Start with a high pass filter and cut the low low end.
Floor tom parametric eq.
This is a great use for gating.
This very precise parametric equalizer works great on every stage of production.
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Depending on the size of the drum there are different frequencies involved.
Just like the kick drum remove a pretty big portion of the 200hz to 400hz region.
This is useful say if i have a stereo keys and a guitar taking up the same range.
You can adjust your filter depending on how the tom was recorded and how fat the tom is the floor tom is the fattest.
Sample gate settings for floor tom.
The happy medium in a kick drum sound is a thick bass thump from the low end combined with a driving click from the mids.
When the floor tom is mixed so that you feel it in your chest even the slightest head vibration will be amplified through the sound system as low frequency feedback.
Big floor toms have a fuller sound around 80 100 hz but smaller toms might need to be boosted even higher around 100 200 hz.
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It can add marvelous color to the signal while maintaining the whole character of the original sound.
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Simply set the gate so that the vibrations in between hits are not heard.
100 to 300 hz body.
Different genres have different drum eq but those two areas are universal when it comes to a good kick drum sound.
Igs iq equalizer is a modern application of the noble sound of analog equalizers.
3 000 to 4 000 hz attack.
Floor tom eq from a live recording of the same artist as the sd11 screenshot.
Drum mixing eq compression and gate expander by ross stratton from mike lee band duration.
Add the lows add more lows to get a thicker tom sound.
Cut the boxy frequencies until you hear your toms getting thicker.
Tom big four quick eq chart.
50hz to 100hz is a good start.
Just as it sounds this is the the attack of the drum itself from a stick on its head.
More thump 4 at 200hz more attack 4 at 4 5khz more stick 6 at 7khz more air 2 at 10khz high shelf rack tom and floor tom drum eq recipes.
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You can bring out some extra air on the tom tracks by using a high shelf of 2 3db starting in the 5 12khz range.
Depends on tuning but a good place to look for the boom of a tom sound.
50 100 hz boost to add low end punch beware of boosting too much though as it can clutter up the low end and get in the way of the other.
