I guess these work by decoupling the drum from the floor as much as possible.
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.
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.
Put a pillow or jacket or pile of fluffy fabric or whatever under the floor tom.
The higher toms and bass drum i take the reso s up a notch but with the floor tom i prefer same tension.
Switched from a clear amb to a clear emp and that did the trick for me.
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8x12 and 14x14 will have certain sonic limitations in a traditional ply shell kit like yours.
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Another benefit that i like from these is that the floor tom is about a half inch higher than before.
In a rock r b pop scenario with 5 10 pieces one of the issues may be that you need bigger drums.
As the bottom head is parallel with the floor the floor will reflect sound back and reinforce the resonance of the drum.
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For my floor tom i prefer to tune batter and resonant head the same.
My band noticed the difference and said that my floor tom sounds much better.
My floor tom now resonates more freely sounds louder and just has a better overall tone.
I was getting too much sympathetic resonance from my old yamaha 14 floor tom every time i struck the bass drum.