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Snare <strong>Drum</strong>lack of or absence of snare sound, buzzing, no sensitivity or all of the above.1. Thin resonant heads: Heads like REMO Diplomat Snare Side andEvan’s Genera Hazy 200. These heads are great to increase snareresponse, sensitivity and crack while allowing ghost notes and rolls tobecome more articulate.2. Medium weight heads: Heads such as REMO Ambassador,Renaissance, Aquarian Classic Clear Snare Side or Evan’s Hazy 300.These will have less sustain than the thinner counterparts such as theREMO Diplomat or Evans 200, the sound becomes more focused and not asbright and articulate. The Evan’s Genera 300 and Genera Glass 300 godrier in tone yet retain very good snare response while the Renaissancegoes warmer.3. Heavy Weight resonant heads: REMO Emperor, Evan’s 500 Hazyare both very dry heads and not real articulate. Clear/glass versions of theseheads are a bit drier yet. Aquarian Hi-Performance Snare Side is built tocounteract wear yet give response characteristics of the medium weightheads.Snare <strong>Drum</strong>, Tips and Tricks1. The stand affects the sound. Withthe drum sitting in your stand, don't havethe stand basket tight against the hoop ofthe drum, this restrains the inherent soundof the drum, it keeps the hoop and shellfrom vibrating freely.2. As a drummer hits harder, the crackof the drum or volume of the snare does notrise but the pitch can change or theperception exists because more of theinherent tone of the batter head is nowcoming out. Therefore you might want toresort to micing the bottom if you cannot getthat high-end crack you otherwise hear inthe room.3. If using a mic on both top andbottom you should be conscious of phaseproblems associated with the bottom mic,you might have to wire the resonant mic“out of phase”. Remember the heads ideallyare moving in phase with each other,therefore when the batter is moving awayfrom the upper mic, its moving towards thelower mic causing a phase change makinga electrical phase reversal needed.All rights reserved - J. Scott Johnson, Indianapois - "c" 1999http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id3.html (2 of 2)1/22/2005 4:11:47 PM

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