🥁 SNARE DRUM DAMPENING - tricks, hacks and what doesn't work!

Today let's talk about snare drum dampening 🥁 🤘!!

I want to give you a quick guide about the most common ways and my personal favorite options. There will also be some tricks, hacks and do-it-yourself tools and I'm talking about which products you should not buy 😉...

01:49 Remo Active Dampening System (Dave Weckl)
03:56 Tape
07:18 Gel pads (Moongel, Remo Crown Gel etc.)
08:35 Felt strips and other cloths
10:52 Dampening rings
13:08 Snareweight
15:17 Second drum head (Big Phat Snare Drum), tea towels etc.
17:04 Wallet
18:34 Internal dampeners
20:19 Tuning tricks/Masshoff Tuning Method (Udo Masshoff)

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[SimonSpringerMusic]

Today let's talk about snare drum dampening 🥁 🤘!!

I want to give you a quick guide about the most common ways and my personal favorite options. There will also be some tricks, hacks and do-it-yourself tools and I'm talking about which products you should not buy 😉...

[UCS]

10:52 The first time I saw a drummer actually using this type of damping was when I was invited to a drumclinic from Simon Phillips in 1983 in the Netherlands, where he showed how he damped the snaredrum. He had cut a small ring out of an old 14" drumhead! Cheap and it worked very well. Nowadays I don't always use this method, though I do always bring several different sizes to a gig, so I can change the amount of damping very fast. They are all 14", but I use three different withs of the ring itself, if you know what I mean. I'm Dutch so I hope this makes sense....
I don't know if Simon Was the first drummer to do it like this. I know drummers that use it on toms as well, but that really sucks i.m.h.o.

[marting.]

Thank you for this great video! A coaster made of carton („Bierdeckel“) works great as well, you can break it into smaller pieces easily. You can also tape it to the rim on one side, so it works like a snare weight.

[MatthiasKnorrMusic]

Sehr cool. Das Tool bzw dein Kommentar dazu bei 15:10 gefällt mir am besten 😂

[markyoung]

Thanks for your wonderful drum channel. You have excellent ideas and some great tips for muffling here. I have to let you know that I use the snare weight product with really good results. I see the problem you are having with the short version. I think if you tried the longer one you would agree that it's one of the best solutions out there.

[HenkJanDrums]

Great video! You really mention and demonstrate all great methods that work and ... what doesn't work like ...the M1. I use the wallet but i dont say it is OK ...it moves around my snare drum. Sometimes use O-rings.

[alexriquelme]

Very useful! Whats the hi hat you use?

[andreasbreitwieser]

Ich fände es interessant mal die Ursprünge der jeweiligen Dämpfungsmethoden herauszufinden, jedenfalls wenn jeder mal kommentiert, von wem er/sie zum ersten Mal davon gehört hat. Da ich von Anfang der 1980er Jahre erst das Fachblatt, dann drums & percussion und finaly ALLE Zeitschriften gelesen hab, war mein wichtigster Informant Manni von Bohr, der die "Maashoff-Methode" schon seit den frühen Achzigern verwendet. Wenn ich mich richtig erinnere, sagte er mal, dass die auf Gene Krupa zurück geht, oder mindestens auf Jim Keltner. Den Dämpfungsring - damals noch WIRKLICH aus einem alten Fell geschnitten, sieht man zuerst auf dem 1984er Zildjian Day in New York Video von Steve Gadd benutzt. Ob er aber zuerst drauf Deine Erfahrungen mit den Snareweight M1 teile ich, die ewigen Versuche, das Ding wieder plan aufs Fell zu kriegen, nerven! Das M80 funktioniert etwas besser, verzieht sich aber leider auch ständig. Abgesehen davon passen die Teile auch nicht wirklich gut an alle Spannreifen, sondern nur an die Standart-Modelle. Wenn wir von vorgefertigten, industriellen Dämpfern sprechen, finde ich den MiniMuff von Mr.Muff am besten.

[ofdrumsandchords]

You forgot one : climb on your snare drum when the skin is new. I put a towel and all my weight on the head, it loses a half tone, I tune it on the note I want, then I do it again. Not only the head will keep the note, but that eliminates some harmonics. Of course, the rule is tune precisely all the lugs on exactly the same note. Playing latin tunes snares off, detuning is not an option.

A little cloth change purse, tied to a lug can do. When you have to play brushes, just throw it.
Most of the time, a gel is more than enough. The hard part is playing lightly in small places.