Guys
ok, I give up on this one. I've tried to fix this problem for months now. Really need your professional help
Pls listen to this small demo:
http://www.4shared.com/file/77346534/e26c6b61/tom1.html
This is me hitting one of my PD125s with CONSTANT SPEED, from one border of the pad to the other. Notice the louder, "plastic" sound as I get to the middle of the pad.
The real problem is when you're doing a fill, and you hit the middle of the tom.... and.... BAM... you hear this loud, nasty, weird thing. It is very "unrealistic". This really did not happen in my A's.
The demo was played using a VEX kit (the "Moving Pictures" one), on a TD-20, expanded. A few more details:
1) Tom is the 12" Birch T1
2) same problem happens if I play on a PD8 (no cones here!)
3) I tried changing head tension, effects (including compression), mic positioning, sensitivity, threshold, curve, bank, or changing the tom sounds themselves. Nothing worked;
4) I also have a TD6, and the problem seems to be smaller... but still there.
Grog, I know you had the "once and for all" tread for snare hot spots... tried a bunch of the suggestions... but still not much success.... is there a difference between snare hot spots and tom hot spots?
Any thoughts anyone? Is the real solution avoiding hitting the middle of the pad at all cost?
Thanks -
William
ok, I give up on this one. I've tried to fix this problem for months now. Really need your professional help

Pls listen to this small demo:
http://www.4shared.com/file/77346534/e26c6b61/tom1.html
This is me hitting one of my PD125s with CONSTANT SPEED, from one border of the pad to the other. Notice the louder, "plastic" sound as I get to the middle of the pad.
The real problem is when you're doing a fill, and you hit the middle of the tom.... and.... BAM... you hear this loud, nasty, weird thing. It is very "unrealistic". This really did not happen in my A's.
The demo was played using a VEX kit (the "Moving Pictures" one), on a TD-20, expanded. A few more details:
1) Tom is the 12" Birch T1
2) same problem happens if I play on a PD8 (no cones here!)
3) I tried changing head tension, effects (including compression), mic positioning, sensitivity, threshold, curve, bank, or changing the tom sounds themselves. Nothing worked;
4) I also have a TD6, and the problem seems to be smaller... but still there.
Grog, I know you had the "once and for all" tread for snare hot spots... tried a bunch of the suggestions... but still not much success.... is there a difference between snare hot spots and tom hot spots?
Any thoughts anyone? Is the real solution avoiding hitting the middle of the pad at all cost?
Thanks -
William
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