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  • 08-02-2011 11:38pm
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    off.the.walls
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    So for months my snare has been giving me trouble while recording drums and today i finally found the solution....a hoodie... across the top dampens it down and gives it that nice smack that i've been looking for. So the whole point of this is forget expensive dampeners just use a hoodie!


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    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    HAH! amazing, I love hoodies, i knew they would serve other purposes apart from keeping me warm and getting stolen by girlfriends.


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    the_barfly1
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    Sounds quite extreme... What trouble had it been giving exactly? I just can't imagine a snare drum with hoody draped across it sounding anything except sh1t! Sounds like waaaaay too much dampening.


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    PaulBrewer
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    Ah yes the 'Asbo' snare sound is very popular with the kids these days ...


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    DamagedTrax
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    i would have tried a little moon gel before a hoody but if it worked for you then it worked :)

    lol at asbo snare sounds. its a new genre :D


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    Brien
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭Brien


    I'v used a t towel, held on with duct tape. whatever works, works.

    *Dampening rings have their place too


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    eoin5
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    DamagedTrax wrote: »
    i would have tried a little moon gel before a hoody but if it worked for you then it worked :)

    lol at asbo snare sounds. its a new genre :D

    A little dash of tesco value vodka helps bring out the asboness I hear.


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    off.the.walls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭off.the.walls


    Its a kinda poppy sound to it now once going threw the mic, and its not dampened down to much it still packs that punch that you want to hear from a snare drum. Without the hoodie it was just reverberating too much in the space i have and sounded awful recorded. Other snares were grand its just this one snare that was giving me the problems.


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    drum!
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭drum!


    It was a common enough technique back in the 60's. I believe Abbey Road used to throw tea towels over all the shells. Some drummers still throw their wallet on the snare for a bit of dampening but you still can't beat a bit of moon gel. It's cheap, lasts ages and doesn't interfere with your attack and response like using fabric does.


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    rcaz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    My band has a song where, for the first verse, the drummer puts his hoody over the snare, but it's definitely (or so I thought) a special effect technique... A tea towel or a tshirt or something would've been more reasonable for an all-the-time damper, I thought?


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