BenOBrienSmith
Senior Member
This is one of the most common tuning issues I've come across when people have asked me to help with their snare drum sound. I've seen the problems blamed on model of heads, the drum shell material, the bearing edges, the temperature, the room sound, you name it. In the end, it often has everything to do with the tuning of the drum itself and how it's being restricted.
Because "choked" is such a nebulous term (as are most with describing sound), we wanted to create some examples featuring three different drums and the three most common causes of a choked snare sound:
Because "choked" is such a nebulous term (as are most with describing sound), we wanted to create some examples featuring three different drums and the three most common causes of a choked snare sound: