Lol
― Lucas With The Lydian F (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 August 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
I've done this with a t-shirt before, as well as a folded up piece of paper ... my first practice space was in a very reverberant room and the snare would ring like crazy if I didn't muffle it -- and at the time, the snare was way way louder than the rest of the kit, so it was a balance thing as well.
― sansa riff (sarahell), Saturday, 12 August 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
lars could have made st. anger 4 to 10% better if he would have stuck his wallet on the snare
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 12 August 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
oh, and a hand towel ... which was later "stolen" by the drummer from mag1k m@rkers ... I was angry about that towel for quite a while
― sansa riff (sarahell), Saturday, 12 August 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
I've done various stuff like this. I like muffled snare sounds, and its also a good way to cover up for less than perfect tuning (and tuning a snare drum well is a bitch).
A lot of older snares have a little built in muffle under the head that you can tighten or loosen.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Sunday, 13 August 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
I used this thing on a couple recording sessions and a Prince tribute show, it really brings out the low mids and sounds a lot more like a compressed '70s snare.
http://https%3A//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0277/2835/products/big_fat_snare_drum_original_90e2a5ff-8138-4250-a0f1-d3508fdee521.png%3Fv%3D1452779791
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpFOZRT--AE
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
(if you drape it over the entire drumset you can sort of sound like fleetwood mac)
Does this work for guitar too?
― Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link