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Offline Rickjbeats

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How to get rid of snare buzzing
« on: May 30, 2007, 08:53:06 AM »
Greetings Forum, I am trying to get some suggestions on head choices for the snare side b/c it is buzzing like crazy. My kit is set up beside the organ leslie separated by a drum shield.  I haven't been able to figure out if it is the snares themselves or the head that needs to be changed.  I'm playing on a 14x6.5 Birdseye Maple (Black Panther).  I am currently using the factory Remo heads that came on the snare.  I know it is not the closeness to the leslie, b/c my original 14x5 DW snare doesn't buzz...I did notice after tightening the snare side head, it minimized the buzzing about 40%...Any other suggestions.
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Offline j_kay

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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2007, 09:06:37 AM »
Neither (I’m speaking of the necessity of replacing the heads or wires).  You are experiencing sympathetic vibration, a phenomenon that is experienced quite often with the drumming community.  The tuning/pitch of your drum is close or maybe exactly to the note (or notes) that are being played by the 'offending' instrument.  It's just going to take (time for) you to detune the snare until the (sympathetic) vibration is eliminated or greatly reduced (to a point where you can 'live' with it). 
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2007, 09:22:07 AM »
Cosign. jkay's statement. Its in the tuning.
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2007, 09:39:59 AM »
Quit doing buzz roll's...  ;D
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2007, 09:46:31 AM »
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Offline j_kay

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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2007, 10:03:39 AM »
Quote from: SupremeVirtuosoul on May 30, 2007, 09:39:59 AM
Quit doing buzz roll's...  ;D

And aside from that and my advice, keep the snare drum away from the liquor.  That'll reduce the buzz for sure.   ;D
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2007, 10:33:13 AM »
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2007, 10:39:11 AM »
remove the african juju bees from inside the snare. that'll help.
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2007, 10:55:53 AM »
Disengage the snare wires and you'll have ZERO buzz... Haha...Sorry, everyone else was doing it...lol

I had a similar issue with a couple black panther snares a while back.
A 12x7 and a 14" also...
I had to recut the snare beds in both drums to fix the buzzing. But you will always have buzzing if your next to certain instruments that have the same or similar note. But the new snare beds made a huge difference in the snare response and feel.
Let me know if you want me to take a look at the drum.
Rickmarquez@cox.net
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Offline j_kay

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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2007, 11:21:53 AM »
Quote from: THE WOLFMAN on May 30, 2007, 10:39:11 AM
remove the african juju bees from inside the snare. that'll help.

This jigga said "African Juju Bees"! 

I'm trying to hold in my laugh (here at work), that it looks like I am coughing!!! 
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2007, 11:42:37 AM »
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2007, 11:53:42 AM »
Im sort of feeding off of what J_Kay said but, I had the same problem, I tried hitting my 10" tom, and sure enough that was the problem.... My 10" was to close to the same pitch as my snare so It buzzed like crazy!! I detuned my snare slightly and the buzzing was gone..... ;D :)... Try that it may work!!
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2007, 02:40:00 PM »
Quote from: drummin4JC on May 30, 2007, 11:42:37 AM

i feel funny bout something....  ;)



scratch that ^ ^ ^
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Offline Rickjbeats

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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2007, 08:10:55 PM »
Thanks to the people who answered the question.....
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2007, 08:54:55 PM »
Quote from: Rickjbeats on May 30, 2007, 08:10:55 PM
Thanks to the people who answered the question.....



my fault dude... i had the same problem to, it was just a tuning problem like what jkay said!!! 
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2007, 09:22:33 PM »
Yep... it's all in the tuning.
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2007, 09:39:02 AM »
Tuning is the obvious culprit however as Rick aka Ibildrums said, getting the snare beds cut deeper will kill all that. I first heard of this with Yamaha's Musashi design then on the VHS Simon Phillips Returns and later on the Puresound promo DVD. Snare beds are heavy factors in the sensitivity of a snare drum. Pearl demonstrates this in their design of the Virgil Donati Signature snare.
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2007, 03:30:50 PM »
Thanks for the info, I did notice that my Musashi did not buzz as much........shoulda kept it...I'll try to play with the tuning to see if that helps.
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Re: How to get rid of snare buzzing
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2007, 06:24:32 PM »
Most people neglect that snare beds! That's the first thing I look for when I check out a snare drum...
Rick, If you would like, I will cut some beds for you at no cost other than the round-trip shipping of the drum if you can't fix the problem by altering your tuning.
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