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I Just got done tuning my drums and now when i hit my rack tom im get this crazy buzzing sound from my snare drum. Any clue whats going on and how i can fix it? any help is appreciated. thanks.







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The buzz you hear is from the snares on the bottom hitting the bottom head. Sometimes when you tune up drums, i.e. higher tuning, the relative pitch to what they are tuned will react with the snare strands on the bottom of the snare. Don't worry, try tuning it a couple of cents flatter. (make it a tiny bit lower in pitch) Drums are not the only istruments that have this problem. In the winter, the Steinway piano up at the piano studio at school gets a louder, resounding tone on Gb. It just bounces all around the room. And in the Summer, Gb stops and Ab starts. It's the craziest thing, but I know it's because the wood in the piano breathes with the changes of seasons. If tuning your toms just a tiny bit lower doesn't help, try a couple of cents sharper. (tune them a little bit higher) What's more than likely happened is that your tom is tuned to a relative pitch to your snare and the sound waves become stronger when that happens, so the snare strands on your snare buzz in conjuction with the stronger sound waves. It's just a property of sound. Ever heard that a band sounds louder when everything is in tune? That's the same property.








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thanks so much man. ill try that stuff out and see what happens.







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Make sure that your snares are tight for one. If they still buzz the try a piece or 2 of tape to shorten the length of the snares that vibrate. This will also give you a tighter pop to your snare. Good luck.








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Basically what drumsforlife said is pretty accurate. Drums, being an acoustic instrument, are subject to reaction with all the other frequencies being thrown off other drums (or any instrument for that matter). I run into this problem at practice when the bass player hits certain notes... the snare goes completely crazy.








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I tried tuning the tom down a little bit and it didnt help unfortunately. Sad . I also tried the tape and that didn't seem to do the trick. I think im gonna have to figure something else out. thanks for trying to help guys I appreciate it.











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