Snare Rattle - Page 2

aiff · 17th June 2008, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RedWallStudio

I was tracking a band Friday night, and they had a song that had a few passages where there was just toms and kick, but then it would go right back into kick and snare. The problem I was running into was that the snare strainer was rattling when the drummer was hitting the toms. I'm sure its happened to me before, but this time it was very noticiable and down right annoying. We tried tuning the toms a bit, which helped some.. but not entirely. Any of you guys run into this problem? What did you do?

If it's a fairly simple tom pattern, perhaps the easiest, quickest & most effective musically thing to do would be to just do two drum takes. First one with all drums but air-drum the tom pattern (which is the cause of the problem) and then straight away, do another take with the drummer airdrumming along with himself until he does the actual tom part (with the snare turned off). I can't see why that shouldn't work. Plus it gives you lots of cool mix options on the tom sound.

I'd love the studio bod to help out though.

Thwack!

Sylvain · 19th June 2008, 01:57 PM

Olive oil is your friend (not even kidding).

A drummer showed me that trick once and it work perfectly, even bith a loud bass amp really close on stage.

videoteque · 19th June 2008, 02:14 PM

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Olive oil is your friend (not even kidding).

Mediterranean solutions for rock&roll problems!!!

pan60 · 19th June 2008, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylvain

Olive oil is your friend (not even kidding).

A drummer showed me that trick once and it work perfectly, even bith a loud bass amp really close on stage.

explain please?

tiny333 · 19th June 2008, 11:38 PM

:)....

ImJohn · 20th June 2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DesertDawg

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Works great! If you don't want to get down there yourself, maybe Rice can send his assistant over to do it.

I'll send over Carl. He'll do the job fer some 'o dem french fried putaters.

pan60 · 23rd June 2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylvain

Olive oil is your friend (not even kidding).

A drummer showed me that trick once and it work perfectly, even bith a loud bass amp really close on stage.

so what's the trick?

Sylvain · 25th June 2008, 05:13 PM

Sorry guys, I didn't came back for a while.

It's plain simple : turn the snare upside down, use a handkerchief or teatowel to coat the snares with oil.

That + a tad of tuning and you're done.

Put the snare back in its place, enjoy !

Best,
Sylvain

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19th June 2008, 01:57 PM	#32
Sylvain Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 17	Olive oil is your friend (not even kidding). A drummer showed me that trick once and it work perfectly, even bith a loud bass amp really close on stage.

25th June 2008, 05:13 PM	#38
Sylvain Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 17	Sorry guys, I didn't came back for a while. It's plain simple : turn the snare upside down, use a handkerchief or teatowel to coat the snares with oil. That + a tad of tuning and you're done. Put the snare back in its place, enjoy ! Best, Sylvain