snare depths out there. In fact, there are so many different dimensions altogether...
14 x 5 and 14 x 6.5 still seem to be the overwhelming favourite dimensions of the drum building community - but I'm curious as to your experiences:
QUESTION - Have you gone looking for a big, fat snare drum tone, only to discover that the big 7", 8" or 9" deep snare (or anything deeper than a 6.5) doesn't give you what you want? I've heard plenty of deeper drums, and they often sound mushy or have too many unattractive overtones. Beyond tuning - I wonder if it's a dimensions issue; too much waveform action going on in there...or the wrong distance between the skins to allow for a full waveform to develop (though I appreciate that there are many frequencies, rather than just one pure tone).
Anyways, I'd be interested to hear about people's actual experiences with deeper snares. Have you heard or owned deeper snares that really hit it out of the park?
NOTE: No moongel now, or any kind of muffling, and no 'I heard a great snare sound on this album...' Has to be in the flesh, to prevent any post-production magic
Are they what you'd hoped they'd be, or instead of getting a deeper tone (which is arguably more dictated by tuning, fundamental shell frequency and drum diameter, I think...) did you just end up with a 'meh' sound.