Another benefit that i like from these is that the floor tom is about a half inch higher than before.
Floor tom resonates too much.
As i mentioned in the video i like to think of the bass drum as the root note of a triad chord with the floor tom as the 5th and the rack tom as the 3rd.
Put a pillow or jacket or pile of fluffy fabric or whatever under the floor tom.
I guess these work by decoupling the drum from the floor as much as possible.
This takes out the ringing for me and it resonates plenty.
My floor tom now resonates more freely sounds louder and just has a better overall tone.
My band noticed the difference and said that my floor tom sounds much better.
For my floor tom i prefer to tune batter and resonant head the same.
As the bottom head is parallel with the floor the floor will reflect sound back and reinforce the resonance of the drum.
8x12 and 14x14 will have certain sonic limitations in a traditional ply shell kit like yours.
It shouldn t touch the head and you can play around with how much of it is under the drum and how far away from the drum.
Ultimately how you eq and place each instrument has to work within the song the instruments and the record as a whole.
Eqing tom drum cheat sheet click to enlarge these are quick starting points you can try to get you started for a tom drum sound.
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Rule one when mixing your music is that there really is no magic equation that will get the exact sound you want.
I was getting too much sympathetic resonance from my old yamaha 14 floor tom every time i struck the bass drum.
In a rock r b pop scenario with 5 10 pieces one of the issues may be that you need bigger drums.