Bloody Snare drum wires.....

[cheddatom]

2 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

We tend to play smaller clubs, where nothing other than keys and Vox go through the Paso its getting quite noticeable, especially on stage.

 

It'd be worth asking someone out front if it's coming through. If it's just on stage who cares?

 

...but yeh when I used to play small pubs with just vocals and acoustic guitar in the PA, I would turn the snare off in between songs and for intros etc. In that scenario, the rattling is much louder relative to the volume of the vocals and guitar. 

[dave_bass5]

15 minutes ago, cheddatom said:

 

It'd be worth asking someone out front if it's coming through. If it's just on stage who cares?

 

...but yeh when I used to play small pubs with just vocals and acoustic guitar in the PA, I would turn the snare off in between songs and for intros etc. In that scenario, the rattling is much louder relative to the volume of the vocals and guitar. 

Hearing it out front when we sound checked on Sat was what prompted me to speak up. It's also quite prominent at rehearsals. That may not really matter, but it's a noise that shouldn't be there, so, like feedback and excessive hiss, it should be addressed asap as it's just not very proffessional. 

I dont even mind between songs, it's if someone is playing. 

[Len_derby]

Perhaps he can’t actually hear it, or not to the extent you can? 

[dave_bass5]

5 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

Perhaps he can’t actually hear it, or not to the extent you can? 

Not sure. If he is sitting there not playing, but there is a loud buzzing come from between his legs, id assume he would be aware of it. Judging by the other replies, drummers can hear this sort of thing on a quieter stage. 

[Len_derby]

3 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Not sure. If he is sitting there not playing, but there is a loud buzzing come from between his legs, id assume he would be aware of it. Judging by the other replies, drummers can hear this sort of thing on a quieter stage. 

You haven’t mentioned his age but I was just thinking that given the demographic of Basschatters and their bands, his hearing could be somewhere on the cream-crackered spectrum.

[Hellzero]

Just now, Len_derby said:

You haven’t mentioned his age but I was just thinking that given the demographic of Basschatters and their bands, his hearing could be somewhere on the cream-crackered spectrum.

At least, someone dare asking the right question...

[diskwave]

In all the bands and outfits Ive played in Ive never known any drummer to release his wires between songs....Extraordinary what you learn on here.

[Boodang]

I’m a drummer (as well as a bassist) and unwanted snare wire buzz is something that I’m acutely aware of in band situations. For a lot of intros / endings I reach under the snare drum to mute. But also I pay a lot of attention to the tunings of the snare heads as well as the snare tension, particularly when it comes to avoiding this issue. 
Oh, one thing for your drummer to try, on the snare reso head, try loosening the lugs slightly either side of the snare bed which should help reduce sympathetic buzz. 

[nekomatic]

This drives me nuts, less so if I’ve been in a band (when I would have said something), more when I’m in the audience*. Thank you to the drummers on the thread who have confirmed that I’m not mad and it is a reasonable thing to expect. 

 

* Extra points if it happens while the drummer has left the stage for a quiet duo or trio number. 

[Maude]

I could be wrong, according to Lady Maude it has happened before, but wouldn't simply resting your hand (or a finger) on the snare skin stop it resonating, in much the same way as resting your hand on your strings mutes them? 

I assume it's the skin vibrating against the snare, or is it the actual snare that sets up the resonance? Even if it was the snare, damping the skin with a digit would surely stop it being amplified. 

Too simple? 

[Boodang]

6 hours ago, Maude said:

I could be wrong, according to Lady Maude it has happened before, but wouldn't simply resting your hand (or a finger) on the snare skin stop it resonating, in much the same way as resting your hand on your strings mutes them? 

I assume it's the skin vibrating against the snare, or is it the actual snare that sets up the resonance? Even if it was the snare, damping the skin with a digit would surely stop it being amplified. 

Too simple? 

Unlike muting strings there’s a lot of energy and there’s varying degrees of sympathetic buzz. Sometimes a finger on the reso head will be enough but if the bass player hits the right frequency then even holding the snare wires at one end won’t stop it buzzing at the other and the only options are to release the snare tension or put your finger under the snare wires.