konaboy
Pioneer Member
DW Performance snare. My go to setup that has been "money" for me is a coated PS3 over snare side ambassador. Have that on 3 other snares and love it. Just bought a zoom L12 and started playing around with recording and my Performance snare has a horrible mid tone ring to it. I've been up and down the tuning spectrum on both heads. (Tuning for me is not normally an issue, pretty good at it) Went out and bought a new snare side ambassador (was probably due for a change) and decided to pick up a PS77 and Evans HD dry (have used the HD Dry on a yamaha stage custom snare and it sounded good.) Put the new snare side on tuned it up, put the ps77 on, it's better but there is still a ring in the 500hz range. I know a little moon gel or gaffe tape will solve the issue but I'm stubborn and like to not use external damping on my drums. Just never had an annoying overtone like this that I couldn't get rid of. Haven't seated the Evans head yet, figured before I put it on I'd see if anyone had any suggestions on what I might be missing. I don't think it will be much different that the 77 but could be wrong. Toms and bass sound great.